PE
About the PE Department
Physical Education
The PE department aims to promote a healthy active lifestyle through the enjoyment of sport and physical activity. We strive to introduce and enhance pupils' experiences of both traditional and new physical activities, with the long term goal of excellence and a positive life long relationship with physical activity.
Extra-Curricular Opportunities
Sports - we offer a number of after school sports clubs including football, netball, badminton, dance as well as inter-school fixtures over the course of the year.
Annual Sportathon - pupils participate in 12 hours of sport overnight to raise money for charity.
Ski Trips - A vastly popular and oversubscribed trip that has seen the school alternate between Austria and the USA in the last 8 years. The Austria trip normally visits Zell am See and KAprun, while the USA trip has been to New Hampshire, Colorado, Nevada and Vermont.
Enrichment Trips - We like to reward pupils for their excellence in PE by offering trips to places such as Thorpe Park during the summer term. We have also attended international Cricket T20 matches at the Ageas Bowl over the last 2 years.
Key Stage 3 - PE
Key Stage 3 Curriculum
The PE department offers a broad and balanced curriculum to pupils. In Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils receive 2 lessons of PE per week. In those lessons, pupils are offered a range of activities that include
- football
- netball
- rugby
- badminton
- basketball
- fitness
- dance
- gymnastics
- orienteering
- dodgeball
- benchball
- tchoukball
- handball
- volleyball
- athletics
- rounders
- softball
- cricket.
The purpose is to give pupils a fun-filled experience as well as preparing them for KS4 PE.
Key Stage 4
Key Stage 4 Curriculum
In Years 10 and 11, pupils continue to receive 2 lessons of PE per week in the form of key stage 4 PE. In those lessons pupils build upon previous experiences as well as being introduced to new forms of physical activity.
Additionally we offer 2 examined courses which carry a further 3 lessons per week:
GCSE PE (EDEXCEL)
VCERT in Health and Fitness (NCFE)
GCSE PE
The new 9-1 course has been split in to 4 components; the details of these components are as follows -
Component 1 - Fitness and Body Systems
Written exam - 1 hour and 45 minutes
36% of qualification
90 marks
Content overview -
- Topic 1: Applied anatomy and physiology
- Topic 2: Movement analysis
- Topic 3: Physical training
- Topic 4: Use of data
Assessment overview -
The assessment consists of multiple-choice, short -answer, and extended wrtiting questions. Students must answer all questions. Calculators can be used in the exam.
Component 2 - Health and Performance
Written exam - 1 hour and 15 minutes
24% of qualification
70 marks
- Topic 1: Health, fitness and well-being
- Topic 2: Sport psychology
- Topic 3: Socio-cultural influences
- Topic 4: Use of data
Assessment overview -
The assessment consists of multiple-choice, short-answer, and extended writing questions. Students must answer all questions. Calculators can be used in the exam.
Component 3 - Practical Performance
Non-examined assessment: internally marked and externally moderated
30% of qualification
105 marks (35 marks per activity)
Skills during individual and team activities
General performance skills
Assessment overview -
The assessment consists of students completeing three physical activities from a set list. One must be a team activity, one an individual activity and the final one can be a free choice.
Students will be assessed against set criteria found in the Pearson Edexcel Level1/2 GCSE (9-1) in Physical Education practical performance assessment criteria document on their website.
Component 4 - Personal Excercise Programme (PEP)
Non- examination assessment: internally marked and externally moderated
10% of qualification
20 marks
Content overview-
- Aim and planning analysis
- Carrying out and monitoring the PEP
- Evaluation of the PEP
Assessment overview -
The assessment consists of students producing a Personal Exercise Programme (PEP), and will require students to analyse and evaluate their performance.
These will be assessed by the teacher and moderatedby Pearson.
VCERT in Health and Fitness
This course is also broken down in to 4 units -
Unit 1 - Principles of Health and Fitness, internally assessed portfolio of evidence
Unit 2 - Healthy Lifestyles, internally assessed portfolio of evidence
Unit 3 - Preparing and Planning for Health and Fitness, externally set and marked assessment paper
Unit 4 - Develop a Personal Health and Fitness Programme, internally assessed portfolio of evidence
GCSE Student Resources - please click below to access information
Exam question examples -
Paper 1 -
Structure and functions of the musculoskeletal system
Structure and functions of the cardio-resporatory system
Anaerobic and aerobic exercise
Long and short-term effects of exercise
Relationship between health and fitness
Components and benefits of fitness
Long-term effects of exercise on all systems
How to optimise training and prevent injury
Warm up and cool downs worksheet