Lead teacher:  Mrs Sampson

At Hertford St Andrew Primary School, Physical Education is an integral part of our curriculum and we strive to create a culture, which aims to inspire an active generation to enjoy PE, encourage each other and achieve. We provide a safe and supportive environment for children to flourish in a range of different physical activities, which is essential in supporting their physical, emotional, spiritual, social and moral development. We aspire for children to develop the self-belief that anything can be achieved with determination and resilience. We offer a varied program of activity to ensure that all children progress physically through a fully inclusive PE curriculum. Our curriculum aims to improve the well-being and fitness of all children, not only through the sporting skills taught, but through the underpinning values and disciplines PE promotes. We aim to deliver high quality teaching and learning opportunities that enable all children to achieve their personal best. All children participate in competitive sport, which can be against self and/ or others. We encourage children to be the very best that they can be whilst demonstrating the school vision, Love Learning. Aim High. Trust God. We aim for all children to be physically active for sustained periods of time and to develop the skills to be able to make informed decisions to lead healthy and active lives. Teaching is supported by Getset4PE resources.

Sports Premium Funding

The government continues to provide additional funding for schools to improve provision of physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools. This funding is provided jointly by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport and is ring-fenced and therefore can only be spent on provision of PE and sport in schools.

At Hertford St Andrew our priority is to provide high quality and exciting sporting opportunities for our children. We aim to improve the quality of our PE provision and increase the participation rates of our children through:

• Engaging with PE specialist teachers within the local Sports Partnership to develop CPD opportunities for school staff in order to improve the quality of PE provision
• Providing a wide range of extra-curricular sporting clubs and activities
• Supporting and engaging  the least active children through new or additional Change4Life clubs
• Organising and participating in Level 1 (Intra-school) and Level 2 (Inter-school) competitions for our children
• Celebrating the success of school sport teams and individual high level performances
• Fostering strong links with local sports clubs and neighbouring schools
• Providing high quality and wide ranging resources

The School Games Mark

The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. Registered schools can apply annually through a short application form which will be marked by their local School Games Organiser (SGO). Their application will be graded as either bronze, silver, or gold.  Hertford St Andrew were awarded Silver for the 2021/2022 school year.  

This network currently services in excess of 16,000 registered schools who compete across School Games' competitions. 

For further information about School Games, go to:   https://www.yourschoolgames.com or https://www.yourschoolgames.com/schools/hertford-st-andrew-cofe-primary-school/

Cross Country Wizards!

In May, a select group of children from years 4/5/6 took part in the district cross country competition at Hertford Rugby Club. After a walk around the course, the children took their places ready for the test of stamina ahead. Over 250 children took part in both the boys and girls categories and the standard was exceptionally high. Each and every young person from Hertford St Andrew ran extremely well and were complimented on their positive attitude during the event. This is particularly admirable as we didn't have much time to practise before the event. Special mention goes to Devon (Year 4) who placed highest for our boys and Gloria (Year 5) who placed highest for the girls. A massive thank you to Mrs Garbutt for organising the event and to the parents who were there for their support. 

Awards Evening

Each year the School Sports Partnership host an awards evening at Sele school to celebrate the achievements of young people through sport. This year 29 schools put forward nominations in a number categories and these are then whittled down to three best nominees in each category. Hertford St Andrew were proud to have Kirsty (Year 6) short listed for a Leadership award and Bailey, Keira and Shannon (Year 6) short listed for the Organsing Crew award. Mrs Garbutt, who nominated the children, was at the awards and enjoyed watching as the children won both categories walking away with the top award. A special mention goes to Kirsty who was on stage for the whole evening helping to read out the nominees and comments for each award. Well done to you all and a big thank you to Mrs Garbutt.

Netball Superstars

Towards the end of the spring term, our netball team took part in the district netball competition which was held at Wodson Park. It was a particularly chilly day but that didn't stop the girls from putting 100% effort into each and every game they played. After some very close games and lots of very close shots at the net from Shannon, the team ended up being runners up in their group. An excellent display of ball skills and a very big well done to you all. Thanks once again to Mrs Garbutt for organising and making sure the team were well prepared through her regular after school training sessions.