New Waltham Academy Pupil Voice

PE

We value our pupil’s voice at New Waltham Academy and have now held our first Pupil Voice afternoon. As PE leaders, we had a group of children formed from Years EYFS – 6 for the children to share their thoughts and feelings with each other as well as us.

February 2024

In our pupil voice this term, we focused on what the children enjoy about their PE lessons. Teachers also held discussions with the children about what they had voiced previously (see February 2023) and actions subject leaders have made, to act upon some of these things. Children understand that leaders cannot change everything, but that their voice and opinions are taken into consideration.

February 2023

Thoughts on PE:

‘PE is Fun, Fantastic and Amazing!’

‘PE is fun and makes me feel happy.’

‘I like PE because you can get fresh air and play games.’

‘I enjoy doing PE because there is a wide variety of things to do.’

‘It makes me fit and healthy.’

‘It allows us to exercise!’

‘PE is awesome fun!’

Things the children would like more of:

Body Weight Workouts

Football

Gymnastics

Competitions

First, we discussed the question 'What is PE?' and we collected our thoughts and ideas. We gathered these together by working collaboratively and created a word cloud using all of the words that we associate with PE. These ideas are displayed below: