Physical Education
The P.E. department aim to:
- Develop fundamental movements in students, enabling them to perform a range of movements and actions with confidence. This allows young people to then access a wide range of sporting activities.
- Develop life skills and leadership skills.
- Gain knowledge and the practical application of a range of key skills and tactics in a broad variety of sporting activities.
- Develop knowledge of fitness and healthy lifestyles. To practically experience a variety of fitness training methods.
Key Stage 3
Aims: For students to have fun in lessons, gain an interest and develop skills in individual sports as well as be physically active for sustained periods of time.
Within every lesson, teachers encourage the understanding and display of a variety of attributes which will help the students in all subjects and daily life. These include communication, empathy, independence, creativity.
One in four of the student’s lessons will be a “fitness” lesson. Within these, students experience and learn about a wide variety of fitness types and training methods.
GCSE/BTEC preparation:
Fitness lessons particularly link with GCSE/BTEC courses. Staff ensure that language is used relating to the specifications, giving the students a head start. Sports are also repeated in years 7 – 9 ensuring that students have several “strong” sports that they can be assessed in.
Key Stage 4
Students are generally grouped according to their confidence and competitiveness. Groups can be single sex or mixed gender. Students are given a greater degree of choice as to their activity. Lessons are designed to be fun, active and again develop key life skills such as independence and communication that were introduced in KS3.
Students assess themselves on these life skills every term and design a SMART target for the new activity.
GCSE Physical Education
GCSE Physical Education is a popular course covering a wide range of engaging topics. This course is aimed at students who have a keen interest in a range of sports and physical activities, those that perform at club level in at least one sport and enjoy learning about the wider context of sport.
Which topics or units will I study?
Year 10
- Physical Training
- Applied anatomy and physiology
- Movement analysis
Year 11
- Sports psychology
- Socio-cultural influences
- Health, fitness and well-being
BTEC Sport
This course is relevant for students who have a keen interest in Sport and Physical activity.
This course is similar in content to the GCSE Physical Education. However, it is assessed in a way that suits different types of learners, with the majority of the final grade achieved through the completion of written assignments.
Year 10
Component 1 – Written Assignment and Practical Evidence – Preparing Participants to take part in Sport and Physical Activity
Component 2 – Written Assignment and Practical Evidence – Taking part in and improving other participants’ sporting performance
Year 11
Component 3 - Written Examination - Developing fitness to improve other participants’ performance in Sport and Physical Activity