PE in Foundation Stage

At the International School of Toulouse (IST), children from Foundation stage to Year 6 have PE lessons, led by three PE teachers who are French Nationals and who conduct the lessons in French. Primary students have two sessions of PE per week: one session is organized inside and one outside.

All IST pupils must have a PE kit as prescribed in the School uniform document and have a medical certificate to be able to take part in sports activities.

PE is taught in the School’s purpose built facilities including a purpose built sports hall, a 100m track, a long-jump track, an all-weather pitch and a hard court area. Children from Year 3 may also go to a local swimming pool, depending on availability.

Aims for PE in Foundation Stage 1 and 2

During the Foundation Stage years, PE is a physical development and is about improving skills of coordination, control, manipulation and movement. It helps children gain confidence in what they can do and enables them to feel the positive benefits of being healthy and active. Effective physical development helps children develop a positive sense of well-being.

By the end of Foundation Stage the vast majority of children will:

• Move with confidence, imagination and in safety
• Move with control and coordination
• Show awareness of space, of themselves and of others
• Recognise the importance of keeping healthy and those things which contribute to this
• Recognise the changes that happen to their bodies when they are active
• Use a range of small and large equipment
• Travel around, under, over and through balancing and climbing equipment
• Handle tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with increasing control

FS 1 & 2 – Curriculum Map Physical Education
Terms	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Indoor	Games	Ball Games	Gymnastics
	Motor skills/Coordination	Athletics	Dance