Physical Education

Curriculum Subjects

Physical Education

See our Physical Education Curriculum below at Bentley Wood for KS3 and KS4

 

KS3 | Physical Education

Course Aims:

The Physical Education Curriculum at Bentley Wood will:

  • Encompass an abundance of sports and enrichment experiences to encourage lifelong participation and a holistic development of every student.
  • Be inclusive and encouraging of excellence despite differences in students’ needs.
  • Provide learning that is rich in knowledge, aided by professionals who are experts in Physical Education.
  • Ensures progression through regular and timely assessments that encourage students to self-reflect and account of their own learning.
  • Equip students with the confidence, self-belief and passion to be driven into leading a happy and healthy lifestyle.
  • Challenge students to develop a sense of leadership, an ability to problem solve and to communicate their ideas effectively through improved oracy and literacy.
  • Develop students’ personal ethics and values aiding their resilience and determination, particularly when facing challenging situations in life.
  • Incorporate opportunities for students to demonstrate and practice their leadership skills to prepare for independence in further education and employment.
  • Establish a high profile of Physical Education across the whole school including opportunities for staff to model active and healthy lifestyles.
  • Builds on student knowledge each year through our spiral curriculum.
  • Extra-curricular clubs provide students with additional sports that are not taught during curriculum time to broaden their sporting opportunities.

Course Content:

Sports covered at Bentley Wood: Netball, Football, Tag Rugby, Outdoor Adventurous Activities (OAA), Fitness, Volleyball, Trampolining, Gymnastics & Dance, Rounder, Cricket, Table Tennis, Badminton and Athletics.

 As well as studying and enjoying the sports above, through our Key Stage 3 curriculum we also engage students in the learning of the following topics:

  • Year 7: The skeleton, muscles, sportsmanship, warm-ups and cool downs, hazards and injuries
  • Year 8: Components of fitness, SMART goals, diet and nutrition, the heart, the respiratory system, health and wellbeing

 Trips and visits:

There are several sporting fixtures and events throughout the year for students to take part in. There are Borough and League competitions in netball, football, trampolining, gymnastics, badminton, table tennis, volleyball, athletics and rounders. There are also inter-house competitions, which run throughout the year in dodgeball, benchball, netball volleyball and rounders to enable all students to take part in competitive sport.

Enrichment:

The PE department run sports clubs lunchtime and after school for students to take part in. These include a range of different sports and if selected students will be selected for teams and compete in Borough competitions. All our clubs provided by the PE teachers are free and inclusive for all. We also offer paid coaching sessions in Badminton and Taekwondo.

Key Stage 4 & 5 / Career Progression:

Physical Education continues at GCSE as it is important students remain active as this will help them both physically and mentally with the rest of their academic studies.

Those students who wish to continue Physical Education as a GCSE will have additional three lessons per week where they will study a combination of additional theory and practical skills. Should your daughter choose GCSE PE as one of her options, she will have the opportunity to continue to represent the school in regular fixtures, as well as the London Youth Games. She will also attend a trip to the fascinating Body Worlds exhibition in Piccadilly as part of her course.

 

Please see below possible career progressions for GCSE PE students:
Physiotherapist Sports Coach Dietician PE Teacher
Leisure Manager Journalist Nutritionist Official
Personal Trainer Sport Scientist Lifeguard Health Promoter
Armed forces Professional Sportswoman Sports Psychologist Events Management


Recommended Reading and Websites:

National Governing Body Websites
England Netball. http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/Here you will find up to date rules, events, competitions, local clubs and courses (including coaching and umpiring/refereeing courses) for you to get involved with

BrianMac Sports Coach
www.brianmac.co.uk  This website provides information for athletes, fitness enthusiasts, sports science students and sports coaches on the many topics relating to athletic development, exercise physiology and successful coaching.

BBC Bitesize
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zp49cwx This website provides information for students to use as revision. It has all the information from the specification and revision tests to check understanding.

GCSE PE – AQA
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/physical-education/gcse/physical-education-8582 The GCSE PE is 60% which is broken down into two exam papers. 40% is practical and coursework. Students must love playing sport and are encouraged to play sport outside of school to be successful in GCSE PE.

