Primary PE and Sports Premium
Gold Mark Award
We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games GOLD Mark Award for the 2021/22 academic year.
The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012 facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport, including our Sports Leaders. We also give thanks to our Sports Coach who made our competitions possible.
To achieve the Gold Award the school has to offer pupils a wide range of sporting opportunities, from two hours of physical education each week to making sure that we fulfil criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs. We are very pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been recognised and rewarded this year.
Primary PE and Sports Premium
Primary PE and Sport Premium is an initiative that aims to help increase and improve the PE and sporting opportunities for children. It was first provided in the 2013/14 academic year and the current government has pledged to continue.
PE and Sport Premium funding is provided jointly by the Department for Education, the Department for Health and Culture and the Department for Media and Sport. It has been allocated to primary school headteachers and is ring-fenced, meaning that it can only be spent on the provision of PE and sport in schools.
The Government believes that headteachers and school leaders should decide how to use the funding for PE and Sports in school. They are held accountable for the decisions they make through:
The performance outcomes of all pupils compared with their peers
The Ofsted inspection framework, under which inspectors focus on the attainment of pupil groups, in particular in those areas where specific funding has been provided
The reports that schools are required to publish online for Parents
All primary schools receive a lump sum of £16,000 plus £10 per pupil aged 5 or over on roll. Deepcar St John's School's allocation of Sports premium for 2022/2023 is anticipated to be £17,000.
Here at Deepcar St John's, we aim to use the funding effectively to ensure that standards of learning and achievement in PE and Sports are raised, with all children, regardless of their background, engaging in physical activity as part of the curriculum and extra-curricular provision. We believe that sport is integral to all children’s growth and feel that it plays a key part in their spiritual, moral and cultural development. More information about how Sports premium is calculated can be found by clicking on the following link - Sports premium funding in Primary Schools
A full break down on how we are using our PE and Sport Premium can be found by clicking on the Evidencing the Impact of the Primary PE and Sports Premium document below.

At Deepcar St John’s, we believe it is important for children to take part in a range of both competitive and non-competitive sports. We want pupils to be able to celebrate the occasions when they are successful, whilst realising that team work and fair play has a key role to play in not only the sporting world but also their own lives. For this to be achieved, all children take part in two hours a week of PE lessons. As well as this, they are encouraged to take part in active sessions at lunch time through the use of imaginative play, Sports Leader lead games, school Intersport competitions or timetabled football days. We also offer a range of sporting activities at after school clubs, As well as these opportunities, Deepcar St John’s take part in competitions, usually after school, against other schools in the local area. This gives the children the chance to put skills learnt in school into practise and also gives them the opportunity to make links with other schools in the local area.
We have chosen to work alongside the School Sports Partnership called LINKs. This company do what their name suggests and provide links with other local schools for competitions, links with our feeder Secondary School and links with local sporting communities. For more information about LINKS please visit http://links-ssp.com/. Additionally, we have started working closely with SWFC, and we now purchase Sports Coach services from them.
We are looking forward to many more sporting events this year.
Friday 21st March
All of these year 5 children received certificates for passing their water safety lessons and/or swimming 25 metres, when they had their swimming lessons earlier this year.
Well done!
21st March 2023
Tonight, both our A and B boys football team took part in a football tournament with children from schools in the local area.
It was great to see so many parents and family members there to support them. All of them played exceptionally well, with one of our keepers saving a penalty.
Well done everyone!
14th March 2023
Tonight,our girls football team braced the wind, rain and snow to take part in a tournament with schools from the locality held at St John's. Despite the horrid weather conditions, they all played exceptionally well and we are extremely proud of them all.
Well done girls.
Friday 3rd March 2023
Last half term, four of our year 6 children took part in a Boccia tournament and won a place in the final. That final took place today, and we are very proud to announce that they came away as tournament winners.
Well done guys, you should be very proud of yourselves - we are!
23rd February 2023
Yesterday, our year 4 girls represented St John's at a local football competition. They finished in 2nd place, not losing a game.
They overcame any worries and nerves and should be really proud of themselves.
Well done girls!
Tuesday 21st February
Today, twelve of our year 5 children represented St John's at a swimming competition held at Ponds Forge.
Getting into a full size swimming pool, competing against other children, whilst being watched takes a lot of confidence. We are exceptionally proud of all of them, as they overcame their fears and took to the pool.
