Our Physical Education Curriculum
St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy aims to develop a progressive, high-quality physical education curriculum that inspires all pupils to succeed and excel individual’s abilities in competitive sports and other physically-demanding activities. We will provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness.
Our children will have opportunities to compete in sport and other activities that build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect. St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy is an active member of the Kirklees North Pennine School Sports Partnership. This partnership arranges many sporting events and activities for several schools and gives us access to a wide range of inter-school competitions. As well as this, the partnership supports the development of PE lessons within school through their highly experienced, dedicated sports coaches who work alongside the teachers to deliver high quality PE lessons.
PE at St Patrick's is an imperative element of the curriculum, which develops a need for healthy life styles, a balanced diet, positive growth mind-set and the resilience to persevere with activities that may be once have felt too difficult. We are passionate about the need to teach children how to cooperate and collaborate with others, as part of a team, understanding fairness and equity of play to embed life-long values.
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Sporting Achievements in 2024-2025
May 2025
Huge well done to our Year 4/5 representatives in the Fishers 5 Tag Rugby Competition at SJF. The children were resilient throughout. The boys were unbeaten and crowned champions! The girls came a close 2nd and were involved in some very tight games! Well done to all! Thank you to all the staff at SJF for organising.
May 2025
Our Year 6 Spen Valley Boys Team played a thrilling quarter final against Crossley Fields. The boys were resilient throughout in warm temperatures but Crossley Fields were the eventual winners with a 2-1 victory.
Well done to all the boys for all their hard work throughout the competition.
April 2025
8 of our Year 5/6 girls attended a Rounders Festival organised by the Batley Ninjas. They will now participate in a competition at SJF next month.
March 2025
Our Year 4 girls football took part in a round robin football afternoon at Bywell Junior School, Dewsbury. The girls were flawless scoring 11 goals in total! For some of the girls this was their very first experience playing competitive football and they left the pitch with huge smiles on their faces! Well done girls!
St Patrick's 4-2 Holy Spirit
St Patrick's 7-0 Bywell
March 2025
11 KS1 children attended a multi skills festival at Batley Sports Centre. The children experienced a range of sports and enjoyed working as part of a team! A brilliant experience for all!
March 2025
HUGE congratulations to Nancy W from Year 4 who ran in the Primary National Cross Country Championships in Coventry representing both West Yorkshire and St Patrick's. Nancy ran against the best cross country runners from across England in an incredibly fast race on an extremely challenging course. Nancy gave it everything and placed an incredible 14th! A monumental achievement - congratulations Nancy!
March 2025
Well done to our Year 5 Boys Football Team who competed in the second round of the Year 5/6 BPS Trust football competition. A tough night against some great teams but the boys were resilient and competitive throughout! Keep up the great work boys!
March 2025
11 of our Year 5 children attended a 'Speed Stacking' event at Batley Sports Centre ran by the North Kirklees Sports Partnership. The children thoroughly enjoyed participating in a range of activities!
March 2025
A great round robin football evening at Holy Spirit for our Year 3/4 boys football team. They had a tough start against an organised Bywell Primary School losing 2-0. But the boys regrouped and played brilliantly against a great Holy Spirit side winning 0-3. Well done boys!
March 2025
A fantastic boxing session for 4 of of Year 5 girls at The Training Cave, Birstall. The girls loved learning new skills and were able to apply agility and balance skills as they completed some great training! Huge thank you to the North Kirklees Sports Partnership and Training Cave for this great opportunity! Training Cave provide classes from EYFS and beyond - check out their website! https://trainingcave.co.uk/classes
March 2025
An incredible afternoon for 25 of our KS2 children as they ran in the West Yorkshire Cross Country Finals! We had a boys and girls team from Year 3, boys and girls team from Year 4, girls team from Year 5 and Owen A ran as a wildcard in Year 6. All the children ran with an incredible amount of resilience and gave it their absolute all! It was incredible to see so many smiling faces as the children crossed the finish line. All the children ran with the very best runners in the whole of West Yorkshire which is an incredible achievement!
Huge shout out to Olly L who came 25th in the Year 3 boys race!
Nancy W in Year 4 came an incredible 2nd in her Year 4 girls race which now means she has qualified for the National Finals in Coventry! Nancy is only the second pupil in our schools history to reach a national cross country final. We are very proud of all your hard work and commitment Nancy! Good luck for the nationals!
