PE

Our Vision for PE

At Our Lady Queen of Heaven our PE curriculum is designed to develop physically literate, confident, and intrinsically motivated individuals. Through our high-quality, inclusive, and dynamic provision, we aim for all pupils to be motor competent, confident movers, and strategic thinkers.

We aim to nurture attributes such as determination, resilience, sportsmanship, and collaboration, underpinned by physical challenge and opportunities to thrive. Our curriculum provides structured progression in fundamental movement skills, supporting pupils as they refine their physical, social, and cognitive abilities through diverse activities, including competitive sport.

Beyond developing physical skills, we empower pupils to establish positive relationships with physical activity and healthy lifestyles, fostering both mental and physical wellbeing. We enrich their experience through opportunities to participate in competitive sport and experience the joy of movement in diverse contexts.

Ultimately, we aim to inspire every child to leave primary school as an active, engaged individual, equipped with the knowledge, confidence, and skills to lead a healthy, active life beyond the classroom.

Putting physical activity , competitive sport and new experiences at the heart of our curriculum enrichment; providing our pupils with the opportunity to achieve their best.

After School Clubs

At OLQOH, our diverse range of after-school clubs provides pupils with invaluable opportunities to expand their skill sets, develop ambition, and become active members of the wider community. Through participation, pupils learn that sport is not just about individual performance—it’s about teamwork, communication, and collaboration, essential skills that support their overall growth.

Our club offerings change each term, with teachers leading sessions in areas of personal expertise, such as cricket and cross-country, ensuring pupils receive high-quality instruction tailored to their development. Additionally, football and Spanish dancing clubs, which run year-round, are led by specialist external coaches, providing enriched experiences for pupils across Key Stages.

Pupils thoroughly enjoy taking part in these extracurricular activities, benefiting from expert coaching that enhances their skills and fosters a lifelong love for sport and physical activity. These clubs serve as a powerful extension of our PE curriculum, reinforcing determination, resilience, and collaboration beyond the classroom.

Key Stage One- Quality Start Award

The Quality Start Award recognises schools commitment to PE, School Sport and Healthy and Active Lifestyles. The award is judged on the below criteria:

Engagement for all pupils
Competition and Festivals
Profile of PE, School Sport and Physical Activity
Healthy and Active Lifestyles
Workforce (school staff and sports coaches)
Sports Leadership
Community Engagement

OLQOH achieved Platinum+ in 23/24.

Sainsbury's School Games Mark

The Sainsbury’s School Games Mark is a Government led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. Schools in England are able to assess themselves across bronze, silver and gold levels of the Mark. OLQOH became the first school in Crawley to receive the Platinum Award and continue to hold this for 24/25.

60 Active Minutes A Day

The government recommends that all children should have 60 active minutes per day. Whether it is at school or at home, each child should be keeping active for at least 60 minutes, with moderate intensity activity. The recommendation is for 30 minutes at school and 30 minutes at home.

How are we helping our children reach 60 active minutes a day?

Two hours of PE taught a week
Active travel to and from school
Incorporating active activities in lessons e.g. dance, drama, relays, forest school.
Encouraging children and parents to walk, bike, scoot to school- this is tracked daily.
Daily mile/ activity trail timetabled into the school day
Active brain breaks
A range of sporting play time equipment for children to use
Hosting extracurricular sports clubs at school
Promoting extracurricular sports clubs not school based
Attend as many fixtures and festivals as we can
Holding range of sporting events at school e.g. fun run, sports day, enrichment week, arts week.
Play Leaders, Sports Crew, Sports Council

Pupil Voice - What do our children say about PE?

Parent Voice- What do our Parents say about PE?

‘OLQOH children have lots of opportunities, great resources and brilliant teachers. We really look forward to coming to sport events e.g. Fun Run and Sports Day.’

91% agree/ strongly agree that their child enjoys PE.
100% agree that their child does PE every week.
54% of children attend an afterschool club at school.
53% of parents have noticed their are more opportunities for girls football.

