Key Stage 3
What will the subject be like?
There are a very wide range of options from which pupils are offered as great a variety as possible, so that they may both improve their general health and physical fitness and gain very considerable enjoyment regardless of personal skill levels. The aim of the department is to encourage pupils to work through and up the skill levels to constantly aim for their personal best. The balance of activities between invasion, net, striking and aesthetic games together with athletics and fitness activities is in line with governmental recommendations.
What will be studied?
In PE:
- Badminton
- Volleyball
- Gymnastics
- Basketball (boys)
- Dance (girls)
- Cricket (boys)
- Health related fitness
In Games:
- Netball (girls)
- Rugby (boys)
- Hockey (girls)
- Football boys)
- Athletics
- Tennis
- Rounders (girls)
- Cross Country (boys)
Lessons per week:
All pupils have one double games lesson and one single PE lesson per week. Girls and boys are taught separately with at least one specialist PE teacher allocated to each of the two groups. By dividing the teaching time into blocks, pupils will experience almost all the activities listed above.
Groups are taught by ability after a psychomotor test. There is ample opportunity to move between groups during either year.
“St. Bede’s enjoys a national sporting reputation, particularly with respect to football and netball. All pupils are strongly encouraged to work for a place in one of the many teams we field. Our teams have visited many parts of the UK to compete, as well as touring abroad to expand their cultural as well as their sporting horizons. Our new all weather playing surface is a superb facility. Floodlit too, it allows play all year ’round and keeps us in the forefront of sporting schools in the North West.”
- Mrs Nicki McCormick, Head of Girls’ PE and Games
- Mr Kevin Rafferty, Head of Boys’ PE and Games
- Mr Steve Fallon, Head of Football
AS 5 Theory Lessons 2 Practical
| Title | AS weighting | |
|---|---|---|
| Module 1 | Factors affecting performance | 40% |
| Module 2 | Contemporary studies in PE & sport | 30% |
| Module 3 | Coursework (Practical & Portfolio) | 30% |
Module 1 Factors affecting performance
This module has two sections:
- A Applied anatomy & physiology
- Skeletal system
- Muscular system
- Nervous system
- Motion & movement
- Hearing
- Vascular system
- Respiration
- B Acquiring, performing & teaching movement skills
- Characteristics of skill
- Characteristics of ability
- Learning of skills
- Motivation
- Reinforcement
- What makes a good coach?
Module 2 Contemporary studies
- Classification of activities: Play, leisure, recreation, outdoor education & sport
- Sport in society
- Sport & the pursuit of excellence
- Sport for all
- Professionalism
- Ethics & corruption
- Discrimination & opportunities
Module 3 Coursework
Each student chooses 2 sports, each sport is worth 10%, the remaining 10% is a synoptic document that relates all the theory to the student’s chosen sports.
A2 6 theory lessons 2 practical lessons
| Title | A2 Weighting | |
|---|---|---|
| Module 4 | History of sport Psychology of sport | 30% |
| Module 5 | Exercise physiology & synoptic questions | 40% |
| Module 6 | Coursework (practical) | 30% |
Module 4 Historical Studies
- Recreation in a pre-industrial setting
- Blood sports, rural activities, folk festivals
- Development of games
- Development of sport in schools from 1902
- Psychology of sport
- Personality
- Attitudes
- Aggression
- Group dynamics
- Mental preparation
- Leadership
Module 5 Exercise physiology
- Energy, work & power
- ATP & energy creation
- Recovery process
- Training principles & methods of training
- Components of fitness
Module 6 Coursework
Students are assessed in 2 chosen sports (20%). They are assessed on demonstration of techniques and they must also be able to observe and analyse a live performance with an oral response (10%)
Coursework
The student must choose 2 sports from two different categories
- Athletic Activities
- Combat Activities
- Dance activities
- Invasion Game Activities
- Net/Wall Game Activities
- Striking/Fielding Activities
- Target Game Activities
- Gymnastic Activities
- Outdoor & adventurous
- Swimming
