Physical Education

Throughout the year the students will be taught a variety of sports on a carousel basis. These sports are Basketball, Handball, Table Tennis, Badminton, Gymnastics, Short Tennis, Hockey, Cricket and Softball. They will also participate in Football and Rugby in their off-site ‘Games’ lessons at Priest Hill playing fields.

We also like to give our students exposure to the theoretical aspects of PE. Once a half-term, students will take part in a classroom-based theory lesson. As a department we feel that it is vital for students to understand how important it is for them to lead a healthy active lifestyle.  Students will also research career opportunities and be given advice on the variety of jobs within the sports industry and the different pathways to access them. The topics covered are outlined below:

Half Term 1 - Components of Fitness

Half Term 2 - Components of Fitness Testing

Half Term 3 - Methods of Training

Half Term 4 - Principles of Training and Careers in the Sports Industry

Half Term 5 - Preventing Injury in Physical Activity

Half Term 6 - Revision Lesson

As in Year 7, students will continue to be taught a variety of sports on a carousel basis. These sports include Basketball, Handball, Table Tennis, Badminton, Short Tennis, Hockey, Cricket and Softball. They will also participate in Outdoor and Adventurous Activities (OAA) for a half term as well as continue to participate in Football and Rugby in their off-site ‘games’ lessons at Priest Hill playing fields.

In our Year 8 theory lessons, we look to further develop and explore the key concepts of what it means to lead a physically, socially, and mentally active lifestyle. By sequencing our lessons in this way we hope that the students will have the knowledge and understanding to live a healthy active lifestyle.

Half Term 1 – Physical Health – Consequence of a sedentary lifestyle (Global Glyn) 

Half Term 2 – Physical Health - Energy, Diet, Nutrition and Hydration

Half Term 3 – Ethical Issues in Physical Activity and Sport (Global Glyn)  

Half Term 4 – Socio-cultural Issues in Physical Activity/ Sport (Global Glyn) 

Half Term 5 – Goal Setting

Half Term 6 – Revision & Consolidation

Year 9

Our sole focus on this academic year is enriching our students' passion for our subject, whilst developing the core skills they will require to be successful GCSE PE/BTEC Sport  students.

Practically, the students will continue to participate in a variety of sports on a carousel basis and participate in Football and Rugby in their off-site ‘games’ lessons at Priest Hill playing fields. They will also complete a number of fitness tests so that they can use the data in their PE Project.

In our Year 9 theory lessons, the students will recap the theory covered in Year 7/8 and then apply this knowledge to a PE Project. This PE Project will allow the students to create their own 6 Week Personal Exercise Programme and then complete this in their PE lessons. During these theory lessons, the students will also learn key skills that will help them complete their PE project. These include: researching and referencing; using technology for learning; revision techniques; extended answer writing; practical performance; player profiling; written performance analysis and responding to feedback. 

By sequencing our lessons in this way, we hope that the students will have an excellent platform to progress to one of our KS4 PE pathways, or if they do not wish to take these as an option, then have the knowledge and understanding to live a healthy active lifestyle in the future.

Half Term 1 - Components of Fitness and Fitness Testing

Half Term 2 - Methods of Training (Focus on keywords) 

Half Term 3 - Principles of Training (Focus on command words) 

Half Term 4 - PE Project - Written Section

Half Term 5  - PE Project  - Practical Sessions

Half Term 6 - Revision Lesson

Year 10 GCSE PE 

Our students will now formally begin their selected Key Stage 4 PE pathway, either GCSE PE or BTEC First Award in Sport.

Half Term 1 – Applied Anatomy and Physiology: skeletal and muscular systems, identification of bone structure of synovial joint, understanding movement at a joint, identification of muscles, antagonistic pairs.

Rationale - This area of the specification is an exciting starting point for our students. It provides them with the opportunity to link theory knowledge with practical application in sport, whilst collaborating with others in physical, kinaesthetic learning.

Half Term 2 - Applied Anatomy and Physiology: Movement Analysis, The Cardiovascular System, and The Respiratory System.

Rationale - Students now have the fundamental building blocks of knowledge to advance to analysis of movement and are equipped with the skills to apply this knowledge to elite sports scenarios. We also now begin to link their basic knowledge of health from KS3 to the cardiorespiratory systems of the body.

