Key Stage 4 Core PE
Curriculum Overview
The key stage four curriculum, allows students to continue to develop and master the skills learnt throughout key stage three. There is a clear transitional journey throughout the PE curriculum. All students will continue to participate in PE, Sport and Physical Activities, within the following areas:
- Invasion games
- Net & wall games
- Creative
- Striking & Fielding
- Personal Best
This then allows students at RGS to participate in a further 4 sports, meaning participating in 21 sports throughout key stage three and key stage four, giving them a breadth and depth of opportunity to participate in PE, Sport and Physical Activity. This allows them to deepen their learning and have the necessary building blocks to master transferable skills in a variety of situations.
An example of the curriculum studied at Key Stage Four can be found below:
| | Topic 1 | Topic 2 | Topic 3 | Topic 4 | Topic 5 |
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| Year 10 | Invasion Games: Basketball | Net & Wall Games: Table Tennis | Creative: Trampolining | Striking & Fielding: Danish Long Ball | Personal Best: OAA, Fitness, Athletics |
| Year 11 | Invasion Games: Mastering game play in netball, football, handball & basketball | Net & Wall Games: Mastering game play in badminton, tennis, volleyball & table tennis | Creative: Mastering routines in gymnastics, dance, cheerleading & trampolining | Striking & Fielding: Mastering game play in cricket, rounders, soft ball & danish long ball | Personal Best: Participation in fitness & Athletics |
By the end of Key Stage 4, students will have met all of the National Curriculum outcomes and be mastery learners and have a love for life long participation in PE, Sport and Physical Activity.
Just like at Key Stage 3, in Key Stage 4 we continue to ensure all students are competent in PE, Sport and Physical Activities by focusing our curriculum, teaching and learning on three competency pillars:
Physical Competency
Students will know how to complete the physical skills required for each of the 21 sports they participate in. They will be able to consolidate these skills in competitive situations.
Knowledge Rich
Students will know what the relevant rules, tactics and strategies are for each of the 21 sports they participate in. They will be able to apply this knowledge in competitive situations.
Healthy Participation
Students will know what the effects of obesity and sedentary lifestyles are and these are taught throughout all sports and activities of the KS4 curriculum. Students are able to discuss the relationship between health, fitness and wellbeing. Students will have the opportunity to attend a variety of extracurricular activities and represent the school in competitions and fixtures.
Within each sport, students will explore the three competency pillars and will have the declarative and procedural knowledge which will enable them to be mastery learners within PE.
Assessment
Physical Education is a practical subject and alongside the school assessment policy, assessment will be made of the students’ based on the three competency pillars, as we move through the curriculum areas. All students will be assessed on their declarative and procedural knowledge. The declarative knowledge will be assessed through end of sport, summative assessments on Carousel Learning which will focus on the knowledge rich and healthy participation pillars. The procedural knowledge will be assessed through end of sport, formative assessments, focusing on the physical competency pillar. This will be achieved through practical teacher observations and feedback, peer and self-assessment and scaffolded questioning.
Further Reading/Resources
- The Sports Gene – David Epstein
- The Edge – Roger Pielke
- Eat, Sweat, Play – Anna Kessel
- The Lionesses Roar Trilogy
- They Don’t Teach This – Eniola Aluko
- My Story – Kelly Smith
Key Stage 4 GCSE Physical Education.
Curriculum Overview:
| | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 |
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| Year 10 | Netball | Trampolining & Climbing | Athletics & Swimming |
| Health, Fitness and Well-being/Physical Training | Socio-cultural Issues/Using Data | NEA – Coursework |
| Year 11 | Badminton | Movement Analysis | Recision |
| Anatomy and Physiology | Sports Psychology | REVISION |
*NB: Please note that Climbing is offered as an additional practical area that is a chargeable activity. Swimming is offered as an afterschool activity during terms 5 & 6 in Year 10
Year 10 and 11
The GCSE Physical Education (AQA) option offers students the opportunity to follow both the practical element (40%) and the theory of PE (60%). This course gives students an insight into health and fitness, the factors affecting sporting performance and the social and cultural factors affecting participation through sport and PE. Theoretical topics that students will study include:
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Movement Analysis
- Physical Training
- Sport Psychology
- Socio-cultural Issues
- Health, Fitness and Well-being
- Using Data
Due to the practical nature of the course, pupils who wish to study this subject must have very good Physical Education grades from KS3. Additionally, they must also currently compete at a high, school level or compete outside of school in fixtures and/or competitions in a sport offered as part of the AQA course.
In lesson time we offer a range of sports for assessment at GCSE level – sports such as netball, trampolining, gymnastics, handball and athletics. We also provide the opportunity for students to participate in rock climbing and swimming as part of the course. If the student competes regularly outside of school in a sport that is on the AQA specification that we cannot facilitate in school such as equestrian – then we will arrange an ‘Assessment Only’ package with that student.
Assessment at GCSE:
The GCSE is split into 60% examination and 40% practical/coursework.
The examination is as follows (60%).
| Examination | Paper 1: The human body and movement in physical activity and sport. | Paper 2: Socio-cultural influences and well-being in physical activity and sport. |
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| What’s assessed | · Applied anatomy and physiology
· Movement analysis · Physical training · Use of data | · Sports psychology
· Socio-cultural influences · Health, fitness and well-being · Use of data |
| How it is assessed | · Written exam: 1 hour 15 minutes
· 30% of GCSE | · Written exam: 1 hour 15 minutes
· 30% of GCSE |
| Question format | · Mixture of multiple choice/objective test questions, short answer questions and extended answer questions. | · Mixture of multiple choice/objective test questions, short answer questions and extended answer questions. |
Non-exam assessment: Practical performance in physical activity and sport (40%).
| 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 is assessed: · Assessed by teachers · Moderated by AQA · 40% of GCSE |
| Questions: · For each of their three activities, students will be assessed in skills in progressive drills and in the full context. · Students will be assessed on their analysis and evaluation of performance to bring about improvement in one activity. |
Further Reading/Resources