March 2025
8 Year 6 girls attended a cricket festival led by Yorkshire Cricket at Batley Sports Centre. The girls practiced batting, bowling and catching and are excited to participate in the cricket competition in the summer term!
February 2025
Our Year 6 boys football team played their fifth match in the Spen Valley League against tough opposition in Headlands. It was a thrilling game with three penalties! St Patrick's 2-5 Headlands.
February 2025
10 of our Year 3 children had a fantastic time when they attended a gymnastics festivals at Panache Gymnastics in Batley. They used some incredible apparatus to practice key skills learnt in their PE lessons and develop new ones!
January 2025
A brilliant afternoon for eleven of our Year 4 children who represented St Patrick's in a Sportshall Athletics Festival at Batley Sports Centre. They ran, jumped and threw with HUGE enthusiasm! A bright sportshall future ahead!
January 2025
Seven children from KS2 took part in the SEND Sportshall event at Batley Sports Centre. Great progress throughout the afternoon from all of the children! Well done!
January 2025
A great opening match of 2025 for our Year 6 Boys Football Team who beat Hartshead 2-0 in their fourth game of the Spen Valley League. A resilient and calm performance! Well done boys!
January 2025
A huge well done to our 39 KS2 cross country runners who ran in the Kirklees Cross Country Finals. You all ran with a huge amount of resilience and determination and you were a true credit to St Patrick's.
Highlights included:
Year 3 Girls
Francesca - 16th
Year 3 Boys
Olly - 13th
Michael - 19th
Year 4 Girls
Nancy - 1st
Isla - 15th
Year 4 Boys
Charlie - 17th
Year 5 Girls
Connie - 14th
Year 6 Boys
Owen - 3rd
January 2025
Our Year 5 and 6 Sportshall Athletics Team participated in the North Kirklees Finals at Batley Sports Centre. Competition was fierce and it was a tightly contested competition! All the boys and girls ran, jumped and threw with pure determination and worked incredibly well as a team! St Patrick's performed incredible well and were crowned champions. Next stop: Kirklees Finals!
December 2024
Huge well done to our Year 5 football team who played in the first round of the Year 5/6 BPS Trust boys football competition. The boys played with bravery against some tough opposition including many Y6 teams. They finished the first round in 4th place in the table. Well done boys!
November 2024
Our Year 5 and 6 Sportshall Athletics Team were immense at their opening round of the Batley Schools Finals on 3rd December. The children showed great confidence when participating in both the track and field events across the afternoon. It was a tense wait to find out the final result as it was a tight race with St Mary's but the children won the event and have qualified in 1st place for the semi-finals in January!
November 2024
Six of our KS1 pupils enjoyed a brilliant afternoon of Sportshall Athletics at Batley Sports Centre. The children implemented all the skills they had learnt in their PE lessons over the Autumn term and were fantastic! They oozed with confidence and ran, jumped and threw with smiles on their faces! Well done to all! Seven of our Year 6 Sports Leaders also supported at the event - they were exemplary and led in a nuturing manner which was completed by Mr Troop - well done!
November 2024
A great afternoon for some of our KS1 and KS2 SEND children at a multi skills event lead by the SJF School Sports Partnership. The children had the opportunity to try a range of sports in the sports hall at BSC, Well done to all involved!
]November 2024
Really well done to our Year 5 Boys Football Team who represented St Patrick's at a friendly football match at Holy Spirit. The boys has an excellent opening quarter scoring 3 quick goals in 10 minutes. However a rallying Holy Spirit fought back to score 4 goals and win the game. A fantastic night where all the boys thoroughly enjoyed playing with one another and took great pride in representing St Patrick's!
October 2024
Huge well done to our KS2 Girls Football Team who began their BPS Football campaign at SJF. The girls had a nervous start but bravely played together to gain momentum and put some impressive individual and team performances together. The girls got 9 points on the night and look forward to the second round after Christmas!
St Patrick's 0-3 Our Lady of Lourdes
St Patrick's 2-1 St Joseph's, Halifax
St Patrick's 3-0 St Joseph's, Dewsbury
St Patrick's 3-0 St Paulinus
October 2024
10 of our Year 4 children participated in a KS2 Olympics event at Batley Sports Centre. The children experienced a range of sports including rugby, netball, basketball and hockey just to name a few!
