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Physical Activity
Physical activity is vital in children’s all-round development, enabling them to pursue happy, healthy and active lives. Gross and fine motor experiences develop incrementally throughout early childhood, starting with sensory explorations and the development of a child’s strength, co-ordination and positional awareness through tummy time, crawling and play movement with both objects and adults.
By creating games and providing opportunities for play both indoors and outdoors, adults support children to develop their core strength, stability, balance, spatial awareness, co-ordination and agility. Children have access to two PE (Physical Education) sessions per week and twice daily access to our field and playground to socialise and engage in physical activity.
Coordination and muscle development
In addition to gross motor development involving large movements such as climbing, running, dancing etc, our curriculum also develops fine motor skills. This involves small muscles working with the brain and nervous system to control movements in areas such as the hands, fingers, lips, tongue and eyes.
Fine motor control and precision helps with hand-eye co-ordination, which is later linked to early literacy. Repeated and varied opportunities to explore and play with small world activities, puzzles, arts and crafts and the practice of using small tools, with feedback and support from adults, allow children to develop proficiency, control and confidence.
Fine motor skills, combined with hand to eye coordination are essential for sports.
Range of opportunities
As children get older they learn a range of sports including hockey, football, basketball, netball, tennis, cricket and rounders. Children also have swimming, gymnastics, dance and athletic lessons and take part in a range of competitive games.
At the end of thier primary school experience, Year 6 children go on a residential visit to Bawdsey Manor. This offers a range of outdoor activities including bushcraft, kayaking, climbing and orienteering and is a great confidence builder ahead of starting secondary school.
Forest School
We are delighted that Forest School is is going to be introduced as part of our curriculum. It is a long-term program that supports play, exploration and supported risk taking. It develops confidence and self-esteem through learner inspired, hands-on experiences in a natural setting.
Forest School has a developmental ethos shared by thousands of trained practitioners around the world. Its roots reach back to the open-air culture in Scandinavia where Forest School began. It arrived in the UK in 1993 and has grown from strength to strength since then.
Langham Primary Academy has created a Forest School area within the school grounds and is a welcome and valuable additional to our core educational offer.
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