Half Term 3 - Applied Anatomy and Physiology: The effects of exercise on the body.

Half Term 4 - Physical Training: Components of Fitness, Principles of Training, and Preventing Injury.

Half Term 5 - Sport Psychology: Characteristics of Skilful Movement, Classification of Skills, Goal Setting, Mental Preparation, and types of guidance.

Half Term 6  - Year 10 PPE preparation.

Rationale - Students now have a clear understanding of the internal structure of their bodies. Next we look to develop this knowledge in our investigation of the impact of exercise on the body, how training can impact it, and it’s link to improved sports performance. This is the students' first exposure to the A03 Assessment Objective of their GCSE; ‘Analysing and evaluating the factors that underpin performance and involvement in physical activity and sport.’

Year 11 GCSE PE

Half Term 1 - Health, Fitness and Wellbeing: Healthy Active Lifestyles, Diet and Nutrition. Plus NEA Coursework preparation.

Half Term 2 – NEA Coursework preparation and competition.  

Half Term 3 – Socio-Cultural Influences: engagement patterns of different social groups, commercialisation of physical activity and sport, ethical issues in sport. Plus NEA Coursework (final grade

Half Term 4  - PPE Practice and Practical Sporting Assessment

Half Term 5 - GCSE Exam Preparation

Half Term 6 - GCSE Public Examinations

Rationale - Students are now approaching the end of their academic pathway in GCSE PE. As such, our focus shifts to ensuring they have the knowledge and key skills required to understand and develop their own sports performance, whilst being able to analyse and evaluate the psychological and physiological strengths and weaknesses of elite sports athletes for their written coursework.

NB - The centre will be called for external practical moderation in half term 3 & 4. In preparation for this practical scores and videos will be moderated live.

BTEC SPORT 

PE looks to promote holistic development and a genuine passion for learning for all students through participation, challenge and resilience leading to excellence, in both theoretical and practical environments.

Qualification - The Pearson BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award in Sport.

Year 10 and Year 11 BTEC Sport Sequence of lessons

With this course varying from the GCSE PE course, the students are required to complete 3 individual units of work over the two year period. Those units can vary in time for completion and are outlined below: 

Component  1 - Preparing Participants to Take Part in Sport and Physical Activity (internal)

Component 2 - Taking Part and Improving Other Participants Sporting Performance (internal)

Component 3 - Developing Fitness to Improve Other Participants Performance in Sport and Physical Activity (external)

Half Term 1

Anatomy & Physiology - Skeletal & Muscular Systems

Skill Acquisition- Classification of Skills, Types of Methods of Practice

Sport & Society - The Modern Olympics and hosting of global sporting events

Why we sequence the scheme of work this way

Becoming more familiar with extended knowledge of the bodies muscular and skeletal  systems, is crucial to be successful on this course. 

How we classify skills is a chance to start the journey through the way the brain allows us to perform in all kinds of sporting situations. 

The inspiring modern day Olympics and its impacts on society are studied,   alongside the most interesting and controversial moments in history, through the modern Olympics.

Half Term 2

Anatomy & Physiology- Cardiovascular System

Skill Acquisition- Transfer of Skills, Stages of Learning

Sport & Society- Emergence and Evolution of Modern Sport through Pre and Post Industrial Britain

Why we sequence the scheme of work this way

Students will be able to extend knowledge previously learnt on the Cardiovascular Systems allow athletes to perform on differing levels and events. 

How we classify skills is a chance to start the journey through the way the brain allows us to perform in all kinds of sporting situations. 

A journey to explore how modern day sport came to be through learning of history and what shaped a variety of sports in society.

Half Term 3

Anatomy & Physiology- Respiratory System, Environmental effects on body systems

Skill Acquisition - Types of Guidance & Feedback, Theories of Learning and Memory models

Sport & Society- How Social Factors shaped the Participation of Sport in 20th and 21st Century Britain 

Why we sequence the scheme of work this way

Linking directly to the pathway of oxygen, students will now be able to learn the route it takes in the lungs, as well as how the environment changes the body. 

An understanding of the stages of learning and theories about the brain gives the students vital tools for the NEA. 

Once knowledge of how Britain changed in the 20th & 21st Centuries, the students now look at the social factors that contributed to these changes.

