SEND
SEND and PE at Albert Pye
At Albert Pye we believe that providing an inclusive PE curriculum will give every pupil an opportunity to reach their full potential. Every teacher will use the STEP principle to adapt lessons. These principles create an environment that recognises and values Inclusion and gives confidence to pupils of all abilities to make good progress.
The STEP framework in PE is a very simple way to understand how to adapt and differentiate PE lessons to make sure everyone is getting the most engaging experience. It allows you to modify elements of your activity to better meet the needs of either the individual pupil, or group of pupils.
Space: Where the activity is happening E.g. modify the space by increasing or decreasing the area in which a task is to be performed or changing the distance or areas in which to score points.
Task: What is happening? E.g. modify the task by changing the demands, the rules of the activity, the number of times the child is to repeat the task, teaching cues, direction/level/pathway of movement or length of time to complete the task.
Equipment: What is being used? E.g. modify the equipment by changing the size of the target, level of equipment, amount of equipment, height of the equipment or the arrangement of the equipment.
People: Who is involved? E.g. modify the people involved by having children work alone, with a partner, bigger teams, smaller teams, as leader or follower, on different activities, or in a small group.
We also offer a wide range of physical intervention for children. Class teachers will be able to advise parents as to which intervention would be best to meet their child’s needs. Some pupils will have this agreed on their IEP or EHCP. These groups are timetabled for an agreed period of time and pupil’s progress is assessed. Some interventions will also take place within the classroom.
Below is the list of interventions offered.
- Finger Gym Dough Disco (Fine motor skills)
- Gym trail (Gross motor skills)
- Sensory circuits (Gross motor skills)
- Yoga (Gross motor skills and well-being)
- Panathlon multi-skills, Boccia, Swimming, ten pin bowling (Pupils with SEND)
- Farm club (Gross motor skills and well-being)
- This girl can (Gross skills and Well-being)
- Health club (Gross motor skills and well-being)
- Active Brain breaks (Gross skills and well-being)
- Gym bags (Fine/gross motor skills) Health club (Well-being)
- Action Mats (Gross Motor skills and well-being
What are gross and fine motor skills?
Gross motor skills: These actions would use the larger muscle in arms, legs, and torso. Activities that involved gross motor skills would be walking, running, jumping, balance, hop, skip, throwing, lifting, and kicking. These skills relate to body and spatial awareness, strength and reactions.
Fine motor skills: Involve the smaller muscles of the hand. Activities that involve fine motor skills would be using pencils, pens, painting, scissors, construction with blocks or lego, buttons, zips and picking counters
As stated in the PE vision statement, Albert Pye PE department believes that all children should have the opportunity to attend extra curricula clubs and represent the school in competitions and sports festivals. Competition helps to build character and helps to embed other values including fairness, respect, independence, knowledge, resilience, life skills, team work and healthy lifestyles. This also applies to children with SEND. Albert Pye School has been part of the Panathlon community for many years. Panathlon is an amazing national charity which gives young people with disabilities and special educational needs the opportunity to take part in competitive sport
Albert Pye has been very successful in Panathlon winning local and national competitions. Pupils have also attended competitions at the Copperbox and the National Aquatic centre in London.
