Sport, Health & Fitness

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Learning Journey:
GCSE PE: Click here
Core PE: Click here

Intent:
Our Curriculum in core PE is designed so pupils experience a range of activities, including invasion games, striking and fielding, athletics, fitness and exercise to music, problem solving and outdoor adventurous activities. Pupils are grouped by ability however they follow the same objectives. Teachers can modify the lessons accordingly so pupils can be supported and progress in an environment that suits them.

Pupils will spend at least one-half term on each activity and our objectives progress from year 7 to year 11 so pupils can continue to develop their knowledge, skills and performance. Lessons allow for pupils to develop their motor competence, rule knowledge, strategies and tactics and promote healthy participation. Pupils are assessed on both their procedural, how well they can demonstrate the activities but also their declarative knowledge, how well they can recall it. Lessons are aimed to promote 3 core personal development themes throughout the year:

Sporting Values: Honesty, integrity, respect and teamwork.
Individual values: Body Image, managing emotions and build self confidence
Reflective skills: Self review, target setting, self evaluation.

We also offer pupils the opportunity to complete the sports leadership course, and they can opt to do this in year 10. Often these pupils have excelled in the personal development themes at KS3 and are already starting to take leading roles in lessons.

Implementation:
Pupils have a double lesson of Core PE a week and will experience 2 activities. They are taught in same sex and ability groups. However, progress is monitored, and pupils can move between groups. We have selected activities appropriate for our facilities, staff experience, class sizes, equipment, pupil voice and the national curriculum requirements. We have and continue to adapt schemes of work which are delivered to pupils so each class will cover the same topic although teachers will adapt and modify to suit their pupils. Objectives are the same, but teachers share tiered learning outcomes with each class in the form of Gold, Sliver and Bronze. These descriptions help pupils to judge how well they are doing and what they need to do within the lesson to move up to the next level. They also form part of our assessment as pupils agree with the teacher their level and this is recorded and tracked by the teacher. This is used by staff to link to the whole school assessment procedure.

Pupils experience a variety of activities in their PE lessons, but we feel with sufficient depth in each activity to allow for pupils to master skills and concepts. There are often transferable skills, tactics, and values that can be practiced across a variety of our activities. EG. Impacts of exercise on the body and warming up and cool down are taught in year 7 Fitness and used and practiced for majority of activities.

At KS4 pupils can opt to take part in the Leadership pathway by taking the sports leader course whilst other pupils remain on Core PE with Objectives based around developing tactical knowledge and applying skills to develop their own drills and reflecting on their performance.

Impact:
We want pupils to gain the benefits from taking part in physical activity and sport. We want them all to find an activity that they can enjoy. We want them to be able to work with different people, develop communication, organisation, teamwork, resilience, leadership skills and the ability to overcome challenging situations so that they can apply these attributes in the future. This is in addition to developing their motor confidence, knowledge of rules and tactics and the importance of a healthy active lifestyle.

From year 7-11 we want pupils to be confident to undertake activities outside of school in the community and sports clubs. We also want pupils who have less desire to play competitive sport to be confident to join gyms, exercise to music classes and try adventurous activities so they too continue to be physically active and gain the benefits both physically, mentally and socially.

At Key stage 4 from September 2025 we will continue to offer GCSE PE AQA for pupils that want to develop their knowledge further. Pupils completing this course could go on to study a sports course at college before going on to career linked to sport and physical activity.

Resources:

BBC Bitesize AQA PE: GCSE Physical Education – AQA – BBC Bitesize

GCSE Pd: GCSE Learning and Revision | GCSEPod

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