PE at Rushmore
PE Lead: Ms Gray
PE at Rushmore Primary School
At Rushmore we love PE!
We are committed to providing the best opportunities for children to develop their physical competence, confidence, and ability to perform in a range of activities. We encourage children to participate in a range of physical activity and develop skills and awareness of the effect exercise has on their bodies. We promote positive attitudes towards active and healthy lifestyles.
PE Curriculum
The National Curriculum for Physical Education aims to ensure that all pupils:
- Develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities
- Are physically active for sustained periods of time
- Engage in competitive sports and activities
- Lead healthy active lifestyles
Each year, we will be review our curriculum map to ensure that children are engaging in a variety of popular and alternative sports enabling them to develop the above skills.
Click here to see our annual overview.
Click here for the Swimming and PE timetable at Rushmore.
Funding
The Government has invested in improving physical education and sport in primary schools by introducing the sports premium grant. As a school we received approximately £19,000 to help improve the provision for PE and sport at Rushmore.
We have spent this money on:
- Investing in new equipment and resources to support learning
- Providing additional after-school extra-curricular sports clubs
- Promoting inclusive sports and alternative sport opportunities
- Promoting healthy competition and participating in borough-wide competitions
- Building on the EYFS provision with a focus on fundamental movement skills
- Trips to sporting events or venues
- Swimming interventions for those who are struggling to reach the expected standard.
For more detail on how we are spending this additional funding click here
Extra-Curricular
We currently run between 2 and 3 after-school sports clubs, every evening, across KS1 and KS2, to encourage children to enjoy physical activity and lead healthy lifestyles. They can participate in a range of physical activity including netball, BMX, wheelchair basketball, table tennis, tennis, football, street dance and multi-sports.
Click here to see our sporting after-school offer.
Swimming
As of academic year 2025/2026, Kingshall have undergone refurbishment. During this time, children in the Upper Phase (years 4, 5 and 6) will attend intensive swimming lessons for one week in the autumn term at Clissold Leisure Centre.
Sports Days
Every year during the summer term, we have our annual sports day. The children arrive at school in their house t shirts (PE kits) and travel to the local park to take part in a range of fun and competitive sports activities. House points are given to children in KS1 and KS2 for showing determination, passion, respect, honesty, self-belief and teamwork and for the order that they place in any of the games.
Hackney Moves Schools’ Challenge
The Hackney Schools’ Challenge is a youth running initiative, open to primary school children, organised by HOKA. The Hackney Schools’ Challenge encourages students to run 12 miles in the lead up to the event. We break this down by asking the children in the Upper Phase to run a mile or 2 miles a week in school. Children in the Lower Phase run each of their miles at home. Students then participate in the Hackney Moves weekend by running the final celebratory mile course, which finishes on the Hackney Half finish line, completing their own half marathon.
Please see the website for more details: https://www.hackneymoves.com/schools-challenge#:~:text=The%20programme%20gives%20local%20primary,Hackney%20and%20the%20surrounding%20boroughs.
In 2026, HOKA ran a competition for children to design the 2026 Schools’ Challenge t-shirt and one of our Year 4 pupils, won the comp
Bikeability Training
Hackney Council now offer bikeability training to all children in Hackney. We offer this level 1 and 2 training to children in year 5, which usually runs in the autumn term. All children take part in this training unless their parents decide to opt them out. We offer bikes and helmets to children that are in receipt of pupil premium funding.
Please see the website for more details: https://www.bikeability.org.uk/
Balanceability
Balanceabilty is a 10 week training programme that we offer to children in the early years. Children receive training during the week and take the bike home to practice on the weekends. This helps develop their co-ordination and gross motor skills and ensures that every child has access to cycling.
https://www.balanceability.com/
Bike Bus
Every Wednesday at 8:25am, a group of children, accompanied by a group of parents, take part in Rushmore’s Bike Bus before school. The Bike Bus provides a safe and enjoyable way for families to travel to school together, promoting active travel, road safety awareness and healthy lifestyles.
Targeted Support
Children in receipt of Pupil Premium funding have access to a wide range of sporting opportunities. We provide funding for several after-school clubs, enabling children to participate free of charge. In addition, we run a BMX after-school club, with bikes and helmets supplied to ensure all children can take part.
We actively promote inclusion by ensuring that children from diverse backgrounds are represented in sports leagues and competitive events. Bikes and helmets are also provided to support participation in the cycle league.
Furthermore, festivals organised by our School Games Organiser are specifically targeted at children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), as well as those who may lack confidence in taking part in competitive sports, helping to encourage participation and develop enjoyment of physical activity.
We also promote a love of sport through our Sports Journalists programme. Children who are identified as working towards the expected standard in writing are given the opportunity to attend sporting events and report on them. This initiative helps to develop their writing and communication skills while increasing their engagement with and enthusiasm for sport.
And Finally, Our Sporting Victories!
Primary Schools Football League
Boys – first place
Girls – first place
Primary Schools Championship Tournament
Boys – first place
Girls – second place
Hackney Schools Athletics Association 5 a side league
Boys – Final tournament (5th place)
Girls – first place
Hackney Schools Athletics Association 9 a side League
Boys – semi finals
Girls – semi finals
Primary School Cycle League
Third place