PE

Creating life-long participants in physical activity who develop skills and attributes in order to have a healthy lifestyle

PE vision statement

 

Acland Burghley School believes that Physical Education and school sport contributes positively to the educational experience of pupils. Physical, personal, social, moral, cultural and emotional development are enhanced by the experiences that make up our broad and balanced Physical Education curriculum. In addition, expression, communication, appreciation and understanding are developed. Physical Education provides a range of experiences that form the basis for lifelong sporting and recreational activity which inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities. It should provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident and develop resilience in a way which supports their health, fitness, mental health and well-being. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect. Through a wide variety of sports, this can be achieved either within the curriculum or in extracurricular activities that take place after school and against other schools. 

The curriculum is structured to allow students the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills within a physical education environment. The learning environment is appropriate to the age, maturity and skill level of the students. Expectations are high, but realistic in terms of achievement, discipline, behaviour and dress. The atmosphere of lessons is such that students gain confidence in physical activity in a safe environment where student success and participation is positively reinforced.

Students will regularly work in group situations. In many areas the emphasis is on competition, where students are encouraged to be cooperative and tolerant of each other in order to achieve their goal. In all situations, empathy is paramount where students cater to the needs of their peers. Through performance, students will be encouraged to recognise the strengths and weaknesses of themselves and others.

As students progress through the school, they will be encouraged to adopt a positive attitude to activity and healthy living, motivating them to fulfil their sporting potential both within the school and through leisure facilities and clubs in the local community. As students enter Year 10 and 11, they are expected to take an active role in their physical education by choosing from various options and courses provided in the curriculum.

PE Department code of conductPE Learning Journey

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Subject Leader 

Tom Bryant  |  tbryant@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk   

Second in charge 

Elizabeth Oteng  |  eoteng@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk  

Teachers

Steve Foster  |  sfoster@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk

Sean Osinlaru  |  sosinlaru@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk 

Annie Parkin  |  aparkin@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk 

Omar Salih  |  osalih@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk 

Curriculum

PE Curriculum Intent

PE Curriculum Intent

KS3

KS3 Curriculum Map

Y7 – demonstrating basic skills 

Y8 – developing skills 

Y9 – consolidating skills 

Gymnastics 

Trampolining  

Trampolining  

Rugby 

Rugby 

Rugby 

Hockey 

Table Tennis 

Badminton 

Basketball 

Netball 

Football Coaching  

Health Related Fitness 

Health Related Fitness 

Health Related Fitness 

Athletics 

Athletics 

Athletics 

Striking and Fielding  

Striking and Fielding  

Striking and Fielding  

World Games  

World Games 

World Games 

Cross Country  

Cross Country 

Cross Country 

KS3 Medium term plans

KS4

KS4 Curriculum Map

KS4 Curriculum Map

There are 2 courses offered at Key Stage 4.

AQA GCSE Physical Education (Sports Science)

www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/physical-education

Paper 1: The human body and movement in physical activity and sport

What's assessed

  • Applied anatomy and physiology
  • Movement analysis
  • Physical training
  • Use of data

How it's assessed

  • Written exam: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • 78 marks
  • 30% of GCSE

Questions

  • Answer all questions.
  • A mixture of multiple choice/objective test questions, short answer questions and extended answer questions.

 

Paper 2: Socio-cultural influences and well-being in physical activity and sport

What's assessed

  • Sports psychology
  • Socio-cultural influences
  • Health, fitness and well-being
  • Use of data

How it's assessed

  • Written exam: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • 78 marks
  • 30% of GCSE

Questions

  • Answer all questions.
  • A mixture of multiple choice/objective test questions, short answer questions and extended answer questions.

 

Non-exam assessment: Practical performance in physical activity and sport

What's assessed

  • Practical performance in three different physical activities in the role of player/performer (one in a team activity, one in an individual activity and a third in either a team or in an individual activity).
  • Analysis and evaluation of performance to bring about improvement in one activity.

How it's assessed

  • Assessed by teachers
  • Moderated by AQA
  • 100 marks
  • 40% of GCSE

Questions

  • For each of their three activities, students will be assessed in skills in progressive drills (10 marks per activity) and in the full context (15 marks per activity).
  • Students will be assessed on their analysis (15 marks) and evaluation (10 marks) of performance to bring about improvement in one activity.

OCR Cambridge National Sport Studies

www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/cambridge-nationals/sport-studies-level-1-2

Assessment overview

How you will be assessed: 

Unit  

Exam or controlled assessment 

Percentage 

Unit 1- Contemporary Issues in Sport  

Barriers to participation, ethical behaviour and how sport contributes to society other than for entertainment 

Exam 

37.5% 

Unit 2 - Performance and Leadership in Sport  

Planning and delivering safe and effective sporting activity sessions to others 

Practical controlled assessment 

37.5% 

Unit 3 - Increasing awareness of outdoor and adventurous activity  

Discovering a variety of outdoor adventure activities and how to access these, including kit, terrain and technologies. Students will have the opportunity to take part in outdoor adventure activities.   

  

Coursework and assessed practical performance 

25% 

  

GCSE Subject Specification 

Please click through to the links to view more information on the AQA and OCR website.

Physical Education - AQA Exam Board

https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/pe/specifications/AQA-8582-SP-2016.PDF

Sports Studies CNAT - OCR Exam Board

https://www.ocr.org.uk/images/82412-specification.pdf 

Extra-Curricular

Please see the Extended Curriculum page for the most up to date PE extra-curricular timetable
  

PE Gallery

 

Things to see and do

Participate, watch, listen to and read about as much sport and physical activity as possible!

 

 

KS5

As part of the LaSWAP consortium, Acland Burghley offers the following Level 3 courses.