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 individual.
• Be inclusive and encouraging of excellence despite differences in students’ needs ensuring that all experience success.
• 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 take account of their own learning.
• Equip students with the confidence, self-belief and passion to be driven in 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 difficult or challenging situations in life.
• Incorporate opportunities for students to demonstrate and practice their leadership skills to prepare them 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.

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 muscles, warm up and preventing injuries, sportsmanship and safety whilst using equipment.

Year 8: Components of fitness and effects of exercise on the body.

Year 9: Importance of participating in sport, social benefits of exercise and building resilience.

Trips and visits:

There are a number of sporting fixtures and events throughout the year for students to take part in. There are Borough and League competitions in netball, football, trampolining, gymnastics, athletics and tennis. There are also inter-house competitions, which run throughout the year in cross-country, netball, and dance to enable all students to take part in competitive sport.

Co-curricular activities:

The PE department run sports clubs every lunchtime and after school for students to take part in, with the aim to compete against other schools in Borough competitions. These include netball, football, basketball, trampolining, volleyball, table tennis, badminton, athletics, tennis, rounders and cricket. All of our clubs are free and inclusive for all. We do work with a Martial Arts school which runs a 12 week programme at a cost for students.

Key Stage 4 & 5 / Career Progression:

Physical Education is one of the GCSE option subjects here at Bentley Wood. Those students who wish to select GCSE PE must continually compete in that sport. This can be at school or outside of school. Students who select GCSE PE will have an additional 3 lessons a week and this includes theory lessons, not just practical lessons.

Recommended Reading and Websites:

National Governing Body Websites

eg) England Netball. 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.

OCR GCSE PE

www.ocr.org

Additionally students may wish to read:

• Sports rule books and coaching guides
• Sports Biographies/Autobiographies

Core Physical Education

Year 10 – Sports Leaders Level 2 Award

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 a student ever be assessed on technical knowledge or sporting ability.

Benefits of the course

• Personal development with self-esteem, confidence and self-management.
• Obtain ‘life’ skills
• Community involvement
• Can lead to Sports Leaders Level 2
• Nationally recognised qualification.

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

GCSE Physical Education

Being part of an external club is essential for this qualification

Examining Board: AQA   

AQA GCSE PE

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/physical-education/gcse/physical-education-8582/specification-at-a-glance

Aim of Course

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.

Practical and coursework

what is assessed:

Practical performance in three different physical activities (netball, athletics, table tennis and trampolining).

Written piece of coursework, analysing and evaluating their own performance in one of their sports and how they can improve, which is marked out of 25.

Students get assessed by PE teachers and then will get moderated by AQA. Each sport is out of 25 and this is broken down by two categories: skills assessment in progressive drills (10 marks) and in the full context of the sport (15 marks).

Students will get a total score out of 100.

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:

Enrichment

• Body World’s
• PGL Netball Tour (Liddington)
• 14 enrichment PE clubs per week including trampolining, football, netball, badminton for all year groups)

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)