Half Term 4

Anatomy & Physiology- Energy for Exercise

Sport Psychology- Individual Differences: Personality, Attitude, Motivation & Arousal

Contemporary issues in Physical Activity and Sport- Ethics and Deviance in Sport, Drugs and Doping

Why we sequence the scheme of work this way

Now well established students on the course, a real challenge in understanding the bodies different ways it utilises energy to improve performance is started. This is an essential for the commencement of the NEA.  

Students now begin to broaden their knowledge on the course by being introduced to Sport Psychology and the individual impacts this has on sports performance. 

Moving towards contemporary issues of Deviance and drugs allow for excellent debates and access to writing well balanced longer answer questions. 

Half Term 5

Exercise Physiology- Diet and Nutrition and their effect on Physical Activity and performance, Preparation and Training Methods

Sport Psychology- Individual Differences: Anxiety, Aggression & Social Facilitation 

Contemporary issues in Physical Activity and Sport- Violence in Sport, Gambling in Sport

Why we sequence the scheme of work this way

With knowledge of what the energy is we use, further knowledge of how we get our energy is now proceeded by learning about diet and its huge impacts on sporting performance. Training methods, play an essential part in the NEA and being well established knowledge now, will help support students moving forward.

Continuing with individual differences and their impact on sports performance, students begin to add depth to their understanding of sports psychology and how this affects the individual in sport.
 
Having had difficult discussions on previous topics the students are well set up to progress onto violence and gambling in sport. These let the students voice their own thoughts and ability to assess modern day issues around sport. 

Half Term 6

Exercise Physiology- Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation

Sport Psychology- Stress Management to Optimise Performance

Contemporary issues in Physical Activity and Sport- Commercialisation and Media

Why we sequence the scheme of work this way

Learning about injuries after the established knowledge of training and preparing for exercise follows on nicely into what to do if the process of training is done incorrectly. 

With a full understanding of individual psychological impacts in sports students now learn the management techniques of stress and how these can aid performance, thus developing a well-rounded knowledge of the individuals mind in sport.  
 
Commercialisation is an ever growing part of modern day sport. The students now have the chance to share their experiences of this and understand how the massive scale of the media shapes much of what we see. 

Half Term 1

Biomechanics- Biomechanical principles, levers and use of technology

Sport Psychology- Group & Team Dynamics and Goal Setting in Sport, Attribution in Sport
 
Contemporary issues in Physical Activity and Sport- Routes to Sporting Excellence in the UK

Why we sequence the scheme of work this way

Having solidified the muscular and skeletal systems back in year 12, the progression onto this challenging content is fitting for the start of year 13.

Students are now introduced to the group and team dynamics and how this impacts sports performance. They being to explore how goal setting in sport can benefit a groups psychological needs and understand attribution in relation to performance. 

Learning the pathway of elite performers fits in well with students' ever growing knowledge of themselves and peers own personal development in sport.

Half Term 2

Biomechanics- Linear, Projectile, Angular Motion & Fluid Mechanics

Sport Psychology- Confidence and Self Efficacy in Sports Performance, Leadership in Sport
 
Contemporary issues in Physical Activity and Sport- Modern Technology

Why we sequence the scheme of work this way

Continuing with Biomechanics, the last content delivered both allows students to bring all they have learnt together but also apply to content previously learnt in year 12, to effectively analyse how performers can improve when competing

A rounded knowledge of sport psychology now allows students to further the depth of their knowledge by looking at how confidence and self efficacy benefit and hinder sports performance. Moving forward from group dynamics students now identify leadership in sport psychology and the role this plays in improving sports performance.

In accordance with the NEA, knowledge of technology of sport is vital going through this process and helps the students be able to analyse both their and other performance. 

Half Term 3 and 4

NEA, Revision and consolidation of learning

Contemporary issues in Physical Activity and Sport- Modern Technology

Revision

Why we sequence the scheme of work this way

These half terms focus on combining all the Anatomy & Physiology, Exercise Physiology, Skill acquisition and Sports Psychology content, and driving towards the students being able to apply to their NEA analysis practice and final completion.

In accordance with the NEA, knowledge of technology of sport is vital going through this process and helps the students be able to analyse both their and other performance.

Half Term 5 - Exam preparation

Half Term 6 - Examination