Facilities and Resources

The facilities available to the P.E. department are of a high standard. They comprise of a gymnasium, sports hall, two all-weather hockey pitches (with plans for an astro turf pitch) / 400m athletics track, three rugby pitches and training area / one cricket squares, a squash court, state of the art fitness suite and five tennis courts

Boys Physical Education

• KS3 curriculum

Boys have 2 periods (70 minutes) of Physical Education per week. The activities covered consist of Basketball, Gymnastics, HR PE, Cricket, Athletics, Orienteering, Foot Golf and Games for Understanding. Further to this they have 3 periods of Games (105 minutes) which will involve Rugby and Cross country in terms 1 and 2 with term 3 being devoted to cricket, athletics and softball.

Girls Physical Education Activities

• KS3 curriculum

Girls have 2 periods (70 minutes) of Physical Education per week and 3 periods of Games. Throughout the 3 years the activities covered are gymnastics, dance, health related PE, netball, badminton, volleyball, orienteering and athletics. In games time we focus on hockey, football, tennis and rounders.

KS4 – The pupils follow the CCEA Physical Education Examination. The main components of which are outlined below.

Content

The theory curriculum includes the following areas of study: –

• The body at work

• Health and lifestyle decisions

• The active leisure industry

• Developing physical fitness for performance

• Developing skilled performance

Controlled assessment- The practical elements require a high level of performance and consequently applicants for this course should have a strong sporting background, including representation on a school team or activity. One of these activities will be chosen by the participant to analyse their performance which is worth 12.5% of the overall marks.

The controlled assessment is worth 50% of the overall mark. It is internally assessed and externally moderated by CCEA.

There are 2 external examinations, 1 hour 15 minutes long and each worth 25% This examination is taken in summer of Year 12.

KS5– Pupils follow the CCEA GCE Sports Science and the Active Leisure Industry specification. AS and A2 each comprise two units. There are four units in all. The main aspects of which are outlined below.

Unit AS 1 develops students’ knowledge, understanding and skills involved in fitness and training. They administer a range of fitness tests and analyse the results. They devise a training programme and lead the sessions. This unit is internally assessed through a portfolio.

Unit AS 2 introduces students to key concepts in health, fitness and lifestyle and explores the relationships between them. They study nutrition for health and exercise as well as components of fitness. They also analyse the health of the nation compared with other European countries. This unit is assessed by a written examination of short and extended questions and stimulus response questions.

Unit A2 1 is designed to develop students’ higher level skills through greater depth, complexity, and application of knowledge and understanding. It is internally assessed and externally moderated through an internal assessment portfolio. This unit provides students with the opportunity to organise and run an active leisure event. A2 1 helps students to prepare for employment in this industry by giving them the opportunity to develop essential workplace business skills.

Unit A2 2 concentrates on examining the structure of the respiratory, circulatory, muscular and skeletal systems. Students learn about how these systems function during and after exercise, and at rest. They develop a knowledge and understanding of the structural apparatus of each system and discuss the functions. Students study how the acquisition of skills and the principles of learning are relevant to skilled performance. This unit is assessed by a synoptic written examination consisting of short and extended questions and stimulus response questions.

Further information can be found on the CCEA website at http://ccea.org.uk/sports_science/

Extra–curricular for Boys

• Rugby

• Athletic Development

  Cricket

  Athletics

  Cross Country

• Badminton

  Basketball (Junior School)

  Hockey (Senior School)

Extra-Curricular Sports for Girls

• Hockey Club

• Netball Club

• Dance Club

• Tennis Club

• Tag Rugby Club 

• Football Club 

• Athletics Club

  Cross Country Club 

• Badminton Club

(Activities on offer each year will depend on staff available)