Physical Education: Invasion Games

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.

EYFS

Will participate in very simple group games developing very simple tactics for attacking and defending.

Year 1

Will participate in simple team games developing simple tactics for attacking and defending.

Year 2

Will participate in a wide variety of team games further developing tactics for attacking and defending.

Year 3

Will participate in competition games, applying some basic principles suitable for attacking and defending.

Year 4

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

Year 5

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

Year 6

Will participate in a wide variety of competitive games, attacking and defending with confidence and using appropriate technique.

Mastery

Will participate in a wide variety of competitive games, attacking a defending confidently, using more complex techniques.