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18/03/24

Y6 cyclists enjoyed a fantastic start to bikeability! Team Shakespeare learnt how to stay safe by controlling speed, looking over our shoulder for approaching traffic and how to signal to other road users a desired direction of travel. pic.twitter.com/yNKr3ctiyf

18/03/24

Y6 cyclists enjoyed a fantastic start to bikeability! Team Shakespeare learnt how to stay safe by controlling speed, looking over our shoulder for approaching traffic and how to signal to other road users a desired direction of travel. pic.twitter.com/grLClqOlUT

18/03/24

Y6 cyclists enjoyed a fantastic start to bikeability! Team Shakespeare learnt how to stay safe by controlling speed, looking over our shoulder for approaching traffic and how to signal to other road users a desired direction of travel. pic.twitter.com/nX2FE6OwVl

14/03/24

In DT, Year 2 have been experiencing different ways of joining fabric. They used staples, safety pins, sewing and gluing. pic.twitter.com/DILMMrnbon

14/03/24

Year 5 having great fun at the hockey festival pic.twitter.com/DaTjFGNt7o

13/03/24

Why not read a. Exciting science book this week in celebration of science week. We started the week with the mind-blowing book ‘Atoms’ (one of our beautiful new library books) and here are some further recommendations. pic.twitter.com/IgTGrIvliG

13/03/24

Our fantastic school choir performing at the Scholars’ Education Trust annual music concert. pic.twitter.com/QyiTeMpGRd

13/03/24

Year six basketball players deciding whether to pass or not in their tactics unit. pic.twitter.com/ZxfcsTZvSO

13/03/24

One of our wonderful year six pupils delivering a session on dyslexia and neurodiversity in advance of Autism Awareness Week. Amazing confidence and engagement with her audience and I particularly loved the book recommendations section! pic.twitter.com/qrO37QBJsf

13/03/24

Happy International Women’s Day to all our lovely girls, mums, aunties, grannies…Why not read one of these books about women who have changed the world…

13/03/24

A little late - but photos from Team Dahl's World Book Day trip to . We explored their wonderous library, solved riddles and delved into the mysteries of their cataloguing system! (2)#English pic.twitter.com/UIjtQNRGQ7

13/03/24

A little late - but photos from Team Dahl's World Book Day trip to . We explored their wonderous library, solved riddles and delved into the mysteries of their cataloguing system! (1)#English pic.twitter.com/yNfHmmfjOJ

12/03/24

Ladybirds have been investigating shadows this week as part of . We also added holes using a hole punch to see how this affected our shadows. pic.twitter.com/q5i3xR8Ame

12/03/24

Year 3 Investigating the motion of pendulums as part of pic.twitter.com/M5R8YtgjNq

11/03/24

Wishing the SET Muslim community the blessings of the holy month pic.twitter.com/McyutIKdIT

11/03/24

Y5 & Y6 keen writers were treated to a day of poetry, short and creative story writing. We were inspired by Simon Lamb’s ‘A Pocket Poem,’ Kit Wright’s ‘Magic Box’ and Harris Burdick’s picture stories. A fantastic day for our children to showcase their writing talents. pic.twitter.com/ERXPJ2GIcF

08/03/24

Happy International Women’s Day to all our lovely Harpenden Academy girls, mummies, aunties, grannies…Why not read one of these fantastic books about women who have changed the world…#reading pic.twitter.com/WYZFJBkiyY

08/03/24

What a wonderful morning already celebrating World Book Day: watching Gandalf teaching a lesson and receiving a visit from Harry Potter to share his book review! pic.twitter.com/7k8gldtIb8

07/03/24

Year 4 creating movie trailers for our class text Coming to England by pic.twitter.com/G2wejV5OGX

07/03/24

Book swop in Y6 went down a treat! pic.twitter.com/0AEbjKcHul

07/03/24

Ladybirds loved using the library today to choose books and enjoy them with their friends. pic.twitter.com/6ezryjUYvL

07/03/24

Year six reader enjoying their Drop Everything and Read session! pic.twitter.com/rPdCWUTY3O

07/03/24

Ladybirds have loved coming to school as their favourite characters today. Can you guess who we are? pic.twitter.com/vP5MrIQv6U

07/03/24

Elmer Class enjoyed a book themed PE lesson this morning. They made letters out of their bodies and did a book themed relay. pic.twitter.com/NgIu7U32In

07/03/24

Potter Class have been enjoying reading books for pleasure in the library this morning. pic.twitter.com/1AQeUzXo3u

Sports Premium

The Department for Education is doubling the funding that primary schools receive to improve the quality of their PE and sport provision from £160 million to £320 million a year. The PE and Sport Premium is part of a series of programmes led by the department to improve healthy lifestyles among pupils and tackle childhood obesity.

There are 5 key indicators that schools should expect to see improvement across:

  • the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
  • the profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole - school improvement
  • increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
  • broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils
  • increased participation in competitive sport

How much PE and sport premium funding has Harpenden Academy received for this financial year?

Please refer to the document here

Schools are to determine their own spending, looking to improve the quality and breadth of PE / sport, looking to increase participation, encourage healthy lifestyles and improve the quality of provision.

How much PE and sport premium funding will Harpenden Academy receive for the next financial year 2022-2023?

Please refer to the document here

The outline of our aims is detailed below: 

This will use our sports premium to achieve the following aims and will link a number of our aims to school development plan and 

  • Maintain Gold School games mark. 
  • Clear and user-friendly way of recording activity levels of the children. 
  • PE moderation and professional discussion to aid assessment of pupils.
  • Continue and embed use of Concept Descriptors to inform assessment to ensure sustained progress in PE.  
  • To use ipads as tool to aid the learning and assessment in PE.  
  • To ensure we are being more sustainable in PE e.g. we will send all sporting communication via Edulink.  
  • To support the wellbeing of pupils we are offering a range of opportunities to enjoy physical activity. 

How has the funding been used to enhance the quality of PE and sport at Harpenden Academy? 

In addition to our curriculum lessons, the children have access to a wide range of opportunities to compete in intra and inter sport. This is a unique opportunity that is enabled through the use of the sports premium funding. We provide children the opportunity to attend different clubs, football, netball, dance, multi-sports through staff and external agencies. The aim is to use this funding to provide opportunities and develop talent to create a sporting legacy at the school. 

During their PE lessons our students are able to participate in a range of activities including: gymnastics, dance, games, athletics, swimming. We ensure that our facilities support the delivery of different sports. To enhance learning, we use local facilities such as the Harpenden Leisure Centre, Harpenden Common and Sir John Lawes playing fields.  

What has the impact been so far on participation and attainment? 

All children, receive two PE lessons a week and KS2 children have the opportunity to go swimming at our local leisure centre. Student progress and attainment has also increased, as a result of the provision put in place due to the additional funding available. Across the school, we have over 65% of children working at age related and with 20% of children across. 

We also have established our sports teams, in football, netball, rounders, tag rugby and athletics, ensuring that they have had opportunities to compete against local schools, on a regular basis as well as district competitions. 

Professional Development: 

Some of the funding has also been used for the professional development of our teachers, to ensure that all staff have the best training in order to deliver high quality provision to our students.  

  • Coaching for staff and TA’s in teaching games. 
  • Ongoing CPD for TA’s and primary teachers, in delivering PE and sport in a variety of activities. 

The future: Next steps

  • Children can confidently articulate their learning in PE (Vocabulary, LS, success, next steps) 
  • To monitor the activity of levels of the children at Harpenden Academy (EAL, SEND, PP, girls) 
  • Staff to feel more confident when assessing children in PE  
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