PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Nobody has enough talent to live on talent alone. Even when you have talent, a life without work goes nowhere.
- Arsene Wenger
Contact
Head of Physical Education: Mr P Wakefield
Email: WakefieldP@harpergreen.net
Subject overview
The principal aim of our physical education curriculum is to inspire all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. We work hard to provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness.
We create opportunities to compete in sport and other activities, which we believe help to build character and embed important Harper values such as fairness and respect.
Key Stage 3 overview
Challenge in the Key Stage 3 curriculum is built upon core knowledge learned from the KS2 curriculum. This knowledge is based on the prescribed national curriculum for Physical Education. Pupils become more competent, confident and expert in their techniques, and apply them across different sports and physical activities. There is a broad range of ability as students arrive in year 7 due to the varying exposure to physical education prior to arriving with us, couple with varying degrees of engagement with sport outside of school. As a result, students from a less affluent background tend not to attend sports clubs/classes in the local community from an early age. We challenge our students immediately to find one of the broad range of activities we deliver within the curriculum and attend the extra-curricular provision for that chosen activity. We combine this with a setting process at the start of year 7, which is then reviewed termly throughout Key Stage 3, to ensure that students are appropriately challenged in each lesson and build confidence from their experiences.
From the outset, our ambitious curriculum seeks to stretch students towards performing effectively in recognised physical activities, as a performer, coach, official and leader. Challenge is embedded and evidenced through schemes of learning, which are explicit in providing an opportunity for students to access increasingly challenging skills, knowledge and understanding. They are given genuinely difficult and new skills, knowledge and understanding to master. A challenging lesson shows that learning intentions are set at an aspirational level, with students subsequently supported in different ways to access the content of the lesson. With this, they should understand what makes a performance effective and how to apply these principles to their own and others’ work. They should develop the confidence and interest to get involved in exercise, sports and activities out of school and in later life, and understand and apply the long-term health benefits of physical activity.
Year 7 Boys
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Half Term 2 |
Half Term 3 |
Half Term 4 |
Half Term 5 |
Half Term 6 |
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Football |
Basketball/Dance |
Badminton/Dance |
Rugby |
Athletics |
Cricket |
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Basketball
Dance |
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Year 7 Girls
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Half Term 1 |
Half Term 2 |
Half Term 3 |
Half Term 4 |
Half Term 5 |
Half Term 6 |
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Netball |
Badminton |
HRE/Dance |
Football |
Rounders |
Athletics |
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Year 8 Boys
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Half Term 5 |
Half Term 6 |
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Football |
Basketball |
Badminton |
Rugby |
Athletics |
Cricket |
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Year 8 Girls
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Half Term 4 |
Half Term 5 |
Half Term 6 |
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Netball |
Badminton |
HRE/Dance |
Football |
Rounders |
Athletics |
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Year 9 Boys
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Half Term 4 |
Half Term 5 |
Half Term 6 |
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Football |
Basketball |
Badminton |
Rugby |
Athletics |
Cricket |
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Year 9 Girls
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Half Term 5 |
Half Term 6 |
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Netball |
Badminton |
HRE/Dance |
Football |
Rounders |
Athletics |
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Key Stage 4 overview
For students who wish to deepen their study of P.E., either because their future aspirations will involve P.E or simply because they love the subject, we offer two option choices:
- Physical Education GCSE
- Cambridge National in Sports Studies.
Students can elect for one (not both!) of these options. While staff will offer more in-depth advice during the guided choices process in Year 9, essentially, we would advise you choose the GCSE if you have a team and individual sport that you proactively play (this does not need to be an external club; it can be something that you play in-school).
If you enjoy sports, but do not have a team and individual sport that you regularly participate in, we would advise that you consider the Cambridge National instead. This course looks at sports more holistically, though both choices offer an excellent base for post-16 study or sport-related career choices.
Key Stage 4 Physical Education: CORE (non-examined)
Regardless of their GCSE choices, all students will continue their physical education until they leave Harper Green School at the end of Year 11. During Key Stage 4, our students will follow the National Curriculum for Physical Education.
The focus of the PE curriculum changes somewhat once students embark on their Key Stage 4 programme of core P.E.
Although learning and developing new skills is still important, our main priority is that students enjoy PE lessons, are active and develop their levels of confidence. We aim to provide students with more choice and autonomy where possible.
In core P.E., we want our young people to get involved in a range of activities that develops personal fitness and promotes an active, healthy lifestyle.
Throughout their core P.E. curriculum at Harper Green, learners will:
- use and develop a variety of tactics and strategies to overcome opponents in team and individual games,
- develop their technique and improve their performance in other competitive sports, or other physical activities,
- take part in further outdoor and adventurous activities in a range of environments which present intellectual and physical challenges and which encourage pupils to work in a team, building on trust and developing skills to solve problems, either individually or as a group,
- evaluate their performances compared to previous ones and demonstrate improvement across a range of physical activities to achieve their personal best,
- continue to take part regularly in competitive sports and activities outside school through community links or sports clubs.
Key Stage 4 Physical Education: GCSE
The GCSE in Physical Education will equip students with the knowledge, understanding, skills and values they need to be able to develop and maintain their performance in physical activities.
Students will also gain understanding of how physical activities benefit health, fitness and wellbeing.
Year 10
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| C1 - Components of fitness | C1 – Methods of Training, Fitness Testing, Principles of Training | C1 – Structure of the body | C1 – CV System | C1 – Respiratory System | PEP – SMART Targets |
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Students will be required to demonstrate their planning of a PEP, which will include:
Students should select and justify one appropriate method of training.
Students should select and justify the use of appropriate principles of training, and SMART targets, to set their goals in their PEP. |
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Year 11
| Half Term 1 | Half Term 2 | Half Term 3 onwards |
| C2 – Lifestyle Factors | C2 – Performance Feedback & Sport Psychology |
Practical performance and Revision |
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Students will not be taught any new content, but will instead work on their practical performance and revise content for the external examination. |
Key Stage 4 Cambridge National in Sports Studies
The Cambridge National in Sport Studies enables students to develop and apply knowledge of sports-related activities, with a particular focus on officiating.
Our students will be able to explore contemporary issues in sport, different ways of being involved in the sports industry, and the impact of sport on wider society.
Year 10
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Half Term 2 |
Half Term 3 |
Half Term 4 |
Half Term 5 |
Half Term 6 |
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RO51 – Contemporary issues in sport - this unit will be delivered throughout the year, with other units running alongside. |
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RO52 - Developing sports skills: Football |
RO52 - Developing sports skills: Football |
RO52 - Developing sports skills: Badminton |
RO52 - Developing sports skills: Practical Assessment |
RO52 – Evaluation
RO53 - Sports Leadership |
RO53 – Sports Leadership
RO56 – Developing knowledge and skills in outdoor activities |
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Skills and Knowledge:
RO51 - Contemporary issues in sport
RO52 - Developing sports skills
RO53 - Sports Leadership
RO56 – Developing knowledge and skills in outdoor activities
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Year 11
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Half Term 2 |
Half Term 3 |
Half Term 4 |
Half Term 5 |
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RO51 – Contemporary issues in sport - this unit will be revised throughout the first three half-terms |
RO56 – Developing knowledge and skills in outdoor activities
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RO53 – Sports Leadership |
RO53 – Sports Leadership RO56 – Developing knowledge and skills in outdoor activities |
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RO56 – Developing knowledge and skills in outdoor activities
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RO56 – Developing knowledge and skills in outdoor activities
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Skills and Knowledge: This period of the curriculum is dedicated to students writing up and evaluating their work on the RO56 Unit. |
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