St. Michael's on Wyre Church of England School receives the PE and sport premium funding.  Each year we plan how we will spend our finding to  ensure all our children benefit from an excellent sporting offer. We are proud of the P.E. and sports' provision that we can offer to all pupils, both within the curriculum and through a wide range of extra-curricular activities.

St. Michael's on Wyre Church of England School receives the PE and sport premium funding.  Each year we plan how we will spend our finding to  ensure all our children benefit from an excellent sporting offer. We are proud of the P.E. and sports' provision that we can offer to all pupils, both within the curriculum and through a wide range of extra-curricular activities.

We have a sport's objective, that as a school we are aiming to achieve each year, and the school sports premium helps towards this. Our SSP objective is to achieve self-sustaining improvement in the quality of PE. 

Over the next year we want to work towards establishing seven main goals. These are;

1. All teachers will be confident and competent in the delivery of PE. 

2. All children will be given the opportunity to take part in competitions and festivals. 

3. Children can articulate the importance of school sports and healthy lifestyles.

4. All pupils will be active for more than 30 minutes a day in school. 

5. PE and increased activity will support the whole school outcome. 

6. All pupils will have access to extra-curricular activities. 

7. We WILL have made sustainable change. 

We also report each year on the impact of the funding.

This includes: 

• the amount of premium received
• a full breakdown of how it has been spent (or will be spent)
• what impact the school has seen on pupils’ PE and sport participation and attainment
• how the improvements will be sustainable in the future

We are also required to publish the percentage of pupils within our year 6 cohort who met the national curriculum requirement to:

• swim competently, confidently, and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
• use a range of strokes effectively (for example front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke)
• perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations

The impact this funding is having on our children, in particular KS2 children, is really good. During this academic year the percentage of children that have taken part in a sporting after school or lunchtime club or a whole school extra curricular event at least once throughout the year has increased. We are able to give all children the opportunities to take part in a variety of extra curriculum clubs, which we try and base on their requests and interests. Every single child in school is given the opportunity to take part in extra-curricular club and are encouraged to do so at least once in the academic year.

The children are also learning new skills in PE as their teachers are more skilled and have fully qualified instructors working alongside teachers to deliver some of their lessons. Therefore they are more enthusiastic about their sport and are wanting to keep themselves fit and healthy. 

The link with Fleetwood Town has helped enhanced PE within our Early Years unit. The children are much more knowledgeable about sport, health and fitness when they begin school in Reception. They are also more advanced with fundamental skills and have a greater understanding of games related skills.  

At the end of the last academic year we were able to run a health and fitness week for the children. The funding allowed us to bring in many different sports coaches and professionals to help educate the children about the importance of health and fitness as well as what sports are available to them

During each academic year we aim to provide as many extra-curriculum sports clubs to the children as possible. These clubs are planned and based on the interests of the children in our school at that time. Not only do these clubs encourage increased participation, but they also ensure that children understand the importance of inclusion, equality and respect for others. They also help to build resilience in children. 

As well as this, over the year all children are given the opportunity to take part in competitions against other schools. It is great to see in our school that many children want to get involved in these competitions. We try hard to ensure that all children that volunteer to take part in a sport are given the opportunity as often as possible. 

The majority of our in school extra-curricular clubs are available to KS2, with an increasing number being provided for KS1 also, with one club per half term being offered. The competitions are mainly for years 5/6 at other venues, but there are an increasing number of competitions that are being offered to years 3/4 and KS1. 

At St Michael's we also put on a health week for the children every other year. During this week the children learn all about keeping their bodies and minds healthy and take part in a range of different sports, some which they might never have had the opportunity to do before. Sports include  yoga, taekwondo, tennis, Zumba, cardio kickboxing, tennis and Quidditch. This year the children have also been lucky enough to take part in the Joy of Moving festival provided by Fleetwood Town Community Trust. 

We are also proud to have been awarded the GOLD SCHOOLS GAMES AWARD. 

Our school has consistently achieved the SPORTS Mark every year since 2015/16, and we are delighted to have moved from Bronze award through to Gold award.

The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise school’s engagement (provision and uptake) against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.

• Our physical activity and school sport achievements this year has seen many successes:
• AS well as school sport we aim to make playtimes and lunchtimes fun and active, with a range of physical activities and sports.
• We have been delighted to restart our clubs and these have been extended to include lunchtimes clubs and after school clubs.
• Our young leaders have started, once again, to act as PALS on our playground.
• We have worked hard to be inclusive with a team sports focus and opportunities for all children to engage in physical activity.
• We have taken every opportunity to compete as part of our recovery plan and participated in the SPAR Lancashire School Games, the Commonwealth Baton Relay and our local leagues.

We are extremely proud of our children for their dedication to all aspects of physical activity and school sport.   We believe in the power of physical activity and school sport as a school and give opportunities to our children that need it most.

As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas linked to the five School Games outcomes and so this award reflects our sport provision in school, including:

• The quantity of high-quality PE lessons our children receive each week;
• The amount of children participating in extra-curricular sporting activity each week;
• The support we provide for our talented young sports people and less active children;
• The number of competitive events we take part in each year.