Planning, Preparation & Assessment Cover (PPA)

First Grade Sports offer a great opportunity to schools who wish to enrich their curriculum with the use of outside specialists.

Finding ways to cover PPA presents schools with a number of different challenges, First Grade Sports are able to provide a range of activities and a flexible approach to we fulfil your requirements.

We cover teacher PPA time at the same time as teaching National Curriculum Physical Education units. We support this by working with your school to write curriculum maps, schemes of work and completing assessment criteria.

What we offer:

• Activities that develop children’s self esteem, motor skills, social skills and personal health and fitness

• Detailed schemes of work for each year group which are progressive and developmental

• Units of work which cater for a range of abilities

• Qualified staff, experienced in delivering quality and enjoyable physical education sessions

First Grade Sports offer a great opportunity to schools who wish to enrich their curriculum with the use of outside specialists.

Curriculum Support, CPD opportunities and Resources

Our staff can support and enhance the knowledge and skills of your school based staff. We have designed a unique training programme which allows teaching staff to develop their skills alongside our  specialists. The ultimate aim is to improve the ongoing delivery of quality PE within the school.

‘Team Teaching’ allows class teachers, teaching assistants and senior management, the opportunity to shadow one of our senior Sports, Gymnastics and Dance Specialists and work with them on a tailor made scheme of work.

We will deliver the first 3 sessions of a half term and will work alongside the class teacher for the next 2 sessions; providing professional PE assessments of each individual child in the final week(s) of the half term.

Each class teacher will receive a Team Teaching ‘Pack’. This pack will include schemes of work, assessment sheets, accelerator cards, evaluation forms & PE teaching ideas.

In addition to class based teaching, we can also provide staff insets. These can be staff meetings/twilights or at external venues. Again these can be tailor-made for your school. Our Team Teaching programme has been designed to address the outcomes outlined within the Ofsted regulations for the Primary School Sports Funding.

The advantages of Team Teaching over traditional training are that the teaching is ‘Live’. We are teaching the exact children the teacher will be, so we will develop sessions and activities depending on the wants and needs of a particular class, using the school’s own available space and resources.

Why choose ‘Team Teaching’?

6 weeks ‘Scheme of Work’ to be given to the Teacher of each class.

 Our PE and Sport Specialist will take the first 3 sessions (ideally 1 full day per week) of each half term, showing progression of lesson, Teaching Points and Learning Outcomes.

Individual session plans covering the rest of the half term, to be given to the relevant teacher(s).

The initial sessions delivered by us, are designed to give the school teacher an idea of what content to include in each of the following sessions.

The last sessions of each half term will be ‘observation’ sessions where the we will watch the class teacher take the PE lesson and then deliver ‘Twilight’ training, focusing on all the areas needed for improvement (a 1 or 2 hour staff meeting after school).

Further support during and after the Team Teaching sessions are available to school staff throughout the year.

Our staff can support and enhance the knowledge and skills of your school based staff. The ultimate aim is to improve the ongoing delivery of quality PE within the school.

Our support programme allows class teachers, teaching assistants and senior management, the opportunity to shadow one of our senior Sports, Gymnastics and Dance Specialists and work w