October 2024
Our Year 4/5 Boys and Girls Football teams were involved in a football competition at SJF. Both teams were resilient and showed true bravery playing against some tough opposition from the 'Fishers 5' feeder schools. The boys won two of their matches and narrowly lost in the final quarter of their game against Holy Spirit. The boys were runners-up on the evening,. The girls were unbeaten on the night and scored over 12 girls with a fantastic team performance! The girls were crowned champions of the competition!
October 2024
Our Year 4 Boys Football Team played a friendly match against Crossley Fields. The game was high intensity and the boys gained momentum throughout the game with a fantastic second half performance. The boys narrowly lost 6-5 on the night - their effort however was outstanding!
October 2024
An outstanding 78 children from KS2 took part in the Batley Schools Cross Country Competition at Batley Sports Centre. The children showed true grit and determination on the night and their individual and team efforts were astounding! We are so incredibly proud of all of our winners.
Special mentions to:
Year 3:
Olly - 3rd
Michael - 4th
Isaac - 7th
Francesca - 7th
Isla - 10th
Year 4
Nancy - 1st
Isla - 2nd
Charlotte - 7th
Phoebe - 9th
Amber - 10th
Charlie - 3rd
Tom - 4th
Luca - 8th
Zachary - 9th
Year 5
Connie - 2nd
Henrieta - 8th
Frank - 9th
Year 6
Chora - 3rd
Patrycja - 4th
Owen - 2nd
Oliver - 6th
Sam - 7th
Phoenix - 10th
September 2024
A fantastic afternoon at Batley Sports Centre for 12 of our Year 1 and Year 2 children at this afternoons KS1 Olympics event. Brilliant array of multi skills on display and smiles galore!
September 2024
An incredible effort from our KS2 Girls Football team in tonight’s Spen Valley game against an excellent Crossley Fields side. The team battled so incredibly hard and gained a 2-0 lead in the early stages. After a brave come back from Crossley Fields the final score was St Patrick's 2 - 4 Crossley Fields.
Sporting Achievements in 2023-2024
September 2023 - St Patrick's was awarded their School Games Platinum Award by one of our School Games Organisers - John Oldroyd.
September 2023 - Olympic Swimming Legend Rebecca Adlington visited school to talk to us about her Olympic journey and water safety. The children loved looking so closely at her Olympic medals and asking her questions about her dedication to the sport.
September 2023 - Our Year 6 Boys Football Team started their Spen Valley League Football Campaign against Crossley Fields with a home win 5-0. Great teamwork on display by all and incredible sporting attitude. Well done boys - brilliant start!
September 2023 - 3 of our Year 5 children completed their Bikeability Level 1 course and 30 children completed their Bikeability Level 2 course. Brilliant cycling skills on display throughout the week - exceptional work from all!
September 2023 - 24 children from UKS2 competed in a bikeability competition at St Patrick's hosted by our School Games Organisors Mick Troop and John Oldroyd. Impressive skills on display by all! Well done to Elif, Oliver, Tobias and Aidan who were all winners in their event on the day!
September 2023 - 78 children from KS2 ran in the Batley School Association Cross Country Event at Batley Sports Centre. Incredible grit and determination on display from all! Well done to all our sporting superstars!
Special mentions to:
Nancy - 1st in the Year 3 Girls Race
Isla - 4th in the Year 3 Girls Race
Charlie - 5th in the Year 3 Boys Race
Connie - 4th in the Year 4 Girls Race
Orton - 1st in the Year 4 Boys Race
Alfie - 3rd in the Year 4 Boys Race
Albie - 4th in the Year 4 Boys Race
Rose - 4th in the Year 5 Girls Race
Owen - 5th in the Year 5 Boys Race
Ralph - 4th in the Year 6 Boys Race
Isaac - 5th in the Year 6 Boys Race
September 2023:
9 boys from Year 4/5 and 7 girls from Years 3/4/5 participated in the SJF Cup and were tournament winners on the night after an unbeaten run for both teams!
Girls:
St Patrick's 4-0 St Paulinus
St Patrick's 2-0 Holy Spirit
St Patrick's 2-0 St Joseph's
Final: St Patrick's 1-0 Holy Spirit
Goals from Nancy, Charlotte, Chora and Rose. A clean-sheet for Elif in goal!
Boys:
St Patrick's 3-0 St Joseph's
St Patrick's 4-0 St Paulinus
St Patrick's 4-0 St Mary's
St Patrick's 1-1 Holy Spirit
September 2023
10 Year 5 girls attended a girls football festival at BSC supported by two of our Year 6 Sports Leaders. Brilliant focus and enthusiasm from all!
