PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Staff
Head of Department: Ms A Rodden
PE Teacher : Mrs K Welch-Moore
PE Teacher : Mrs K Phelan
PE Teacher/ Senior Assistant Head Teacher: Miss N Craig
Introduction
The aim for the curriculum is to develop pupil’s knowledge and skills in a wider range of sports. Integrating leadership to create independent learners and encouraging lifelong participation in health and active lifestyles.
Physical Education is compulsory for all Key Stage three and four pupils. Throughout both Key Stages, pupils will acquire new knowledge and skills and an in-depth understanding of Physical Education and Sport. Pupils will practice skills in a wide range of activities and use a series of tactics and strategies to overcome opponents in direct competition. This will take place through team and individual games such as Netball, Basketball, Badminton, Cricket and Rounders. Pupils will develop their techniques in Athletics, Gymnastics and Dance. Health and Well-being and leadership is a consistent focus throughout each of the areas across the curriculum. Pupils will gain an in-depth knowledge regarding the factors that contribute to a healthy lifestyle. Year 7 pupils will swim during the autumn term to develop valuable water safety and personal survival skills.
Intent
The curriculum in Physical Education is centred around a spiral approach that is broad, balanced and aspirational. It aims to engage and create opportunities for pupils to participate in areas of learning based on performance, leadership, knowledge, decision making and positive mindset, these areas remove any protentional barriers that our pupils may face. Through inspirational teaching and a vibrant learning environment, pupils will build on their prior experiences and develop their knowledge and skills in a wide range of sports.
Pupils will participate in activities which will develop their character virtues and cultural capital. Leadership is integral throughout Physical Education to create independent learners and to encourage lifelong participation in healthy and active lifestyles supporting them in moving forward to the next stage of education, training or employment.
Curriculum
Leadership
During Key Stage three, students develop their leadership skills by adopting many different leadership roles within the lesson. These involve, leading parts of a lesson, having different responsibilities within the lesson and being able to analyse skills including understanding how to self and peer assess. Within Physical Education, the curriculum allows students to take part in Outdoor and Adventurous activities and problem solving skills which present intellectual and physical challenges. Students will be encouraged to work individually and in a team, building on trust and developing communication skills to solve problems.
This progresses in Key Stage 4, where students will build on their sports leadership skills by taking on more responsibility within the lesson by demonstrating their leading, coaching and officiating skills in a variety of sporting activities. In Year 11, students have the opportunity to organise and lead house competition and run extra-curricular clubs.
Students have the chance to continue developing their leadership skills by applying for a Sports Council role. In this, students take an active part in sustaining a high profile and positive ethos both within and beyond school, for example, supporting feeder primary schools with sporting events. Students can also apply to be part of the GLAMS programme ‘Girls’ Leadership and Management Scheme’ where they can play an important role in making decisions within the department and help plan and assist organising key sporting events. These events are celebrated during a Sports Awards Evening that the Physical Education department hosts annually.
BTEC Tech Award - Sport, Activity and Fitness
Intent
The curriculum in BTEC Sport is centred around the spiral approach that is broad, balanced and aspirational. Potential barriers will be removed to allow pupils to build on prior learning and acquire the new knowledge and technical skills through a vocational pathway. This will prepare them for the next stage of education, training or employment, linked to sport. Through inspirational teaching, a vibrant learning environment and engaging lessons pupils will study sport, fitness and activity. This will provide pupils with the cultural capital experiences and to develop character virtue skills that are transferrable to other subjects and future pathways linked to sport and a healthy lifestyle.
Pupils will study and be assessed in the following modules
- Component 1: Understand the Body and the Supporting Technology for Sport and Activity
- Component 2: The Principles of Training, Nutrition for Sport and Activity
- Component 3: Applying the Principles of Sport and Activity Leading Sports Activities
Useful Websites
Joe Wicks
Free Youtube videos for school children
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Joe Wicks- 5 and 8 minute fun work outs.
He has the Instgram handle the body coach and will be doing LIVE PE lessons on his YouTube channel: The Body Coach TV every week day at 9am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqLNxJe4L2I
Premier league stars- Videos and activities to support, Maths, Literacy and PE.
Personalise workouts.
https://www.fitnessblender.com/videos
Choreograph a dance routine to your favourite songs.
Family fun work out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5if4cjO5nxo
This Girl Can- lots of home exercises from ‘real’ people.
https://www.thisgirlcan.co.uk/activities/home-exercise/
Results with Lucy- 4 higher intensity work outs for older pupils
https://www.youtube.com/user/resultswithlucy
PopSugar-Dance work out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj2IubFfEqY
Popsugar FITNESS- a Youtube channel that offers a range of different home work outs for different abilities.
https://www.youtube.com/user/popsugartvfit
Les Mills has a 14 day free trial available that gives you access to over 800 workouts.
https://www.lesmills.com/uk/ondemand/
Gym free work outs from the NHS website.
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/gym-free-workouts/
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/10-minute-workouts/
Disney dance along’s for all the family.
https://www.thisgirlcan.co.uk/activities/disney-workouts/
Disney indoor activities for the family.
https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities/indoor-activities
BTEC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/znyb4wx
https://www.teachpe.com/
https://brianmac.co.uk/
Core PE
www.badmintonengland.co.uk
https://www.basketballengland.co.uk/
www.thefa.com
www.sportsleaders.org
Extra Curricular Clubs
The Physical Education Department has an extensive extra-curricular programme that provides for varying interests across the school. There is a broad range of activities that encourage development and achievement further such as Wheelchair Basketball, Athletics, Basketball, Netball, Cricket, Tag Rugby, Football, Rounders, Dance and the use of the Fitness Suite. Clubs take place during lunchtime and after school. The timetable of activities will change every half term.
