ABSTRACT
Primary school education in Wales is divided into two distinct phases, Foundation Phase and Key Stage 2. The Foundation Phase reflects a worldwide trend within education systems of clustering subject matter into learning areas that extend beyond subjects. Children progress from the Foundation Phase into Key Stage 2 at the age of seven. The physical education (PE) 'curriculum' at Key Stage 2 consists of four areas of activity: health fitness and wellbeing, creative activities, adventurous activities and competitive activities. Broader health and social policies under the guise of a focus on the outdoors have underpinned changes in PE in Wales. National resources to support areas of the curriculum have been developed through a government-funded Physical Education and Schools Sport project (PESS). These consist of training days with CDs of resources, units of work and lesson plans for gymnastics, dance and health fitness and wellbeing.
