Our vision for PE is to provide high quality and engaging PE lessons and extra-curricular activities that promote an active and healthy lifestyle so all children can achieve their full potential.

“Raising aspirations” and aspects of the UNCRC are embedded into all elements of school life and learning at Minet Infant and Nursery School including in the PE curriculum. We are committed to promoting the value and importance of physical activity within the curriculum as we recognise that sports can bring new possibilities and opportunities for each child. In order to achieve this, we believe it is important to provide a progressive PE curriculum that is relevant, inclusive and engaging so children can achieve their full potential throughout their learning life and later lead a healthy and active lifestyle. We provide high quality and inclusive PE lessons to all pupils and a range of extra-curricular clubs to ensure children are provided with a variety of opportunities.

We believe that physical activity not only promotes correct physical growth and development but is also transferrable to the classroom by improving concentration and reducing stress. PE will develop children’s gross and fine motor skills and their confidence which are directly linked to academic learning and children’s lives’. The PE curriculum will aid cognitive development and develop a range of key skills. These skills include communication, decision making, leadership and teamwork. They are developed within a range of game scenarios to enable children to apply those skills to other aspects of their lives.

Children will have the basic understanding and skills to lead a healthy and active lifestyle. They will develop their fundamental movement skills in a sequential way enabling them play competitive sports in the next stage of their education. We want to provide fun, enjoyable physical experiences so children can engage and succeed in personal challenge. Children will have opportunities to enter a wide variety of inter-school tournaments and festivals and have their efforts celebrated.

The PE aims are for children to:

• develop their physical literacy
• develop their gross and fine motor skills
• lead an active and healthy lifestyle
• develop key skills that are transferrable to the classroom and their life
• engage in personal challenge

These PE aims encourage children to be resilient, responsible and respect each other, which are the values that Minet Infant and Nursery want to instil in the pupils. We want children to be resilient learners, respect teammates and to become responsible for their own fitness and lifestyle.

PE at Minet 2023-2024

Click the document below to view the school's PE curriculum:

The Great Big Dance Off 2024

Sixteen children from Year 1 and 2 have been working hard practising a dance routine. They performed at The Beck Theatre on stage, in front of a huge audience in The Great Big Dance Off event. We scored 14th place out of 20 schools and we were the youngest competitors there. All the teachers are very proud!

PE at Minet 2022-2023

At Minet Infant and Nursery, PE is highly valued. We take every opportunity to develop children's talents, abilities, physical development and confidence with movement. Children enjoy their PE lessons and this is what they have to say:

'PE is fun because we get to use lots of equipment' (Year 1 child)

'I like PE because sometimes it's hard and scary but my teacher always helps me' (Year 2 child)

Have a look at some pictures of children's PE lessons.

Sports Week 2023

The children enjoyed a workshop from athlete Rechmial Miller on Friday 16th June 2023. They learnt how to improve their running technique and were inspired by his story. Next week during National Sports Week the children will be taking part in lots of activities at playtime and at home so keep an eye out for the fitness challenges that your child will be brining home!

For Sports Week, the children really enjoyed doing the fitness challenges at home. Well done to all the children who brought it back to school and received a certificate for it! Year 2 went to 'The Nest' climbing centre in Hayes and were very adventurous and there were winners for the playground challenges.

Spring Term Personal Best Challenges

This term Minet Infant and Nursery School are taking part in different Personal Best Challenges each week at lunchtimes. Each week children take part in a different challenge where they see how many times they can complete an activity in 60 seconds. The school is competing against others in Hillingdon to see which school has the highest number of children taking part each week. It's all part of getting children as active as possible to improve their physical health by encouraging at least 60 minutes physical activity per day.

KS1 Football Skills event

Eight children from KS1 got the opportunity to practice football skills in a range of activities at Barnhill High School. The children practiced dribbling, shooting, passing and general ball control. They competed with six other schools and came 3rd! They are all very proud of themselves.

Year 2 Taekwondo Festival

Eighteen children from Year 2 were chosen to take part in the Taekwondo festival held at 'The Unit' in Harlington. The children practiced a range of activities to develop their agility, kicks and punches. They all learnt loads and had a fantastic time.

World Cup playground challenges

During the four weeks that the World Cup has been on, there have been some World Cup challenges held by Mr Ryan in the playground. The aim was for each class to have the most participants in each challenge. The challenges focused on football skills like shooting, dribbling, passing and toe touches. Each week, a class from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 won for the most participants that week.

Year 2 QPR football tournament

Ten children from Year 2 had the opportunity to take part in a football tournament held by QPR. The children trained during lunch times and took part in several games on the day. They played against other schools in the borough and had a fantastic time.

Year 2 Taekwondo taster sessions

Year 2 had an exciting opportunity. A taekwondo instructor from the Hillingdon Borough came in to do some taster sessions with the children. All children learnt what taekwondo means and how to kick and punch to defend themselves. They all enjoyed the taster sessions.

KS1 Panathlon Event 2022

Eight children from Key Stage 1 had the opportunity to take part in the Panathlon event 2022 held at Oakwood High School. The children took part in several activities against other schools in the borough to compete for points. They practised key skills like throwing, running and jumping and came 3rd! The children were very happy with their result.

PE at Minet 2021-22

Girls' football taster session 

The Year 1 girls participated in a football taster session with a coach from QPR football club. They were introduced to the skills needed to play a football match. The children developed an understanding of the importance of controlling the ball with their feet. They learnt how to dribble, pass and stop the ball. A fun filled afternoon!

What did the children say about their session?

Maavisha from Lavender: '"We rolled the ball with our sole."

Aasiyah from Lavender: "We played rock, paper, scissors with our body as a warm up."

Spring Term Personal Best Challenges

This term Minet Infant and Nursery School are taking part in different Personal Best Challenges each week at lunchtimes. Each week children take part in a different challenge where they see how many times they can complete an activity in 60 seconds. The school is competing against others in Hillingdon to see which school has the highest number of children taking part each week. It's all part of getting children as active as possible to improve their physical health by encouraging at least 60 minutes physical activity per day. 

The Spring term's personal best challenges have come to an end and Minet secured first place for the highest participation level over the whole term in Hillingdon. Here is the overall leader board:

1st - Minet

2nd - Pinkwell Primary

3rd - Ryefield Primary

Well done to the all the children who took part!

Week 8

Week 8 was the last week of the Hillingdon personal best challenge competition. For this week's challenge the children had to squat jump as many times as they could for 60 seconds. It was another week where Minet secured first place. 

Week 7

Star Jumps was Week 7's personal best challenge and once again Minet secured first place for the highest number of children participating. 

Week 6

The personal best challenge for Week 6 was called Air Balloon. For the challenge, children had to keep a balloon up in the air for 60 seconds. Minet was awarded first place again for this challenge for the most number of children participating compared to other schools in the Hillingdon. Go Minet!

Week 5

Week 5's challenge was Tuck In Tuck and Minet secured first place for the second week running.

Week 4

Week 4's challenge was called Wall Ball and Minet secured first place in this week's challenge. Well done!

Week 3

Minet Infant and Nursery School secured 2nd place again in this week's Personal Best Challenge competition. The challenge was called Step in, Step Out. Well done to all the children who took part in this week's challenge. 

Week 2

This week Minet Infant and Nursery School secure 2nd place in The Personal Best Challenges. This week's challenge was called Around the World where children had to see how many times they could pass a ball around their waist in 60 seconds.

Week 1

This week Minet Infant and Nursery School secure 2nd place in The Personal Best Challenges. This week's challenge was Hot Scotch.