October 2023
7 boys from Year 6 and 7 girls from Year 5/6 took part in a Tag Rugby Festival at Dewsbury Rams Stadium. All the children were magnificent on the day - some fantastic opposition and many tries scored!
The boys won their 3rd place play-off against Batley Parish and the girls narrowly beat Holy Spirit in a gripping final to win the tournament. So many brilliant performances from all! Well done to all!
October 2023
5 boys from Year 6 and 3 boys from Year 5 represented St Patrick's in the BTS Year 5/6 Football Tournament at SJF. The boys played four games:
St Patrick's 1 - 0 St Paulinus
St Patrick's 1 - 1 St Mary's
St Patrick's 0-0 Sacred Heart
St Patrick's 2-0 Holy Spirit
Fantastic team performance from all!
October 2023
Our Year 3/4 Cricket Team went to BSC to compete in a Cricket World Cup Festival and played 6 matches across the afternoon. All the children were fantastic and competed with infectious enthusiasm and had an exemplary attitude! They won all their matches and were crowned winners of the tournament. Well done to all!
October 2023
Our Year 6 Boys Football Team continued their Spen Valley League fixtures at Mill Lane and won their second match 12-0. Great sporting attitude from all the boys!
November 2023
9 children from KS1 and KS2 attended a multi skills festival at Batley Sports Centre. Amazing determination from all and so many happy faces!
November 2023
Our Year 6 Boys Football Team participated in the BSA Football qualifiers winning 5 games, drawing 1 and 1 loss. Amazing focus and concentration in short and sharp 6 minute games!
November 2023
12 KS1 children participated in a KS1 Sportshall Athletics Festival at Batley Sports Centre supported by 10 of our Year 6 Sports Leaders. Brilliant perserverance and resilience on display! Well done to all!
December 2023
20 of our Year 5/6 children took part in round 1 of the Batley Schools Sportshall Athletics Competition. The team's performance was incredible and they qualified in first place! Round two is on 16th January.
December 2023
8 of our Year 5/6 girls took part in the BPS Trust Girls Football Competition - Round 1. The girls were magnificent in baltic temperatures! Supporting one another and showing incredible sportsmanship! The girls are currently in second position in the table on level points with Holy Spirit - Round 2 in the Spring Term.
January 2024
12 of our Year 3 and Year 4 children participated in a Sportshall Athletics Festival at Batley Sports Centre. They experienced lots of track and field events and then finished the event with some competitve track events finishing in 1st place joint with St Mary's!
January 2024
49 children qualified for the Kirklees Cross Country Finals. Fantastic team and individual performances across the afternoon! Brilliant resilience running in very difficult conditions!
The following children have now qualified for the West Yorkshire Cross Country Finals:
Year 3 Girls Team – Nancy, Isla, Phoebe, Cora and Charlotte
Charlie (Y3)
Orton and Alfie (Y4)
Owen (Y5)
January 2024
19 Year 5/6 children competed in the Batley School Sports Hall Athletics Finals. Competition was tough as the standard across all schools was extremely high. Great grit and determination from all the children. St Patrick's finished the event in 1st place and have qualified as Batley Schools Champions for the Kirklees Finals in February! Well done to all!
January 2024
16 Year 5 children took part in Sports Leader training. They will use their training to lead sporting activities every dinnertime in the school playground.
January 2024
6 children from KS1 and LKS2 attended a Sportshall Festival at Batley Sports Centre. Amazing teamwork and resilience on display!
January 2024
We were honoured and privileged to be invited to the Local Sport Champions Reception at 10 Downing Street hosted by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Sport, Media and Culture to celebrate our school sporting success and our recent Platinum Schools Games Award.
February 2024
Some of our Year 3/4 boys played in a friendly football match at Orchard Academy in Dewsbury. Brilliant teamwork by all and a valiant effort! Well done to Orchard winning 4-2.
February 2024
24 of our KS1 and KS2 children participated in a multi-skills sessions supported by our School Games Organiser John Oldroyd from the North Kirklees Sports Partnership.
February 2024
8 of our Year 5/6 children participated in a Netball Festival at BSC. Brilliant team performance showing great skill, determination and attitude! The team won 3/3 of their matches. Great effort!
