Skills for Life. Active for Life.

PE @ St James' Lower Darwen

SkillStart is our whole-school PE curriculum from EYFS to Year 6 — fully planned lessons with skills that build carefully from one year to the next, so every class teacher can deliver PE with confidence.

Be Active

Move more. Live well.

Build Skills

Practice. Improve. Achieve.

Grow Confidence

Believe in yourself. Take on challenges.

Enjoy Together

Work as a team. Have fun.

Progressive curriculum

Every unit builds on the last. Skills introduced in Year 1 are revisited, refined and applied right through to Year 6, so progression is planned in — not left to chance.

Teacher-friendly

Each lesson is planned in full: warm-ups, activities, differentiation and equipment lists. Any class teacher can pick it up and deliver a confident PE lesson.

Assessment built in

Simple end-of-unit checkpoints show who is on track, without adding to teacher workload or turning PE into a paperwork exercise.

Staff: getting started

  1. 1

    Get the join code

    Ask the PE lead for this year's staff join code.

  2. 2

    Create your account

    Register in under a minute with your school email and the join code.

  3. 3

    Teach

    Open your year group, pick the unit for this half term and everything is ready to go.