Additionally students may wish to read:

  • Sports rule books and coaching guides
  • Sports Biographies/Autobiographies
  • GCSE PE AQA CGP revision guide
  • AQA GCSE (9-1) Hodder education

 

KS4 | PE ( Core )

 Year 9 and 11

Students complete a range of physical activities whilst building on knowledge of the fitness and exercise industry. Students will develop their leadership skills through Sport Education in the following sports:

  • Netball
  • Football
  • Outdoor adventurous activities
  • Tag rugby
  • Volleyball
  • Fitness
  • Badminton
  • Trampolining
  • Rounders
  • Athletics
  • Cricket
  • Basketball
  • Year 10 – Sports Leaders

The aim of the award is to encourage leadership skills and develop personal qualities. The award will give you understanding of what it means to be an effective leader with younger children. The course is not based on student sporting ability and at no stage will student ever be assessed on your technical knowledge or sporting ability.

Benefits of the course

  • Personal development with self-esteem, confidence and self-management.
  • Obtain life skills
  • Community involvement

Units

  1. Planning, preparing and assisting a simple sporting activity
  2. Basic communication skills for leading a sporting activity
  3. Principles and practice in delivering a basic health and fitness session
  4. Understanding fair play in sport
  5. Understanding a role of the official
  6. Understanding the scope of local sport and recreational activity
  7. Demonstration of leadership skills in sport

 

 

KS4 | PE GCSE

Being part of a sports team inside or outside of school is essential for this GCSE option.

Examining Board: AQA      

AQA have worked closely with teachers and the Youth Sport Trust to develop a new GCSE Physical Education specification that inspires teaching and learning. New and contemporary topics help students of all abilities to develop a well-rounded skill set and prepare them for progression to further studies.

Aims of the Course:

AQA have worked closely with teachers and the Youth Sport Trust to develop a new GCSE Physical Education specification that will inspire teaching and learning. New and contemporary topics will help students of all abilities to develop a well-rounded skill set and prepare them for progression to further studies.

Breakdown of course:

The course is split into two parts. 60% is theory, where students sit two exam papers and 40% is coursework and practical assessment.

Theory topics that are taught:

Practical Performance (100 marks 40%) 

Students must write a piece of coursework where they analyse and evaluate their own performance in one of the sports that they are getting assessed in, this is worth 25 marks. Students also get assessed in 3 sports, this assessment is broken down into skills and game play, again out of 25 marks.

Throughout the course in year 9 students will take part in table tennis, trampolining, netball, volleyball, badminton, and athletics. In year 10 & 11 this is then reduced to the 4 sports that they will be doing for their final GCSE practical exam. The sports that the student scores the 3 highest marks in will be what will be sent to the examiner. Students should be taking part in a club outside of school as this will enhance their practical grade, if this is a sport that we do not do within school, then we will come and watch them at a fixture. They will still be assessed in all the sports.

Recommended Reading

  • Running Like a Girl- Alexandra Hemminsley
  •  Dare To Tri- Louise Minchin
  • Unstoppable- Maria Sharapova
  • Faster Than Lightning- Usain Bolt
  • Leap- Geva Mentor
  • They Don’t Teach This – Eniola Aluko

Recommended Watching

  • Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story
  • Squad Goals
  • The Last Dance: Michael Jordan’s Story
  • Icarus: Russia’s Olympic Doping Scandal

Key Stage 5 Progression/ Career Prospects

A Level PE can be undertaken at Bentley Wood High School and within the collegiate. Sport and Leisure is a rapidly growing industry which offers a wide spectrum of careers for the future. This would include:

 

Career Prospects
Physiotherapist Sports Coach Dietician PE Teacher
Leisure Manager Journalist Nutritionist Official
Personal Trainer Sport Scientist Lifeguard Health Promoter
Armed forces Professional Sportswoman Sports Psychologist Events Management


Enrichment

  • Brunel Physiotherapy trip
  • Borough competitions
  • Moderation with other schools
  • Compulsory PE GCSE club

Revision Guides

  • New Grade 9-1 GCSE Physical Education AQA Complete Revision & Practice (with Online Edition) (CGP GCSE PE 9-1 Revision)
  • New Grade 9-1 GCSE Physical Education AQA Revision Question Cards (CGP GCSE PE 9-1 Revision)
  • AQA GCSE PE (9-1) Hodder Education