We focus on developing physical control, mobility, awareness of space and manipulative skills in indoor and outdoor environments. Here at St Christopher's we have PE lessons for our Nursery children. They have lessons both in the hall and outdoors on the large climbing equipment in addition to daily outdoor play when they can use sit and ride toys and use climbing frames. We aim to have the children use small and large equipment with increasing skill. The development of gross motor skills and fine motor skills is approached in a planned and organised way. In the development of gross motor skills the children explore and enjoy movement, they control body movement, change speed and direction, match and copy actions and sequences and experiment with apparatus and equipment. In the development of fine motor skills the children use equipment and activities which are already outlined in the section on preparation for writing.

Physical play - the exploration of space through running, jumping, swinging, climbing, twisting, turning and rolling activities that children enjoy, gives them the foundations of a later understanding of technology, engineering and physics. Pushing and pulling wheeled vehicles in the playground teaches them about physical forces. They will also learn how to judge speed and distance and move with safety in the outdoor environment. Physical play provides them with much needed challenges and adventure in safe surroundings.