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Subject Information - PE
VISION/AIM
To ensure all students have the opportunity to become a hero, whilst developing a lifelong passion for sport and movement.
PE is a subject like no other! Studying PE allows students to understand how to maintain a physically, mentally and socially healthy lifestyle; whilst building resilience and character through a range of different sports and activities. Studying PE allows students to develop confidence and competency in their sporting performance. Furthermore, exposure to a range of different sports both during curriculum lessons and extra-curricular clubs can establish strong pathways to elite sporting centres.
The range of sporting extra-curricular opportunities at FHES is hugely diverse and we truly believe there is something for everyone! As a department, we conduct regular student voice surveys to ensure our programme is tailored to the interests of our students. All sports are open to all year groups and genders. The range of sports clubs and teams we offer is detailed below. We have a huge number of sports teams in which students will have the opportunity to represent. We pride ourselves on ensuring all teams remain inclusive and accessible to all students, whilst striving for excellence alongside this. This is evidenced by offering two teams in multiple year groups, as well as having regular league and cup success in a range of different sports and year groups.
Extra-Curricular PE Clubs |
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Term 1 & 2 Sports Football Rugby Netball Basketball Hockey Badminton Fitness club Girls only fitness club Gymnastics Parkour Trampolining Table Tennis Volleyball (KS4 only) Dance |
Term 3 Sports Tennis Cricket Cricket (Indoor nets) Rounders Pickleball Athletics Softball |
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Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
Year 7 (Range of Skills) Year 8 (Quality of Skills) |
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In Year 8, students will revisit each unit of focus they completed in Year 7 however learn a different sport, following a different scheme of learning. For example, if students were taught basketball as their invasion game in Year 7, they would not revisit this sport and may instead be taught handball.
GCSE PE
Exam Board |
AQA |
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Paper 1 |
Applied Anatomy and Physiology Movement Analysis Physical Training Use of Data |
Written Exam: 1 hour 15 minutes 78 marks 30% of GCSE A mixture of multiple choice/ short answer/extended answer questions. |
Paper 2 |
Sports Psychology Socio-cultural influences Health, fitness and well-being Use of Data |
Written Exam: 1 hour 15 minutes 78 marks 30% of GCSE A mixture of multiple choice/ short answer/extended answer questions. |
NEA Practical (30% of GCSE) |
Students will be assessed on 1 x team sport and 2 x individual sport OR 2 x team sport and 1 x individual sport. Full list of sports students are permitted to be assessed on is detailed here: |
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NEA Coursework (10% of GCSE) |
Analysis and evaluation of performance to bring about improvement in one activity. |
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Link to the Specification |
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/physical-education/gcse/physical-education-8582/specification-at-a-glance |
Teaching Schedule
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Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
Year 9 |
Health and Fitness (physical, social, mental health, diet and nutrition, somatotypes). |
Physical Training (Components of fitness, types of training, fitness testing). |
Anatomy and Physiology (body systems). |
Year 10 |
Sports Psychology (Skill classification, goal setting). |
Movement Analysis (levers, axis and planes). |
Socio-Cultural influences (barriers to participation, performances enhancing drugs, technology in sport). |
Year 11 |
Targeted paper 1 recap. |
Targeted paper 2 recap. |
Final revision and exam practice. |