Course Description – Physical Education
Key Stage 3
Students follow content according to the National Curriculum for Physical Education. Students can experience a balanced and varied curriculum allowing students to participate in a wide variety of activities allowing them to participate in competitive team and individual activities as well as dance and gymnastics. Students are also taught to use technical terminology with confidence accurately and precisely, building up an extended specialist vocabulary; can apply their mathematical knowledge to their understanding of PE, including measuring, timing, estimating and analysing data. Attend extra-curricular sporting clubs and competitions, have an opportunity to represent their school and community. Develop a lifelong love of sports and physical exercise. Make positive informed choices around their health, well-being and diet. Link the benefits of a healthy diet and physical activity to mental and physical well-being. Develop their leadership qualities and skills through sport. Have a sound understanding of different sports, their origins, including British and worldwide sporting role models. Are prepared to transition from KS3 to KS4 with the skills, knowledge, character and leadership to excel in KS4. Promoting underlying themes/components of OCR Cambridge Nationals in Sports Science.
Key Stage 4
The intent of our curriculum is implemented through:
- studying a variety of sports and activities – experiencing tactics and strategies through a series of condition and competitive games.
- having the opportunity to attend extra-curricular activities and represent the school. Celebrating successes and manage the challenges of defeat.
- Performance – being able to develop skill in different scenarios, individually, as pairs and in groups or teams. Exploring tactics, strategies and implementing skills learnt to a broad range of sporting situations.
- Health, fitness and physical preparation – Students will understand and build on knowledge to answer the questions – how do I improve fitness? How to prepare and recover from physical activity safely? How do I test fitness? Understanding that will allow students to lead a healthy active lifestyle both now and in the future.
- Leadership & Character – participate in lesson with correct equipment, work together in pairs, groups and teams. Lead peers and through sport develop self-esteem, confidence and resilience.
- Knowledge/Theory – Develop an understanding of ‘anatomy and physiology’, ‘fitness and training’, ‘Nutrition’ and ‘sport injury’. Students will develop vocabulary and support knowledge through practical experiences.
- lessons that will be practical, progressive and differentiated. They will be challenging whilst supporting the needs of all students.
Curriculum Intent – Physical Education
Key Stage 3
In year 7, 8 and 9 students will focus on improving their physical, social and emotional wellbeing through an engaging range of sport and physical activities.
Development of student’s physical literacy is key, with students assessed on the attitudes, skills and knowledge or becoming happy, healthy and successful
people through PE. This is achieved through experiencing a range of sporting activities within specific areas (invasion, net-wall, performing at maximum, accurate replication and striking and fielding).
Key Stage 4
In years 10 and 11 students will continue to develop their confidence, motivation, physical competence, knowledge and understanding to value and take
responsibility for engagement in physical activities for life. This is done by ensuring lessons are both engaging and purposeful. This is achieved through
experiencing a range of sporting activities within specific areas (invasion, net-wall, performing at maximum, accurate replication, non-traditional and striking and fielding).
Students selecting Cambridge National Sport (2022) as a vocational pathway will be assessed through written coursework, practical elements, and a written examination in Y11. They will focus on the following components; Applying the principles of training, nutrition and sports performance, injuries in sport.
Students selecting BTEC Dance (2022) as a vocational pathway will be assessed through written coursework, practical elements, and a written examination in Y11. They will focus on the following components; Exploring the performing arts, developing skills and techniques in the performing arts and responding to a brief.This is all achieved by teaching theoretical content through and alongside high quality practical PE.
We believe that students deserve a broad and ambitious Physical Education curriculum, rich in skills and knowledge, which develops physical, social and
emotional well-being which prepares them well for future learning or employment. Our Physical Education curriculum will give students the opportunity to:
- Develop a healthy life-long love of physical activity;
- Experience a first class learning environment;
- Be part of a team, and develop this well-being;
- Experience a variety of opportunities and experience through sport and physical activity;
- Gain leadership skills;
- Develop physical, technical and tactical sporting skills.