Two of our pupils came away with medals, awarded to them for showing great bravery and perseverance by the organisers.
Well done all of you!
Friday 3rd February 2023
Today, some members of our girls football team represented St John's at a tournament held at Jubilee Sports Club.
The girls won a place in the semi-final, which ended in a draw, resulting in a nail biting penalty shootout.
Sadly the girls narrowly missed out on a place in the final.
Well done on an exceptional performance as a team girls!
30th January 2023
On Monday, a selection of children from year 5 and 6 represented St John's at a Dodgeball competition at Bradfield Comprehensive school. We played exceptionally well, winning some and drawing the rest. We finished in second place overall.
Well done Deepcar!
Friday 20th January
Today, our year 5 and 6 boys football team took part in the Kids Cup at SWFC, and narrowly missed out on qualifying for the next round.
Whilst there, they got to meet some of the players and also attended a workshop where they got to come up with a design for a new football boot. All of their ideas will be entered judged and the winner will get their design displayed in the SWFC ground.
Looks like they had a great time. Thank you SWFC for organising the event.
11th January 2023
Yesterday, these four year 6 boys represented Deepcar St Johns at a Boccia tournament, which is a game of precision, skill, and tactics where they have to roll a ball as close to a target ball as possible.
All four of them came home with a medal as collectively they had scored the most points and finished in 1st place and will now be taking part in the grand final in March.
Well done boys, you should be very proud of yourselves.
10th November 2022
Tonight, our year 6 boys football team have taken in a tournament at UTC. Good luck boys, we can't wait to hear all about it tomorrow!
17th November 2022
Tonight, children from year 5 and 6 represented St John's at an athletics tournament held at Stocksbridge High School. Finishing 3rd overall. A great result!
Friday 9th December 2022
The National School Games Santa Dash is back again! As in previous years, it really is all about having a bit of fun while being active on the same day as other schools so that children are part of a big event.
A great way to keep warm on a cold day like today,
Week commencing 14th November 2022
This week is Sheffield Schools Skipathon week.
Skipping is a great way to have fun and be active. It has been amazing to see so many pupils across the school getting involved at break and lunchtime.
Today, year 6 had lots of fun learning new skipping skills at the start of their PE lesson.
Tuesday 11th October
Tonight, children in year 5 and 6 are representing St John's in a Tag Rugby tournament at Forge Valley.
Good Luck!
Thursday 6th October 2022
Tonight, our new formed girls football team are taking part in their first foot ball tournament, the ESFA Girls Cup 2022, which is being held at Deepcar St Johns.
They will be playing teams from Marlcliffe, Oughtibridge, Monteney, each lasting 10 minutes. The winners will be going through to the next round.
Good luck Deepcar!
Wednesday 21st September
Wow! what a great morning. Thank you to everyone who joined us for Sports Day. We had a fabulous time.
Our Sports Leaders were amazing today. They not only helped to run the activities but had also came up with the ideas too. All of which were well thought out and planned. It was lovely to see our Sports Leaders from last year, who returned to St John's to help run the event.
One last thank you needs to be given to Mr Priest who returned from his new job to oversee the running of the event and also to his sister Miss Priest, both of whom did a fabulous job.
Children have at least two PE lessons a week at St John's. One of the lessons is Dance. We use the Imoves program, which links the dance to the Theme that the children are learning about in class.

Tuesday 7th March
Some excellent examples of balance positions by our year 3 children in their recent PE lesson.
Friday 2nd December
Children in year 5 are absurded in their Roman theme dance lesson.
Tuesday 15th November
In PE, children across the school take part in The Beep Test.
The Beep Test requires children to run back and forth between two points. They must maintain a running speed determined by a pre-set audio tone, that sounds like a “beep”, throughout the duration of the test. The time between beeps gets shorter meaning they have to run faster.
The test is to assess the cardiorespiratory fitness in children and to encourage them to improve their fitness levels over the course of the school year.
14th October 2022
In PE, year 3 have linked our dance lessons to our theme lessons - Europe. Over recent lessons, we have been learning the Flamenco. Today, they have worked in groups to incorporated what they have learned into a short dance routine!
