Physical education
Our PE Department strives to develop students’ physical skills and tactical awareness to allow them to perform highly in a range of physical activities. We also promote a healthy, active lifestyle and give students the necessary knowledge to incorporate into their lifelong learning.
Year 7, 8 and 9 students
Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 participate in two hours of Physical Education per week. Practical performance is assessed at the end of each sport. We do this to line up with our KS4 option of sport studies and also use this data to create our banded groups.Â
In practical lessons students learn about practical skills, techniques, rules, and regulations alongside learning about the importance of warming up, cooling down, the effects of exercise on the body and the importance of leading a healthy active lifestyle.
Students are encouraged to be aspirational and perform to the highest of levels by setting themselves goals and ambitious standards, and seeking ways to improve on their progress.
Throughout the academic year, students can expect to take part in team games such as football, rugby, netball and cricket; individual activities such as fitness, trampoline and table tennis; as well as the traditional athletics activities and new to the curriculum dodgeball and darts lessons.
Year 10 and 11 students
Students in Years 10 and 11 have one hour of practical Physical Education per week and are assessed on their attitude to learning and graded from 1 to 4 based upon their effort, quality of performance, commitment, organisational skills and being fully equipped for lessons.
In addition to their core PE lesson, students following the OCR Sport Studies course receive two one-hour lessons each week.
Lessons are a combination of theory and practical work, the majority of which is classroom-based study of three units over two years.
One externally assessed unit.
40% of marks towards the final grade
An examination taken at the end of the second year of the course.
One practical unit
40% of marks towards the final grade
A controlled assessment at the end of the first year of the course.
One theory unit
20% of marks towards the final grade
A controlled assessment in January of the second year of the course.