February 2024
A huge well done to our Year 5 and 6 representatives who played in a football friendly against Holy Spirit! A great team performance taking the lead at 2-0 then a very competitive 2nd half finishing 3-2 to Holy Spirit. So many of the boys were very proud to wear the St Patrick’s shirt ☘️
More friendlies coming later in the spring and summer term for all those who wish to participate
February 2024
Huge well done to our Year 3, 5 and 6 representatives in the BPST Year 5/6 Girls Football Tournament at SJF. The girls were fearless and grew in confidence as the tournament went on scoring 5 goals and winning 3/4 matches. Onto the BPST finals!
February 2024
HUGE congratulations to Nancy, Isla, Phoebe, Charlotte, Orton, Alfie and Owen who ran in the West Yorkshire Cross Country Finals at Temple Newsame. They were all incredibly brave and resilient in tough conditions - we are very proud of you! Well done to Nancy who finished in 7th place and crossed the line 1st for Kirklees!
February 2024
Our Year 6 Boys Football team continued their Spen Valley League campaign with a valiant winning against Hightown winning 7-1. Brilliant team effort!
February 2024
7 Year 6 girls attended a Cricket Festival at BSC supported by Yorkshire Cricket. The girls embedded throwing and catching skills and loved making progress with their batting! We look forward to the competition next term!
February 2024
9 Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 children represented St Patrick's at the BSA Year 3/4 Football Tournament. The children were so happy to wear the St Patrick's shirt and smiled infectiously throughout! Such a delight for Mrs Abbott and Miss Mackinney to take along! The team were fantastic throughout winning 5/7 games and scoring 10 goals. Amazing work!
March 2024
10 Year 3/4 children participated in a LS2 Multi-Skills Festival at BSC. Brilliant enthusiasm and participation from all!
March 2024
John Holroyd came into school to run scooter workshops for KS1 and Year 5. We look forward to scooting around the playground over the next few weeks!
March 2024
We joined in The Biggest Ever Football Session for Girls and our Sports Leaders ran football matches and skill based activities for all girls from EYFS-Year 6. Brilliant participation levels and smiles all round!
March 2024
Thank you to John from the North Kirklees Sports Partnership who cam into school to lead scooter workshops for KS1 and Year 5 The children loved using them and we look forward to seeing many year groups use them in the playground over the next few weeks!
March 2024
Huge well done to our Year 5 representatives who took part in a Mini Olympics Event at Batley Sports Centre. Bags of enthusiasm and smiles all round!
March 2024
Hugely proud of our Year 6 Boys Football team who have finished unbeaten at the top of their group in the Spen Valley League. A great 3-0 win this afternoon at Hartshead. Brilliant team work Huge thank you to Mr Shafi for supporting the boys! Onto the Quarter Finals!
March 2024
Our KS1 superstars loved their afternoon at the Multi Skills Event held by Mick Troop from the North Kirklees Partnership. Huge smiles, bags of enthusiasm and brilliant team work from all!
March 2024
Again hugely proud of our Year 5/6 Boys Football Team who battled hard in very tough conditions in their semi final at St Joseph’s Dewsbury. Runners up on the day after a 2-0 loss but a great team performance and they have throughly enjoyed the competition.
April 2024
Well done to our Year 5 representatives who attended a Rounders Festival at Batley Sports Centre ran by the Batley Ninjas Rounders Team supported by the North Kirklees Partnership. Great enthusiasm shown by all the girls and we look forward to the competition next half term!
April 2024
We are extremely proud of our Year 3/4 Girls Football team tonight! They loved the tournament ran by the North Kirklees Schools Sports Partnership. 19 goals scored, 6 wins, 1 draw and a narrow loss. "I've loved it miss!" An amazing first experience for some of our girls and great leadership from others!
April 2024
A fantastic afternoon for 4 of our Year 6 pupils at the Basketball Festival ran by North Kirklees School Sports Partnership. Great opportunity to practise key skills including dribbling and shooting. Brilliant enthusiasm and sportsmanship boys!
After only 4 training sessions, the children worked hard as a team with such enthusiasm and passion against some tough opposition
football finals. They won a tense semi final against St Mary’s 1-0 and drew 1-1 with Holy Spirit in the final showing true strength, team work and determination. After a nail biting penalty shoot out the girls lost out to Holy Spirit 2-1 on penalties. They were so brave and gracious in defeat congratulating a great Holy Spirit side.
Our PE Knowledge and Skills Progression Document:
Photographs from sporting achievements this academic year