Friday 23rd September
In year 5, their dance lessons have been inspired by their science topic of Earth, Sun and Moon. In today's lesson, they have created a dance routine to represent the movement of the planets.
Sports Leaders
Once children reach year 5 and 6, they have the opportunity to become a Sports Leader. A role which brings great responsibility and enjoyment. It a a role that has developed over the years into one which allows children to become role models within the school as well as developing their basic coaching skills in a range of sports.
Children who want to become a Sports Leader have to show good sporting ability but also skills in leadership, responsibility, time management, team work and organisation. They have to complete an application form and be interviewed by Miss Priest, our schools current sports coach.
They help make dinner times fun and enjoyable. When children are actively engaged in activities behaviour improves and the playground is a fun and harmonious place to be.
Since the introduction of Sports Leaders, we have seen an increase in sports participation by almost 30%. By the end of Spring term 2021, nearly 95% of the children in school are achieving 30 mins of moderate exercise at dinner times.
2022-2023 Sports Leaders
Tuesday 11th October
The children selected to become a Sports Leader attended training delivered by Link partnership, to help develop their confidence and subject knowledge. The aim is to provide all children at St John's with more opportunities to take part in physical activity and to develop fundamental skills that will help them in P.E and Sport.
Over recent weeks, our Sport Leaders have arranged a number of festive games for the children of St John's to enjoy at lunchtime.
Due to the icy and bitterly cold conditions, we made the decision to move the event indoors instead,
Great fun was had by years 4, 5 and 6 today and year 3 will be having their fun session later this week.
Thank you to all our amazing Sports Leaders for arranging such fun activities for us to enjoy!
After School Clubs
The types of sports clubs we have available change on a half-termly basis so that we can offer a range of activities appealing to the different interests and ages of children at our school. We regularly offer Football, Basketball, Cricket, Tag Rugby, Table Tennis, Bench-ball, Gymnastics, Tennis, Athletics, Badminton, Dance and Den Building.
Thursday 24th November 2022
Cricket
Wednesday 15th November
Basketball fun!
Thursday 6th October
Tonight, at our Mini Games after-school club the children played 'The Floor is Lava'.
This is a game in which players pretend that the ground is made of lava, and must not be touched.
Good team work is essential as they guide each other across the best route avoiding the deadly lava.
It's also a fun and creative way to encourage movement and to practise many skills including jumping, leaping, climbing and hopping.
Tuesday 4th October
Playing hockey can really help children improve their coordination and balance. It can also develop their hand-eye coordination skills as well as being a great sport to improve fitness levels. As well as being great fun, Hockey can also help children learn to work as a team and develop their social skills.
Basketball -19th September 2022
Playing basketball helps to improve coordination, flexibility, and endurance. It also encourages speed, agility, and strength. These skills are shown to have a positive effect on children, which can enhance cardiorespiratory fitness and self-esteem. Basketball also helps children to understand the importance of working as a team and is one of our most popular after-school clubs.
Intramural
Developing an intramural program in school is a great way to get children participating in sport. It also creates a sense of belonging to the school environment, and connection with teachers and peers outside the classroom.
At St John's we run the Diamond league, a Inter sport competition, which runs over the course of the school year, with one event being held each term. There are two leagues, each consisting of four teams. A Y3/4 league and a Y5/6 league. Every class, in each league, plays each other at the termly events, playing two games over different days. These events run at dinner times giving everyone the chance to participate.
2021/22 - photos - clubs, sporting events and competitions
Wednesday 13th April 2022
This year we have invested some of our Sports premium funding into some new outdoor play equipment.
Today, boys in year 6 are enjoying a game of football.
13th July 2022
Year 3 arrived back at school this afternoon after a fabulous time at Stocksbridge Cricket Club, where they have been learning all the skills needed to be successful in the sport!
4th July 2022
Yesterday, girls from across the school attended a Women’s Euros Inspired Football Festival at Leisure United, Thorncliffe.
All the girls had a fantastic time, especially these year 3 children, who couldn't wait to show us their medals.
14th June 2022
Afterschool tonight, children from year 3 and 4 attended a football tournament at Stocksbridge High School.
We hope they had loads of fun!
24th May 2022
Last night, both of our football teams were in action.
Both teams battled hard in two challenging games, displaying excellent sportsmanship throughout. Deepcar Yellow, drew 0-0, due to some excellent saves made by the opposing team. 3-1 was the final score for our Blue team, with excellent goals from Tom and the other from Max.
