PE topics explained for parents
Physical education runs from Year 1 to Year 11, moving from running, jumping and balance to team tactics, personal fitness and sport outside school. Dance and outdoor adventure challenges appear in primary and secondary years, and every school must provide swimming lessons in either Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2. These guides show how each stage builds on the last, so you can see where your child is heading.
Key Stage 1 PE
Key Stage 2 PE
- Athletics
- Dance and movement patterns
- Flexibility and strength
- Gymnastics
- Outdoor challenges: individual
- Invasion games
- Net and wall games
- Personal bests in PE
- Attacking and defending
- Running and jumping
- Striking and fielding games
- Swimming 25 metres
- Swimming strokes
- Outdoor challenges: teamwork
- Throwing and catching
- Water safety and self-rescue