(33 responses- March 2024)

An Active Curriculum

In addition to our PE curriculum time we understand it is important to be as active as possible wherever possible. Our broad and balanced curriculum provides children with opportunities to be active during all subject areas and not just in PE. This could be by sharing our learning in RE through dance, Literacy through drama or playing an active Math’s game.

This year we are taking part in the Creating Active Schools Program (CAS). Through CAS we are developing our active learning.

Year 1 have enjoyed being active in their geography lessons as well as Year 2 using role play in their RE lessons.

Sports Council

Our Sports Council has been set up to discuss the future of sports at our school. The below children have been chosen as representatives because they are interested in PE and sport and are keen to share their ideas to improve, raise the profile and to inspire children to be more active in our school. The sports Council also have the role of promoting the School Games Olympic Values.

Year 1: Frankie & Hazel

Year 2: Theo & Illinca

Year 3: Chinye & Ezekiel

Year 4: Leo, Julia & Sonny

Year 5: Brody & Oliver

Year 6: Charlie, Tom & Amber

The Sports Council meet with Miss Johnson throughout the year to discuss various events and thoughts and ideas the children might have.

This academic year we currently developing our playtimes and have introduced Boogie Breaktime. Additionally, in March 2025 we visited K2 with Councillor Mullins to learn more about the activity and mental heath provision available to us in Crawley.

Sports Crew

Our Spots Crew promote sports in our school and help with sporting events such as: Intra House and Inter House competitions. They have received their leadership training and have enjoyed helping at events!

Play Leaders

At OLQOH, our Year 6 Playground Leaders develop leadership, communication, and teamwork skills while fostering an active and inclusive school environment for all children at lunchtimes. Through structured training, Play Leaders gain confidence in organising and delivering engaging activities that encourage younger pupils to participate in 60 active minutes a day.

Each lunchtime, our dedicated Play Leaders can be found on both KS1 and KS2 playgrounds, easily identifiable in their high-visibility jackets, ensuring all pupils have access to structured, fun, and energetic play opportunities. They play a key role in promoting physical activity, social interaction, and sportsmanship, helping to create a vibrant and positive playground experience for all.

This year, our Play Leaders took their commitment further by successfully organising lunchtime football activities as part of Schools Football Week, reinforcing their leadership skills and encouraging wider participation in sport. Their enthusiasm and dedication continue to make a lasting impact on the school community, inspiring younger pupils and strengthening our culture of active, engaged learning.

Our Competition Intent

Our competition intent as a school is to provide an environment where our children’s motivation, competence and confidence is as the centre of every competition. We provide opportunities for all children to experience and participate in festivals and competitions of sport. These may be intra ( in school and between classes and year groups) or inter ( with local schools). By providing our children with a positive experience of competition, it enables them to develop their team work skills as well as to put into practice the skills they have learnt in class.

Our Recent and Upcoming Inter Competitions

You can find match reports for the events in our dispatches.

Autumn Events 2024

Year 3 Rugby Festival
Year 5/6 Football Cup Comp
Year 5 Rugby Festival
Year 4 Rugby Festival
Year 5/6 Hockey vs Staff (Intra Match)
Year 4 Football match vs St Francis
Year 5/6 A team Netball Matches
Year 5/6 Girls Football League
Year 5/6 Boy Football league
Year 5/6 Boys Football Cup
Year 5/6 Basketball competition

Spring Events 2025

Year 5/6 Boy Football league
Year 5/6 Girls Football League
Year 5/6 Boy Football league
Year 5/6 Girls Football League
Year 5/6 B team Netball Matches
Year 5/6 B team Football Matches
Year 5/6 Basketball Finals
Year 5/6 Girls Football League Finals
Year 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics
Year 5 Cross Country
Year 5/6 Girls football Cup
Year 5/6 Indoor Cricket Competition
Year 5/6 Hockey vs Staff Hockey Marches (intra)
Year 5/6 Hockey Competition
Year 4 Girls Football Festival
Year 4 Mixed Cricket Festival
Year 2 Girls Football Festival
Year 3 Tennis Competition

Summer Events 2025

Hockey Finals
Tri Golf for 3/4’s
Girls Football Comp for year 6
Hockey Festival 3/4’s
Quad Kids Athletics
Tennis for year 5/6
Cricket Comp year 3/4’s
Lacrosse
KS1 Basketball
Basketball Comp for year 3/4’s
Year 5/6 Girls Cricket
Girls OLQOH Football Cup
Boys OLQOH Football Cup
B Team basketball
Girls Football Comp
You can find match reports for the events in our dispatches.

