Physical Education
Subject Leader: Mr S Kennett
Subject Leader Email Address: samuel.kennett@swale.at
Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong.
JOHN F KENNEDY
Subject overview
Physical education equips students with the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to lead a healthy and active lifestyle, both within and outside of the classroom. Physical education increases student self-esteem, infuses students with a sense of pride, encourages them to strive for improvement and motivates them to achieve more.
Students are exposed to a wide range of activities including team games such as football, netball, rugby, handball, hockey and basketball. Students learn fitness, net games such as badminton and table tennis. Striking and fielding games, including cricket, softball and rounders are taught. The curriculum also includes athletics, gymnastics and dance.
Students are encouraged to represent the school in fixtures throughout the year and participate in termly inter-house competitions throughout the academic year.
Year 7
Term 1
Topic: The fundamental skills and techniques required in football, netball or pickleball. This includes passing, dribbling, shooting and serving.
Enquiry Question: What are the basic skills and techniques required in football/ netball/ pickleball?
Term 2
Topic: The basic skills and techniques required in basketball, handball or table tennis. This includes passing and receiving, dribbling and serving.
Enquiry Question: What are the basic skills and techniques required in basketball/ handball/ table tennis?
Term 3
Topic: The basic principles of dance and choreography through a spy-based theme.
Enquiry Question: How can you use dance to communicate a theme?
Term 4
Topic: The basic skills and techniques required in rugby or gymnastics. This includes how to pass and tackle in rugby, the basic rules and regulations. In gymnastics, students will learn how to travel and balance, creating a short sequence of movements.
Enquiry Questions:
What are the basic skills and techniques required in rugby/ gymnastics?
What are the components of fitness, and how are they used in different sports and activities?
Term 5
Topic: The basic skills and techniques used in a number of athletics events including the 100-metre sprint, relay, javelin and high jump.
Enquiry Question: What are the basic skills and techniques required in athletics?
Term 6
Topic: The basic skills and techniques required in cricket or rounders including batting, bowling and fielding.
Enquiry Question: What are the basic skills and techniques required in cricket/ rounders?
Year 8
Term 1
Topic: The advanced skills and techniques required in football, netball or pickleball including long-distance passing, heading and net play.
Enquiry Question: How are advanced skills and tactics applied in football/ netball/ pickleball?
Term 2
Topic: The advanced skills and techniques required in basketball, handball or table tennis including different types of shooting, defending and spinning when serving.
Enquiry Question: How are advanced skills and tactics applied in basketball/ handball/ table tennis?
Term 3
Topic: Create and perform a street dance.
Enquiry Question: What makes a good street dance performance?
Term 4
Topic: The advanced skills and techniques required in rugby or gymnastics including passing, rucking and paired balances.
Enquiry Question: How are advanced skills and tactics applied in rugby/ gymnastics?
Term 5
Topic: The advanced skills and techniques used in various athletics events including the sprint start, pacing for middle-distance races, discus and long jump.
Enquiry Question: How are advanced skills and tactics applied in athletics?
Term 6
Topic: The advanced skills and techniques required in cricket or rounders including a variety of cricket shots, overarm bowling and the long barrier.
Enquiry Question: How are advanced skills and tactics applied in cricket/ rounders?
Year 9
Term 1
Topic: Apply the advanced skills and techniques needed in competitive situations.
Enquiry Question: How can you apply tactics and perform advanced skills to be a successful football/ netball/ pickleball player?
Term 2
Topic: Apply the advanced skills and techniques needed in competitive situations.
Enquiry Question: How can you apply tactics and perform advanced skills to be a successful basketball/ handball/ table tennis player?
Term 3
Topic: Apply the advanced skills and techniques needed in competitive situations.
Enquiry Question: How can you apply tactics and perform advanced skills to be a successful hockey/ volleyball player?
Term 4
Topic: Apply the advanced skills and techniques needed in competitive situations.
Enquiry Questions:
How can you apply tactics and perform advanced skills to be a successful gymnast or rugby player?
How can you apply principles of training to improve your fitness?
Term 5
Topic: Apply advanced skills, techniques and tactics in athletics whilst evaluating individual performance.
Enquiry Question: How can you apply tactics and perform advanced skills to be a successful athlete?
Term 6
Topic: Apply the advanced skills and techniques needed in competitive situations.
Enquiry Question: How can you apply tactics and perform advanced skills to be a successful cricket/ rounders player?
Year 10
Terms 1, 2 and 3
Topic: Component 2. Taking part and improving other participants’ sporting performance.
Enquiry Questions:
What are the different components of fitness and how are they used in different physical activities?
What are the rules, regulations, skills and tactics required in sports?
Can you plan and lead a session to improve others' sporting performance?
Terms 4, 5 and 6
Topic: Component 1. Preparing participants to take part in sport and physical activity.
Enquiry Questions:
What are the different types of provision of sport and physical activity?
What role does technology play in sports and physical activity?
What are the key elements of a successful warm-up?
Year 11
Terms 1 to 5
Topic: Component 3. Developing fitness to improve other participants’ performance in sport and physical activity.
Enquiry Questions:
What are the different components of fitness and how are they used in different physical activities?
How can exercise intensity be determined?
How and why do we test fitness levels?
What is the difference between validity and reliability?
How do you train to improve your fitness levels?
What are the long-term effects of exercise on the body?
Sixth Form Level 3
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Sport -
Year 12
Terms 1 to 3
Topic: Anatomy and healthy living.
Enquiry Questions:
Explain the functions, structure and effects of the body systems.
How can we live a healthy, active lifestyle?
Year 12
Terms 4, 5 and 6.
Topic: Fitness and improving performance.
Enquiry Question: Why and how does fitness testing improve performance?
Year 13
Terms 1,2,3 and 4.
Topic: Sports business, careers in the sports sector and skills development.
Enquiry Questions: What makes a successful sports business?
How do we diagnose and treat a wide range of acute and overuse sports injuries?
How do sports performers learn and develop new skills?
OCR Level 2 Cambridge Technical Diploma in Sport and Physical Activity
Year 12
Terms 1, 2 and 3.
Topic: physical activity, body systems, health and wellbeing.
Enquiry Questions:
How does physical activity positively impact the body systems, health and well-being of participants?
What is the importance of selecting appropriate sports or physical activities to meet the needs of participants and allow them to experience the benefits of both short-term and long-term exercise effects?
What are the roles, responsibilities, skills and behaviours of activity leaders that will allow you to plan and lead an appropriate sports session?
Why is knowing the different types of fitness equipment important when explaining their benefits and how to use, maintain and store them to clients?
Terms 4, 5 and 6.
Topic: Inclusion and diversity in sport, fitness methods and principles and the role of sports instructors.
Enquiry Questions:
What do inclusivity, equality, and diversity mean, and how can they be planned and promoted in relation to sport and physical activity?
What does customer service involve, what is it important to sport and physical activity providers and how can fitness providers effectively communicate with customers?
What is fitness and how are the methods and principles applied effectively?
Why is it important to carry out a client consultation to assess a client's level of fitness?
How can the effects of lifestyle factors on health and fitness be communicated to a client?
Why is a fitness instructor's preparation and planning of appropriate fitness sessions essential ?
How and why do fitness instructors review sessions to support future development?