PE
Our PE curriculum is designed to inspire all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities. We firmly believe that opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.
Through our alliance with West Lancashire School Sports Partnership, our curriculum is designed to ensure our pupils:
- develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities
- are physically active for sustained periods of time
- engage in competitive sports and activities
- lead healthy, active lives.
Pupils in Key Stage 2 attend the local swimming pool for lessons and presently Upper Key Stage 2 children have the opportunity to experience outdoor pursuits during an activity residential.
Class to 2k Challenge
During the summer term we embarked upon a whole school challenge for everyone to be able to complete a 2k fun run in July. Friend to the school Julian Pletts created a 10 week training programme to be delivered in school once per week. In addition he developed a programme that parents could purchase for a small fee that included one parent traning session per week and two parent and child training sessions per week. The aim of the programe being to build confidence in running and improve the fitness, health and wellbeing of all participants and encourage a healthy, active lifestyle. Parents & family members joined the school in heatwave conditions to complete our 2k course. A fabulous group of volunteer marshalls were dotted around the course to ensure the safety of participants and keep firing water guns over everyone to keep them cool. We had water stations and air-conditioned classrooms on standby to cool everyone off at the end along with ice pops and well earned medals. Everyone managed to complete the full course with smiles on their faces and springs in their steps, feeling fit, healthy and a sense of achievement.
On Sunday 5th July Team Newburgh took over the Skelmersdale Junior Parkrun as a training run before our Whole School Fun Run on 10th July. We had an amazing turn out of runners who demonstrated how far their fitness journey has come since we started training in April.
We set a whole school challenge for every child to be able to complete at least a 2k fun run in July. We launched our training programme in April with weekly training sessions up to the main event in July.
Swimming
Children in Key Stage 2 attend swimming lessons with swimming coaches at Tarleton Academy. We aim for children to leave Newburgh School at the end of Year 6 with the following proficiencies:
1) Able to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.
2) Use a range of strokes effectively (for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke).
3) Able to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
Children need to bring swimming costume/trunks, swimming hat, towel, goggles (if needed) in a named plastic bag.
For the Academic year 2025-2026 Year 5 and 6 children will attend swimming on Thursday afternoons from 18th September. Years 4 will attend swimming on Thursday afternoons at a date to be confirmed. Those children in Years 5 and 6 who do not meet our proficiencies will continue to attend swimming lessons with Year 4. If your child is a reluctant swimmer it may help to go swimming as a family to support the development of their confidence in the water to help them meet the essential criteria as quickly as possible.
Cycling at Newburgh
We believe all children should be able to ride a bike. We run two courses at Newburgh to support this.
Mini Wheelers
When children are in Reception and Year 1 they participate in Mini-Wheelers (we also extend this offer to children in Year 2 not yet able to ride a bike.)
Mini Wheelers aims to develop the physical skills of static and dynamic balance, gliding, turning and stopping safely. There is also a focus on spatial awareness, co-ordination and controlling speed. Mini Wheelers develops the whole child with a focus on resilience, team work and building confidence.
Bikeability
When children reach Year 5 they are invited to participate in Bikeability. Bikeability has two stages; stage 1 is on the school playground, stage 2 is on the road. Bikeability will take place on 22nd-24th September 2025.
Stage 1:
On completion of stage 1 children will be able to:-
- Fit their own bike helmet.
- Carry out a simple bike check.
- Get on their bike, start cycling, stop and get off.
- Ride their bike using appropriate gears.
- Make their bike go where they want, including moving around objects safely.
- Control the bike with one hand.
- Stop quickly if needed.
- Look all around while riding, including behind without wobbling.
Children who complete stage 1 are able to move on to stage 2.
Stage 2:
On completion of stage 2 children will be able to:-
- Start and finish a journey by road, including passing parked or slower moving vehicles and side roads.
- Make a U-turn.
- Identify and react to hazards in the road.
- Signal your intentions to other road users when someone needs to know what you are doing.
- Understand where to ride on the road.
- Use junctions, including turning left and right into major and minor roads.
- Decide whether a cycle lane will help your journey.
- Use the Highway Code, particularly when it comes to understanding road signs.
Those children in Year 5 unable to participate fully in Bikeability will be invited again in Year 6 to participate.
Year 5 & 6 Boys Football Team
In November 2024 our football team won the Ormskirk & District Small Schools Competition. This qualified them to represent this area in the West Lancashire District Finals.
The final was held on the 11th December at JMO, Skelmersdale. The team was once again victoious and crown Champions of West Lancashire. This qualifies the team to represent West Lancashire in the Lancashire Finals which will be held on Thursday 23rd January 2025 at Poolfoot Farm, the home of Fleetwood Town FC.
To help prepare the team for the Lancashire Final we invited the Sports Leaders from Burscough Priory Academy to run a training session on Wednesday 15th January 2025.
Orienteering Event
Selected Year 5 and 6 children had the opportunity to participate in an orienteering event at Rock and River, Mawdesley.
The 12 Days Of Fitness
On 8th December 2023 our P.E. Ambassadors Reuben and Charlotte launched our festive challenge to keep active, fit and healthy over Christmas. They have devised 12 challenges they invite our families to have a go at over the festive period.
Experiencing PE
