Core PE

The Department offers a broad, balanced and challenging curriculum which covers a variety of sporting activities in each year. These include; 

• Invasion/team games (Netball, Football, Rugby and Basketball) 
• Net games (Badminton, Volleyball, Table Tennis and Tennis) 
• Striking & Fielding Games (Rounders, Softball and Cricket) 
• Health & Fitness (Fitness and Athletics) 

The delivery of lessons in Physical Education allows teaching staff to make the most of their own skills, abilities and professional judgements. Alongside this, there are common ways in which the curriculum is implemented across the department:  

• Staff have excellent subject knowledge and have subject specialisms  
• Lessons are appropriately challenging to meet all pupils needs and abilities 
• Students are made aware of their current level and what they must do to progress to the next level  
• Students are given the opportunities to achieve through practical and verbal tasks in lessons thus developing physical competence, oracy and understanding 
• Students engage in a wide variety of extra-curricular activities outside of lesson time  
• Use of subject specific vocabulary is embedded from Year 7  
• Use of theoretical themes threaded into lessons from year 7  
• SEND provision meets the needs of individual pupils ensuring that they have equal access meaning all PE lessons are inclusive 
• Extra-curricular provision is designed to complement and enhance activity levels  
• We run a full programme of Inter-house competitions, Secondary School Games competitions and have fixtures against other schools 

Our Vision

The objective of the P.E Department is to deliver the National Curriculum within the framework of the Academy’s aims. The Department actively promotes equal opportunities for all students to participate in a broad and balanced curriculum.  

Pupils are offered opportunities for developing cultural capital by developing their ability to apply knowledge, skills and concepts appropriately and effectively in a variety of activities using physical competence. Pupils are taught to recognise diversity alongside developing an appreciation of health, fitness, recreation and leisure, and the benefits of an active lifestyle for all. The curriculum provides academic challenge by developing thinking by deepening knowledge, understanding and application to foster independence in both practical and theory work.   

The PE Curriculum aims to provide, through a variety of structured developmental schemes, the opportunity to foster a positive attitude towards, and an appreciation of, a healthy active lifestyle, a challenge to all, a sense of achievement and celebrating that achievement. 

Aims

• To develop physical competence and confidence
• To develop knowledge and understanding to apply rules, tactics and strategy
• To increase pupils’ awareness of their capabilities and an appreciation of individual differences
• To develop knowledge of safety procedures and an understanding of safe practice, including the need for rules and regulations
• To sustain an appreciation of physical movement through analysis and evaluation
• To develop planning and organisational skills
• To develop the ability to work effectively as a member of a team and as an individual
• To develop the ability to apply knowledge, skills and concepts appropriately and effectively in a variety of situations
• To develop an appreciation of health, fitness, recreation and leisure, and the benefits of a healthy active lifestyle
• To encourage the involvement of sport post school (sport for life)
• To help pupils gain a sense of achievement and develop positive attitudes towards themselves and others
• To develop cross-curricular literacy and numeracy skills

Key Stage 3

Pupils in Key Stage 3 have the following hour long lessons a fortnight: 

• Year 7 – 4 
• Year 8 – 3 
• Year 9 – 3 

Year 7 will start their Secondary PE journey with a Foundation Skills unit. This allows teachers to undertake baseline assessment so that accurate progress can be tracked. They will then rotate around termly Schemes of Work that cover Netball/Football/Rugby, Fitness, Badminton/Basketball, Athletics and Rounders. Where possible classes are taught in single sex groups to meet the needs, interests and preferences of our pupils. This helps develop physical competence and confidence. 

Key Stage 4

Pupils in Key Stage 4 have the following hour long lessons a fortnight: 

• Year 10 – 3 
• Year 11 – 2 

In Year 10, pupils rotate around termly Schemes of Work that cover Netball/Football/Rugby, Fitness, Badminton/Basketball, Volleyball/Table Tennis, Athletics and Rounders. As pupils have developed their physical skills, the emphasis moves to games play to develop a deeper understanding of skills, tactics, strategy and fitness for performance.

In Year 11 pupils may opt for their choice of sporting activity to help foster an enjoyment of sport and activity for after school. 

Key Stage 5

Pupils in Key Stage 5 have the following hour long lessons a fortnight: 

• Year 12 – 1 
• Year 13 – 1 

In Year 12 and 13 pupils may opt for their choice of sporting activity to help foster an enjoyment of sport and activity for after school. 

Useful Study Resources

• www.1st4sport.com  – Coachwise
• www.acsm.org – American College of Sports Medicine
• www.bases.org.uk – The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences
• www.heart.org – American Heart Association www.humankinetics.com – Human Kinetics www.nhs.uk – National Health Service
• www.sportsci.org – Sport Science
• www.sportscoachuk.org – Sports Coach UK
• www.topendsports.com – Topend Sports
• www.acsm.org – American College of Sports Medicine – health, fitness and nutrition articles
• www.bbc.co.uk – BBC – healthy living
• www.bhf.org.uk – British Heart Foundation – health, lifestyle, nutrition, hydration, heart disease, exercise, food labelling, questionnaires, smoking
• www.brianmac.co.uk – BrianMac – sports drinks, fitness testing, training, programming
• www.bupa.co.uk – BUPA – benefits of exercise, children and exercise
• www.doh.gov.uk – Department of Health – obesity, healthy eating, initiatives, factsheets for government recommendations for physical activity (various age groups)
• www.food4life.org.uk – Food4life – eatwell plate, food groups
• www.livestrong.com – Livestrong – effects of poor nutrition
• www.macmillan.org.uk – Macmillan – benefits of exercise, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and getting active