CORE PE (YEAR 9, 10, 11)
Core PE (practical lessons) will be taught making maximum use of our excellent facilities. These include: Playing fields, gymnasium, sports hall, cricket strip, a fitness suite, astroturf and a large hard play area. We ensure that all students participate in two hours of quality PE each week delivered by outstanding teachers.
All students follow a programme of sporting activities from Football and Basketball to Trampolining and Fitness, this ensures they have had the opportunity to participant in a range of exciting sporting activities, pitched at the correct level to ensure challenge and progression for them. Students are grouped based on their practical ability and performance at the start of each year. The Core PE programme enables all students to become; improved performers, reflective learners, to experience officiating roles, to improve self-confidence and make healthy lifestyle choices.
KEY STAGE 4 – SPORTS STUDIES (GCSE)
Exam Board
OCR Cambridge National level 1/2
Course Content
This Sport Studies qualification is the equivalent to one x GCSE and offers students the chance to develop different types of skills through largely practical lessons and activities; communication, problem solving, team work, evaluation and analysis, performing under pressure, and formulating written findings from practical investigation. These are all transferable skills which can be learnt and assessed throughout the course and utilised on many higher educational courses such at level 3 Cambridge Technical Sport and Physical Activity and sporting employment settings. The course has been designed with practical and engaging ways of teaching, studying the following over the two year course.
Topics students will study;
- Developing sports skills – Practical assessment and coursework
- Sports leadership – Practical assessment and coursework
- Sport in the media– Coursework/assignment
- Contemporary issues in sport – 1 hour Exam paper (Year 11).
Useful Subject & Revision Websites
Exam unit – Contemporary issues in Sport https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/cambridge-nationals/sport-studies-level-1-2-j803-j813/assessment/
Exam Success
100% Pass rate
KEY STAGE 5 – OCR LEVEL 3 SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY – EXTENDED CERTIFICATE
Exam Board
OCR Level 3 Sport and Physical Activity –Extended Certificate
Exam units:
Unit 1 – Body Systems and The Effects of Physical Activity
Unit 3 – Sports Organisation and Development
Course Content
- Body Systems and the Effects of Physical Activity (90 GLH) – Exam paper
- Sports Coaching and Activity Leadership (90GLH) – Coursework/practical assessment
- Sports Organisation and Development (60GLH) – Exam paper
- Practical Skills in Sport and Physical Activities (60GLH) – Practical assessment/coursework
- Organisation of Sports Events (60GLH) – Coursework/practical assessment
Useful Subject & Revision Websites
Cambridge Technicals Level 3 Sport and Physical Activity (Paperback edition by Helen Bray and Scott Chapman (28 Oct 2016))
Contribution to SMSC
Spiritual Education in PE
Moral Education in PE
Social Education in PE
Cultural Education in PE
- Students reflecting on values surrounding competition, which includes ‘winning at all costs’ as well as sportsmanship and fair play
- Students learning how to handle success and defeat with dignity
- Giving time for group discussions based on the lesson objectives and outcomes, as well as listening to other people’s opinions and giving feedback
- Students being introduced to tactics and strategies in sport
- Students developing their moral stance through developing a sense of fair play and positive sporting behaviour, as well as reflecting on the need for rules
- Students discovering the role of sport and other activities in from different traditions and countries
- Students becoming aware of different cultural attitudes towards aspects of physical activity
Extra-Curricular
- Netball
- Football
- Rugby
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Fitness Suite
- Table Tennis
- Dodgeball
- Trampolining
- Rounders
- Cricket
- Tennis
- Athletics