Subject Key Objective Progression and Development by Year Groups

The following is a guide to help you understand your child’s progression through school.

All lessons are differentiated. This means teachers plan activities that enable the objective to be learned by all children including those who will find the objective challenging, those children who with hard work will secure good progress and those children who can tackle extra stretch and challenge in this subject.

Will participate in very simple group games developing very simple skills for athletics.

Will participate in simple team games developing simple skills for athletics.

Will participate in a wide variety of team games further developing their skills for athletics.

Will participate in competition games, applying some basic principles suitable for athletics.

Will participate in a wide variety of competitive games, applying and practising basic principles suitable for athletics.

Will participate in a wide variety of competitive games, applying principles suitable for athletics with increasing confidence.

Will participate in a wide variety of challenging games, competing with confidence and using appropriate technique with some modification through self-reflection.

Will participate in a wide variety of challenging games, competing confidently, using more complex techniques and skills with appropriate modification when needed.