PECO SCHOOL SERVICES
Our business is modelled on a personal approach which sets us aside from the main corporate organisations, Matt our director is active within schools and ensures that standards are being upheld by all our teachers.
We are able to offer a number of packages to help provide your children with quality Physical Education. These include:
Full Day PE Curriculum Provision with dinner time club and before or after school club (school sport or eco)
3/4 Day PE Curriculum Provision with dinner time club and after school club (school sport or eco)
Half Day PE Curriculum Provision with dinner time club and after school club (school sport or eco)
Single sessions (1 hr) – Before school only
Within these packages, we can deliver eco schools acivities and a wide range of sports and physical activities that promote a love of learning and exercise. These are:
- Fitness Instruction e.g. Fun Circuits or Military style– Under 18s (Also available to parents and staff members)
- Football Coaching
- Rugby League Coaching
- Gymnastics
- Dance
- Basketball
- Handball
- Benchball
- Dodgeball
- Tennis
- Athletics
- Cricket
- Multi skill activities
Please email us today and we will endeavour to discuss how we can best meet your needs.
“PEco Schools Network have been delivering PE and School Sport at our school since September 2015 and we are very happy with the service they provides. Since starting with us, the competitive experiences available to our children has improved greatly and the children are regularly involved in both Intra and Inter School Competitions. As part of their service, PEco regularly assess the children and provide the school with a tracking document which can be used by staff to assist them when taking their own PE. We would definitely recommend PEco Schools to any schools looking for a PE and School Sport provider.”
Mrs Kellett – Headteacher
The PE and sport premium has been set up to help primary schools improve the quality of the PE and sport activities they offer their pupils. The government are committed to spending £320 million ‘to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of the PE, physical activity and sport offered through their core budgets’.
The DfE state that Schools should use the PE and sport premium to:
- develop or add to the PE, physical activity and sport that your school provides
- build capacity and capability within the school to ensure that improvements made now will benefit pupils joining the school in future years
More specifically, Schools should:
Raise the profile of PE and sport across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement, for example by:
- actively encourage pupils to take on leadership or volunteer roles that support the delivery of sport and physical activity within the school (such as ‘sport leader’ or peer-mentoring schemes)
- embedding physical activity into the school day through encouraging active travel to and from school, active break times and holding active lessons and teaching
Increase confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport for example by:
- providing staff with professional development, mentoring, appropriate training and resources to help them teach PE and sport more effectively to all pupils, and embed physical activity across your school
- hiring qualified sports coaches and PE specialists to work alongside teachers to enhance or extend current opportunities offered to pupils
Broaden the experience of a range of sports and activities that is offered to all pupils, for example by:
- introducing a new range of sports and physical activities (such as dance, yoga or fitness sessions) to encourage more pupils to take up sport and physical activities
- partnering with other schools to run sports and physical activities and clubs
- providing more and broadening the variety of extra-curricular activities after school in the 3 to 6pm window, delivered by the school or other local sports organisations
Increase participation in competitive sport, for example by:
- increasing and actively encouraging pupils’ participation in the School Games
- organising, coordinating or entering more sport competitions or tournaments within the school or across the local area, including those run by sporting organisations
At PEco Schools we can support schools to meet these objectives whilst maintaining competitive prices. We can provide a tailored approach that is designed to meet the specific requirements of a variety of schools, some of which have contrasting local demographics. We will work with you on a consultative basis to create a programme that is suitable for and adds value to your school or organisation as well as making the most of your Primary PE and Sport Premium funding.
We will also work with you to support your Ofsted submission and provide evidence for the impact we have had on your school.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
At PEco Schools, we recognise the increased pressure on teachers to raise attainment in the core subjects, most particularly English and Maths. Whilst working to the Physical Education National Curriculum aims and objectives we are also able to adapt our sessions to the needs of each teacher we work alongside.
The National Curriculum in England regularly refers to competitiveness within the subject. As stated in the Physical Education purpose of study:
“A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities.” National Curriculum 2014
At PEco Schools, we recognise the many physical and emotional benefits of pupils participating in competitive sport, which include an increase in bone density and a positive effect on mental health. In our sessions we provide a balance of fun, competitiveness and high physical demand whilst ensuring that we continuously promote respect, sportsmanship and teamwork. Following the delivery of a unit of work we will organise and deliver a intra school competition in the last week of that half term and we are always encouraging schools to enter teams into the local inter school competitions. All our instructors are qualified to coach and teach the fundamental skills of a variety of competitive sports and physical activities.
All our services aim to meet the requirements of the PE National Curriculum. As set out by the National Curriculum England programmes of study, the statuary requirements of Physical Education (PE) in schools are to provide opportunities for their pupils to:
• Develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities
• Be physically active for sustained periods of time
• Be engaged in competitive sports and activities
• Lead healthy, active lives
According to Ofsted in 2013, the teaching and learning of pupils in primary PE has shown some signs of improvement in its delivery. Despite this, subject knowledge and confidence remains an issue in Primary PE delivery as does planning and assessment. In addition, more able pupils were sometimes not challenged enough and/or the ‘Physical’ aspect was under-developed. At PEco Schools, we have a wealth of knowledge and experience which is reflected in our confidence to deliver sessions that will stretch all pupils both physically and mentally. If requested we can work alongside school staff to help boost confidence in this subject area.
ECO SCHOOLS
When working in school we find most young people care deeply about environmental issues and wish to make a positive change in the environment around them. The Eco-Schools programme provides an ideal way for fostering environmental awareness in the entire school in a way that links to many curriculum subjects. Our primary aim regarding the Eco-Schools scheme is to combine learning and action for the improvement of the environmental performance of Eco-Schools.
Our previous work in schools has seen us:
- Plant trees
- Setting up a school grounds competition
- Sow wildflowers
- Building Bird Boxes
- Minibeast hunt
For more information please visit the Eco Schools Website
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