ABSTRACT
Learners bring to Key Stage 2 vast movement ability and knowledge, developed from their infancy, Early Years and Key Stage 1 experiences. This chapter is therefore intended to build upon these achievements, and to promote creative teaching and learning for children aged 7-11 years through games playing. Basic movement patterns will have been established, along with coordination and control, and learners can readily call on their extensive movement vocabulary, wide range of physical skills, increasingly mature movement memory, and knowledge of movement quality. The 2014 National Curriculum helpfully heralds a more rounded approach to teaching and learning through Physical Education, as indicated in the opening statements for Key Stage 2, which include: 'They should enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. Baroness Campbell, Head of UK Sport, was reported to have told delegates at an education conference that thousands of pupils are entering Key Stage 3 unable to jump throw a ball or run.
