P.E. & Sport / Clubs

• Involve our pupils in the continuous process of planning, performing and evaluating all areas of activity
• Provide activities in which all children may participate with enjoyment
• Provide appropriate opportunities for competitive challenge
• Encourage the development of positive attitudes and a healthy lifestyle
• Ensure safe practice during physical activity

All staff at St Martin’s promote and encourage sportsmanship, team spirit and the need to improve performance through healthy physical activity. The school was awarded Healthy School Initiative status, which promotes exercise and a sensible balanced diet. 

Extra Curricular Clubs

At St Martin’s we offer a wide range of Extra Curricular Sports Clubs to give our children additional opportunities to access sport in a fun, safe and welcoming environment. Over the course of the year we will be running clubs aimed at all age groups. Please keep an eye on the monthly Newsletter, SchoolPing and Letters home via children for more information.

SWIMMING

The National Curriculum requires all children leaving Primary School are able to swim at least 25 metres. Our current Swimming Policy is to provide swimming lessons to all children in Year 6 that are unable to swim 25 metres.

At St Martin’s Primary School we believe swimming is a hugely important life skill, which is why we are aiming to offer all children the opportunity to learn water safety and gain confidence in the water whilst learning to swim during their time at school.

Our School Swimming Policy has changed from January 2014 to reflect our aims thanks to the Governments new Sport Premium Funding.  From January 2014 all our Year 2 children have been attending weekly swimming lessons, in addition to this Year 6 non-swimmers will also continue to receive weekly lessons.

COMPETITIONS & EVENTS

North Somerset Schools Primary Competition Calendar 2019-20: proposed

Please find below the provisional primary competition calendar for 2019-2020.  If circumstances force a change of date/venue, every effort will be made to ensure that appropriate notice is given.

It is our intention to offer different pathways at some events, with ‘large’ and ‘small’ school entry, as well as ‘competition’ and ‘participation’ options.  Full details of these separate pathways will be communicated when they are uploaded to the competition website and in the pre-event essential information forwarded to registered schools.

School Games and PE Association events are differentiated in the calendar overview by their highlighted colour. Charges will only be made for School Games events where there is a need to hire venues and/or deploy staff in ensuring a competition runs safely. Only incurred costs will be passed onto schools and evidence of these can be shared on request.