PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Why study PE?

In PE, pupils are offered a unique platform where they can promote their physical development and well-being. PE allows pupils to strive and excel through varied sporting experiences and helps develop confidence, social skills and leadership opportunities.

Throughout PE, pupils are able to explore, identify and evaluate their own experiences in sport and gain the confidence they need to be part of a team, work tactically and develop the skills needed to become leaders in chosen areas.

PE allows pupils to master in specific sports through enrichment and allows pupils to compete against other schools. PE allows pupils to improve their mental, social, and physical health by offering pupils a broader curriculum and enrichment clubs.

The curriculum is designed with progression through motor skills, rules, strategies and tactics and the promotion of healthy participation.

How will I study PE?

Pupils study PE through both declarative and procedural knowledge. The curriculum is sequenced to maximise the pupils to know and do more in PE. Progression of knowledge is built over time from simple to complex through a range of physical activities and sports. Activities are selected for pupils to recall prior knowledge and apply similarities and differences between selected activities.

What will I study at Key Stage 3?

Pupils will study a wide range of physical activities in KS3. They will learn the importance sports has on improving physical, mental and social well-being. We embed fundamental skills (running, jumping, throwing, balance, coordination) through a variety of sporting activities. Pupils will grow in knowledge and experience of games (netball, futsal, badminton, rounders, basketball) and in gymnastics and creative movement. Pupils will also learn leadership skills including the ability to officiate sporting matches.

Pupils will experience competitive sports and performance in Winter and Summer sports days and through competitive game experience. They will learn about how their body adapts and changes (long and short term) due to physical activity. They will understand basic theory (muscles, bones, components of fitness) and apply this knowledge practically.

The study of outdoor adventurous activities helps to develop their problem-solving skills, communication and language skills, decision-making, risk-taking, teamwork, social and leadership skills.

Throughout KS3, table tennis is introduced and developed, and all pupils are given the opportunity to gain an officiating award in Table Tennis. Pupils will participate in indoor and Field Athletics.

We link sports to sporting events in our learning, for example, Wimbledon to tennis, FIFA World Cup to football, athletics to the Olympics, and games included in the Commonwealth Games.

What will I study at Key Stage 4?

In Physical Education in KS4 Core, we build upon the skills learnt during KS3 and focus on sports for life.

Pupils study Sports studies will study 3 units in depth, developing their knowledge of contemporary issues in sport, how sport is portrayed by the media and sports performance and leadership. They will enjoy the opportunity to identify the barriers to sport and why some people feel they are not able to participate in sport, students will also look at the solutions to these barriers for mass participation, therefore looking at sport in a wider context.

Moving through the course, students will be encouraged to read newspaper articles and be exposed to broadsheet and tabloid newspapers, identifying the positive and negative aspects of the media, whilst also looking at how sport uses the media and how media uses sport. Students are encouraged to read sport through various sources that they may never have used before, this could be blogs, social media, newspapers, Fanzines, Podcasts etc.

Another aspect of the course is performance and leadership, where students are asked to critically analyse their own performance of their chosen sport and create a 6 week training programme in order for them to be able to improve, they are encouraged to use a coach as part of this to improve their performance, Students are then asked to create a lesson plan and risk assessment, where students will be encouraged to deliver a lesson to their peers which shows a warm up, progression, skills based learning and an exit ticket to consolidate their learning. The student will feel positive about taking up the role of a teacher and encouraged to rectify behaviour sensibly whilst being in the role of a teacher.

Students will be given the responsibility of a risk assessment where they will be asked to ensure that their students and venue are safe and clean, whilst identifying and rectifying anything that needs to be dealt with, the student is encouraged to work independently on this and act on any hazards they may come across.

Curriculum Overview

Core PE

OCR Sports Studies

Assessment at Key Stage 3

Internal assessments take place every half-term.

Assessment at Key Stage 4

R185- Performance and leadership

KS4 Exam Board Specification: OCR Sports Studies

Enrichment

PE offers subject-specific enrichment clubs and the faculty organise a range of educational visits throughout the year.

PE offers ‘have-a-go’ style clubs and enrichment, as well as competitive opportunities and teams. Pupils can take part in school-wide competitions, as well as representing the school in local and national competitions and leagues.   Sporting equipment is available for pupils to borrow during lunchtime and break.

Careers

A good grade in PE will allow pupils to choose A Levels (or a Level 3 BTEC course in Sports) and further study that could eventually lead to a career within the sporting industry.  It will also show that you have a broader range of skills, both physically and socially.

Physical education lends itself to a range of careers in sports and fitness as well as other industries that you may not have considered before. For example, did you know that many nutritionists, physical therapists and chiropractors have a degree in PE? Some careers that you could consider doing with PE include:

• Sports science
• PE teacher
• Physiotherapist
• Professional sportsperson
• Sports coach/consultant
• Sports policy at local and national level
• Diet and fitness instructor
• Personal trainer

The Sports Studies course will allow students to develop their leadership skills and their confidence, whilst also being exposed to the wider problems in society and why some people may not participate in sport. The course encourages students to:

• cognitive and problem-solving skills: use critical thinking, approach non-routine problems applying expert and creative solutions, use systems and technology
• intrapersonal skills: communicating, working collaboratively, negotiating and influencing, self-presentation
• interpersonal skills: self-management, adaptability and resilience, self-monitoring and development.

These employability skills will support learners in a wide variety of jobs. Specifically, this course will develop skills and knowledge that will allow progression into careers such as sports medicine, physiotherapy, sports science, biomechanics, personal trainer/fitness instructor, PE teacher, professional sportsperson, sports media and many more.

Useful Resources and Revision Support

• BBC Bitesize
• OCR sport
• Knowledge organiser