#LetGirlsPlay

Since 2014, the FA’s and Barclays ambition is for girls to have the same football opportunities as boys in schools and clubs. #LetGirlsPlay is a campaign to drive influence and change perceptions, showing that football can and should be played by girls.

In school we have:

A successful girls football team
Football Friday for girls
KS1 Primary All Stars Girls football club with 18 attendees
Held a football focus week for the while school
Have upgraded our book corners with new books where a female footballer is the main character
Participated in the biggest ever football session with #LetGirlsPlay
Pledged to help grow girls football
Are part of the schools in Crawley football focus group
Attended England vs Norway at the Amex Stadium

Brighton and Hove Albion Women Team Play in the WSL at Broadfield Stadium. You can purchase tickets here.

Phunky Foods

With current rapid increases in childhood obesity prevalence means that we must help empower children, alongside their families and communities, to take control over their wellbeing to enable them to live longer, healthier and more fulfilled lives. We work closely with Phunky Foods whose mission is to improve the dietary and physical activity habits of young children (aged 2-11 years) across the UK by helping to create supportive learning environments for health in early years settings and primary schools.

The Phunky Foods Programme aims to help early years settings and primary schools to deliver a whole-school approach to healthy lifestyles and to engage with all pupils, and their families, in promoting tangible health behaviour changes in a fun, lively and positive manner.

Phunky Foods have delivered both parent and children workshops in school and we continue to work closely with them in order to educate our children and families.

Our children are encouraged to bring a fruit snack for playtime and a healthy balanced lunchbox.

The Daily Mile and Fitness Trail

We are very lucky to have a fantastic daily mile running track at OLQOH. The daily mile is timetabled our day and children enjoy challenging them selves to run around the track in the time given.

We also have a fitness trail which includes, lunges, hopping and jumping. The children are able to follow the instructions.

Bike It

Sustrans is a UK based walking, wheeling and cycling charity, and the custodian of the National Cycle Network.

We work closely with Sustrans who help schools and communities come to life by walking, wheeling and cycling to create healthier places and happier lives for everyone.

We have a team of Junior Road Safety Officers who encourage our children and parents to walk, scoot or cycle to school.

We also took place in Sustrans Big Walk Wheel, where classes competed to walk, scoot or cycle to school the most amount of times.

More information on Bike It

Children's Sporting Achievements Outside of School

We like to celebrate both our children’s in school and out of school sporting achievements. In assembly children are invited to share their certificate, medal or trophy with the whole school and receive a golden handshake from Mr Melia.

Well done to Shaylin who competed for Sussex in Judo on the 8th May 2022. Having lost his first fight, it took resilience and courage to go forwards and win his second. He came third over all in the boys section.

Well done to Ethan and Jaydon who play for Alfold Football Club, they have won The Junior Premier League which means they are JPL National Champions.

They have also won the U10’s Crawley League on the 24th April 2022 and Three Bridges Football Festival.

Extra- Curricular Sporting Clubs in Crawley

If you would like any further information on extra- curricular sporting opportunities outside of school, please contact Miss Johnson.

Parents and Careers- How can you keep active?

If you would like to keep active and try out different sports, please see a list of sporting clubs available in Crawley.

A big thank you to Class Cover who have kindly sponsored some OLOQH branded tops for when we attend fixtures!

How can you keep your child safe in sports?

Many children at our school will take part in sport and physical activity outside of school time. The ‘Keeping your child safe in sport‘ campaign, supports parents and carers to understand their crucial safeguarding role, including how to choose the right club and how to raise concerns.

We want to ensure our children have the best experience in regards to extra curriculum sporting activities.

Please take some time to read the information and watch the video on the NSPCC website.

https://thecpsu.org.uk/parents/