Each year, schools receive government funding in order to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils, and also to improve the quality of the PE and sports they offer. These are known as the Pupil Premium Grant, and the PE and Sport Premium respectively.

Click on the links below to see how this funding is allocated at Mount Stewart Junior School and the impact it has.

Swimming Report 2022-23

The National Curriculum states:

All schools must provide swimming instruction either in key stage 1 or key stage 2.

In particular, pupils should be taught 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

Swimming at The Mount Stewart Schools

At Mount Stewart Junior School  Key Stage Two pupils will attend a swimming programme for one term per academic year, regardless of their swimming ability. This ensures that all children are given the opportunity to develop and improve their swimming ability during these school years (they work within ability groups alongside qualified instructors). During the summer term, pupils from Years 5 who haven’t yet achieved their 25m distance swim will attend further swimming lessons. At the end of each term, pupils are re-assessed to help us decide whether they need to continue attending swimming sessions in the following term. All pupils learn about how to keep themselves and others safe, both in and around water. Our instructors deliver specific water safety sessions during the summer term.

Assessment of Pupils:

Year 5 pupils attended swimming sessions during the last academic year. Assessment information for our Y5 pupils for the 2022-23 academic year (pupils) is set out below. Our current 5 cohort (2023-24) will be reported on at the end of the current academic year.

PE at The Mount Stewart Schools

Aims and Objectives

All children in our schools enjoy 2 hours a week of timetabled physical activity.  Both the indoor and outdoor sports spaces are prioritised for those classes who have timetabled PE activities; this means that inclement weather does not stop these PE activities from taking place, since planned outdoor activities may be transferred indoors. 

Our PE curriculum is designed so that children have the opportunity to:  

• develop a broad range of movement skills,  
• gain the skills to effectively take part in different competitive games and 
• express themselves creatively through dance and gymnastics  

All children are expected to be able to apply these skills to competitive situations, either in parts of planned lessons, or in specifically organised events, such as sports day, and other termly intra-school competitions.   As children progress through the schools, they are taught how to recognise effective performance, both of their own and of others.  They are then expected to be able to help plan and organise tasks which may help or challenge others to improve their ability in different activities.  As well as this regular self-evaluation during lessons, children are also required to complete a formal self-assessment, which confirms their own feelings about the progress they are making in physical education.

For PE timetable information please visit your child's year group page.