Outdoor Games

By the end of KS1 students should be able to: Outdoor PE

(Running & Jumping/Co-ordination & Ball Skills/Striking & Fielding Progression via Multi Skills)

• To work and behave safely
• Work increasingly co-operatively with others
• Show awareness of opponents and team-mates when playing games
• Perform basic skills of rolling, striking and kicking with more confidence
• Apply these skills in a variety of simple games 
• Make choices about appropriate targets, space and equipment                 
• Use a variety of simple tactics 
• Describe how their bodies work and feel when playing games 
• Work well with a partner and in a small group to improve their skills
• Make early decisions about the skills and tactics to use when playing games
• Practice to improve their skills, knowing what they need to achieve

By the end of KS2 students should be able to: Outdoor PE

Invasion Games

• Use different techniques for passing, controlling, dribbling and shooting the ball in games
• Apply basic principles of team play to keep possession of the ball 
• Use marking, tackling and/or interception to improve their defence
• Play effectively as part of a team 
• Know what position they are playing in and how to contribute when attacking and defending 
• Plan practices and warm ups to get ready for playing safely
• Recognise their own and others’ strengths and weaknesses in games
• Suggest ideas that will improve performance

Net & Wall Games

• Use forehand, backhand and overhead shots increasingly well in the games they play 
• Use the volley in games where it is important
• Use the skills they prefer with competence and consistency 
• Understand the need for tactics 
• Start to choose and use some tactics effectively
• Play cooperatively with a partner
• Apply rules consistently and fairly 
• Identify appropriate exercises and activities for warming up 
• Recognise how these games make their bodies work
• Pick out what they and others do well and suggest ideas for practices 

Striking & Fielding Games

• Strike a bowled ball 
• Use a range of fielding skills, eg catching, throwing, bowling, intercepting, with growing control and consistency 
• Work collaboratively in pairs, group activities and small-sided games
• Use and apply the basic rules consistently and fairly
• Understand and implement a range of tactics in games; recognise the activities and exercises that need including in a warm up 
• Identify their own strengths and suggest practices to help them improve