Physical Education - Core & BTEC Sport

The PE Department actively promotes equal opportunity for all students to participate in a broad and balanced curriculum.  The programme aims to provide, through a variety of structured developmental schemes, the opportunity to foster a positive attitude towards, and an appreciation of, a healthy life style, a challenge to all and a sense of achievement.

In PE our aims are;

• To develop physical competence
• To develop expressive and creative skills
• To increase pupils awareness of their capabilities and an appreciation of individual differences
• To help pupils develop awareness of their own strengths and areas for development and to understand strategies to improve these areas
• To develop knowledge of safety procedures and an understanding of safe practice, including the need for rules and regulations
• To use cognitive skills to sustain an appreciation of physical movement through analysis and evaluation
• To develop planning and organisational skills
• To develop 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 an active lifestyle
• To encourage involvement in sport outside of school and to appreciate healthy competition
• To help pupils gain a sense of achievement and develop positive attitudes towards themselves and others

BTEC Sport

Year 10

 UNIT 1: FITNESS FOR SPORT & EXERCISE

• Components of Physical Fitness.
• Components of Skill Related Fitness.
• Importance of fitness components
• Exercise Intensity
• Principles of Training – basic & additional
• Methods of Training
• Fitness testing
• Administering Fitness Tests
• Interpreting Fitness Tests

Unit 2: PRACTICAL PERFORMANCE IN SPORT

• Understand the rules, regulations and scoring systems for 2 selected sports
• Roles and Responsibilities of officials
• Practically demonstrate skills, techniques and tactics in selected sports.
• Components of physical fitness and why they are important for their chosen sports.
• Technical demands, Tactical demands
• Be able to review sports performance.
• Observation checklist designed by themselves.
• Review performance – Strengths/weaknesses
• Development plan to improve.

Year 11

UNIT 6: SPORTS LEADERSHIP

• Know the attributes associated with successful sports leadership.
• Undertake the planning and leading of sports activities
• Review the planning and leading of sports activities.
• Review using feedback identifying strengths and areas of improvement.
• Set targets for development – development plan to include aims and objectives, goals SMARTER targets, activities and opportunities to improve and possible barriers.

UNIT 3: APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL TRAINING

• Musculoskeletal system
• Major Muscles and Bones, synovial joints at the hip, shoulder, knee and elbow. Short term effects of exercise.
• Cardiorespiratory system
• Heart, Lungs and the short-term effects of fitness training on these.

Year 12

UNIT 1: ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY – EXAM IN MAY

• The skeletal system – structure, function, joints and responses and adaptations of the skeletal system to exercise.
• The muscular system – characteristics and functions, antagonistic muscle pairs, types of muscular contractions, fibre types and responses and adaptations of the muscular system to exercise.
• The respiratory system – structure, function, lung volumes, control of breathing and responses and adaptations of the respiratory system to exercise.
• The cardiovascular system – structure, function, nervous control of the cardiac cycle and responses and adaptations of the cardiovascular system to exercise.
• The effects of exercise and sports performance on the energy systems – the role of ATP, The ATP-PC system, The Lactate system, The Aerobic system and adaptation of the energy systems to exercise.

UNIT 2: FITNESS TRAINING & PROGRAMMING FOR HEALTH, SPORT & WELL-BEING – EXAM IN MAY

• Lifestyle factors and their effects on health and exercise – positive and negative lifestyle factors and lifestyle modification techniques.
• Understanding the screening processes of training programmes – screening processes, health monitoring tests and interpreting results.
• Understand programme related nutritional needs – common terminology, components of a balanced diet and nutritional strategies.
• Components of physical and skill related fitness.
• Training methods for physical related fitness – aerobic endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, core stability, flexibility and speed training.
• Training methods for skill related fitness – agility, balance, co-ordination, reaction time and power training methods.
• Training programme design – principles of fitness training and designing training programmes.

Year 13

UNIT 7: PRACTICAL SPORTS PERFORMANCE

Learning Aim A – National Governing Body rules, laws and regulations.

• Rules and laws, competition rules, laws and regulations, unwritten rules and roles and responsibilities of officials in individual and team games.

Learning Aim B – Skills, techniques and tactics

• Analysis of the skills, technical and tactical demands of sports.

Learning Aim C – Develop skills, techniques and tactics.

• Develop skills, techniques and tactics in one individual and one team game.

Learning Aim D – Reflect on own practical performance using selected assessment methods.

• Review performance using selected methods such as a SWOT analysis, technology, observations and performance data.
• Activities to improve performance.

UNIT 3 – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SPORTS INDUSTRY

Learning Aim A – Understand the career and job opportunities in the Sports Industry.

• Scope and provision of the sports industry, careers and jobs, professional training routes and sources of continuing professional development.

Learning Aim B – Explore own skills using a skills audit to inform a career development action plan.

• Personal skills audit, planning personal development, personal portfolio and record of achievement and experience.

Learning Aim C – Undertake a recruitment activity.

• Apply for a job with CV, letter of application and undertake an interview.

Learning Aim D – Reflect on recruitment process and selection process and your performance.

• Review and evaluate your application documents and interview performance.
• Create a SWOT analysis and action plan for future personal development.