At Bottesford Schools Federation we believe that, 'Better movers make better thinkers. Better movers make better learners.' 

We are committed to improving PE and school sport for our children. 

We are very proud of how fit and healthy our children are, as they already have so many opportunities at our federation to take part in daily physical activity and learn about healthy lifestyles. We aim to make our provision even better using the PE and Sport Premium funding.

We will use the PE and Sport Premium money to:

• Increase the confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff teaching PESSPA
• Engage all pupils in regular physical activity 
• Further, raise the profile of PE and sport as a tool for whole-school improvement
• Offer all children a broad experience of a range of sports and activities 
• Increase participation in competitive sport

 We are a proud member of the Get Ahead Partnership and work closely with them to improve every child's experience of PE (curriculum), to increase opportunities for competition against selves and others, increase physical activity for all young people and encourage a healthy lifestyle.

Here are some of the ways we have used our PE and Sport Premium in previous years:

• Our membership to the Get Ahead Partnership. As part of this, 100% of our Year 2 children have attended at least one out of school sporting event before they transition to Junior School.
• Over 60% of our children across the federation have attended an out of school sporting event last year. 
• Liam, the Infant Physical Activity Mentor, leads active playtimes and works with targeted groups.
• Mrs Cavanny and Mr Baxter lead active lunchtimes at the juniors and with the support of the sports ambassadors
• Provided all of our children with memorable days of physical activity; these included a Colour Run, Silent Disco, EURO football day and Olympic day. These events were run by the Get Ahead Partnership. 
• Intra-school competitions termly including a Speed of Light day, Cricket day and World Cup day. 
• Transport to frequent local inter-school sporting events across the federation.
• CPD for staff including Yoga CPD for Miss Watson and KS1 Fundamental Movement CPD for Miss Parker.

Some feedback from our families:

'The wide range of sporting activities has also been a brilliant feature of this term. Events such as the colour run, sports day, the EURO football day and the mini Olympics day have meant so much to J. It was wonderful to see his excitement and the photos on Tapestry, and to hear all about them at home.'

'My son had THE BEST time doing this. Thank-you for making moving fun.'

'He hasn't stopped talking about the silent disco since he got home this afternoon, he burst through the door and told me he'd had the best day ever!'