A huge well done to both teams!
23rd May 2022
Good luck to our girls football team, who are playing a number of friendlies after-school tonight.
16th May 2022
Today, children from year 3 and 4 represented Deepcar St John's at a cricket competition held at Oughtibridge.
They all played exceptionally well and finished in second place.
12th May 2022
Tonight, a group of children from year 3 and 4 took part in a Tag rugby competition at Forge Valley High School. They played six games, won two, drew three and only lost one. They finished in 2nd place overall and have won a place in the City Finals. Well done team Deepcar!
Tuesday 26th April 2022
Today, fifteen girls from across the school attended a gymnastic competition held at Concord Sports Centre.
We only found out about the event a few days before and the girls have all worked exceptionally hard to learn their routines.
Overcoming their nerves, the girls all performed exceptionally well in both the floor and vault.
Before we left the results were announced.
Year 5 and 6 advanced team finished in 3rd place over all. Year 5 and 6 foundation team finished joint 4th.
The year 3 and 4 girls sat nervously waiting for their result and then let out a huge cheer as it was announced that they had finished 1st.
Congratulations girls - you were all stars.
Thank you to Mrs Riley for stepping in at the last minute to accompany Mrs Pearce for the morning.
Tuesday 15th March
Today, children in year 3 and 4 took in basketball tournament at All Saints Links City finals.
They won! Finishing in first place, they are now the Links City Champions and will now be representing our school in the South Yorkshire finals.
Well done year 3 and 4. We are so proud of you all!
8th March 2022
Yesterday, children from year 3 and 4 took part in a basketball tournament at Stockbridge High School.
They were excellent role models through out and played their hearts out. One of the teams finished in first place and will now be going on to play in the finals next Tuesday at Totley All Saint’s.
25th January 2022
After school tonight our year 5 and 6 boys played a friendly. The first this year. A huge well done to all the team. They all played exceptionally and came away with a 4 - 3 victory.
Congratulations.
Friday 7th January
Children across the school are recognised for taking part in sporting activities each day. At the end of each term, the top two active children in class get the reward of a Fencing lesson with Mark from Links.
They all had a fabulous time. At the end of the session, Mark praised them for their behavior during the session.
7th December 2021
Tonight, year 3 took part in a Benchball competition at Stockbridge High School. They have all been amazing showing sportsmanship, passion and amazing enthusiasm throughout; a credit to the school.
We entered two teams in the tournament, one team finished in 1st place and the other in 2nd. Fantastic.
One of our Sports Leaders attended the competition, and did a great job of helping to both look after and support both teams.
Tuesday 9th November 2021
Children from year 5 and 6 represent St John's at an athletic tournament at Stocksbridge High School.
Thursday 20th October
Last night our A team played in a cup match held at St John's. They all played brilliantly and battled hard against tough opposition and finished 3rd overall.
Well done.
Tuesday 19th October
Eight children from year 6 represented Deepcar St John's in a rowing tournament held at All Saints School. We entered a boys and a girls team into the competition. The boys did very well, however the girls claimed victory and came first overall, with one of them achieving the fastest time all day. An amazing achievement.
2nd December 2021
After school tonight, our A and B boys football team played in their first tournament at Stocksbridge Junior School.
Not only did each boy put in a sterling individual effort but they also worked brilliantly as a team, supporting and encouraging each other throughout.
We are still waiting for confirmation of the results but we believe that A team finished in 2nd place and B team in 4th place.
Well done boys. We are incredibly proud of each and everyone of you!
Friday 8th October 2021
Today, we have held a fun run at St John's for children in year 3 and 4. The event, which has been organised by LINKS, has involved other schools from across the area. One lap of the field is approximately 1km and children have been aiming to run at least 3 laps!
We had lots of tired children at the end of the day!
Thursday 7th October
Year 5 and 6 football team get together at lunchtime for their first training session.
Tuesday 5th October 2021
Football Tournament held at Deepcar St John's involving Deepcar St John's girls football team. Although they fought hard, sadly they lost all their matches.
Thursday 14th October 2021
The girls team play again, putting an amazing team performance, this time they lose 2 matches and come away with a draw.
2021/22 Girls Football Team
PE curriculum 2021-22
Children have at least two PE lessons a week at St John's. One of the lessons is Dance. We use the Imoves program, which links the dance to the Theme that the children are learning about in class.
2nd March 2022
Flight is a movement in gymnastics, where the child's body has no point of contact with the ground. Numerous sports use this technique; basketball, football, long jump and volleyball to name just a few.
Today, children in year 5 have been practising the three points of flight - starting position, flight and finishing position.

22nd March 2022
A short video of year 4 in action in PE.
18th January 2022
In PE, we are learning sport related dances from around the world. Today they had great fun learning The Haka, which is a type of ceremonial Māori dance. Haka are usually performed in a group and typically represent a display of a tribe's pride, strength and unity. Actions include foot-stamping, tongue protrusions and rhythmic body slapping to accompany a loud chant. The words of a haka often poetically describe ancestors and events in the tribe's history.
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Tuesday 16th November
Children in upper school are thoroughly enjoying their Boxing PE lessons.
Boxing focuses on agility, speed, quickness, balance, and hand-eye coordination and is a great sport to improve fitness levels and build self confidence.
Monday 25th October
Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed using the apparatus in PE this afternoon. Some great balances. Well done
Monday 15th October 2021 - Year 6 Dance lesson
Year 6 are joined by Gaye from Imoves for their Greek inspired dance lesson. Gaye is supporting teachers with their continual personal development.
Friday 1st October - Year 4 Dance lesson
Today, children in year 4 started to learn 'The Flamenco' which is connected to their topic of Europe. During the first few lessons, it is important for children to learn to recognise the beat in the music before starting to add actions. These actions are then built up over the half term to help them complete the dance.
Bleep Test - 16th September - Year 5
This works by monitoring someone's cardiorespiratory or 'aerobic' fitness as they run between two cones. They must get to the opposite cone before the bleep. The bleeps sound with increasing frequency as the test proceeds, requiring them to run faster to keep up. Then, after a specified time, the number of completed runs is recorded. Children will complete the test on a regular basis to record if their fitness levels have improved.
Weekly Mile 21st September - Year 6
Simply put, The Weekly Mile is 15 minutes where children ideally jog or run a mile during the school day. It's a simple and straight forward initiative that has been acknowledged for reducing childhood obesity. Over the coming months, we hope that most children will be able to run for most, or all of, the mile and that levels of fitness will be improved.
2021/22 Sports Leaders
18th July 2022
In Collective Worship today, the hard work and dedication of our Sports Leaders was recognised. They each received a certificate to confirm their completion of the Sports Leader course. Over the last 12 their outstanding efforts have helped increase participation in sport, mainly at lunchtime, across the school.
Well done Sports Leaders!
22nd March 2022
For the last few weeks, our sports leaders have been doing a brilliant job helping out at our after-school clubs. Tonight, at Cheerleading, they have been exceptional.
Working in two groups, they have guided and supported their peers and together created a routine.
Thank you to Mr Priest, our sport's coach, for all the time that he has invested in their development.
This year's winners
Sports Leaders of the week
Our year 5 and 6 Sports Leaders are doing an amazing job of helping running sports activities at lunchtime and after-school.
To recognise their hard work, we are now presenting a Sports Leader of the week award.
Monday 22nd November 2021
Last week, with the help of SWFCCP, we promoted Anti-Bullying week by encouraging children to Be Friends Through Sport.
These children were all chosen for showing exceptional nurturing qualities. Their caring and thoughtfulness towards their peers was rewarded in Collective Worship today.
A huge thank you to SWFCCP for the kind donation of all the prizes that we have given out today.
After-school clubs - 2021-22
25th May 2022
A great den built by children at our after-school club!
Thursday 20th January 2022
Badminton is an excellent all-around exercise that involves the whole body. There is ample running, jumping, and swinging, which actively utilizes all the major muscle groups. Furthermore, it also helps to develop hand-eye co-ordination.
It's also great fun too!
Thursday 4th November 2021
Children are having great fun at our Cheerleading afterschool club! Great to see some new children attending for the first time.
28th September 2021
Multi-sports
9th September 2021
Children at our after school club had great fun playing The Sheep game. A fun variation on Dodgeball. They loved it!
Please refer to the document below for information on Sport and PE at St John's during the 2020/21 academic year.
