Physical Education
Curriculum Intent
At Peacehaven Community School, our Physical Education curriculum embodies the school's values of Aspire, Believe, Contribute, and Achieve. We deliver a broad, balanced, and inclusive curriculum that enables every student to experience success and excel in a variety of physical activities. By setting high expectations, we inspire students to realise their full potential and prepare them for a healthy and active future.
Our curriculum nurtures students' physical, mental, and social well-being, fostering an inclusive environment that promotes resilience and community partnership. Our highly skilled teachers empower students to embrace a culture of learning, ensuring continuous progress in their physical and personal development. Through a diverse range of activities and topics, we enable students to express themselves physically and cultivate a lifelong appreciation for an active lifestyle.
We take pride in nurturing confident, socially competent, and free-thinking individuals who understand the importance of living an active and healthy life. Our curriculum contributes to the development of responsible global citizens, instilling values such as fairness, respect, and kindness. By driving our school vision through our curriculum, we create an exceptional educational experience that enables students to achieve excellence.
Our outstanding PE curriculum at Peacehaven Community School plays a vital role in shaping well-rounded, successful individuals who are fully prepared to thrive in a changing world. Through our unwavering commitment to excellence, we instil in our students the value of perseverance, commitment and sportsmanship.
Mr Clarke - Head of PE - james.clarke@swale.at
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Video Transcript
Thank you for joining me. In this video I will be outlining all of the expectations for all practical lessons in PE here at PCS. We have really high expectations of our kit here at PCS and all learners must wear the PCS polo, the PCS shorts and bring trainers. We advise that they wear running trainers, preferably with a thick sole for all practical lessons. We also provide parents and guardians with the option to purchase extra kit to keep them warm over the winter term. This includes our PCS mid layer, our PCS raincoat, our PCS football socks and our PCS tech pants.
We also advise students to keep warm during the winter term, to wear base layers. They can wear their own base layers providing that the bottom half base layer is black and shows no logo or any other color, along with the top base layer, it can be red or black and again can show no logo and be all one colour either red or black.
We also have a clear expectation on jewellery. No jewellery is to be worn in any practical lesson, whether they are taking part, taking on the role of a coach or an official, the teacher will expect all jewellery to be removed at the start of every lesson, it will be locked and stored safely in the changing rooms and they will get access back to the change rooms to get changed and put their jewellery back on at the end of the lesson. Please do bear this in mind especially in the half term and over the summer term period, we will expect students, even if it's a recent piercing to remove their jewellery because it is unsafe to keep jewellery in during a practical lesson and therefore jewellery must be removed.
I just want to end by saying to all those year sevens coming up to join us and all our other years return to us in September, we really look forward to teaching you at core PE or in our accreditation V-cert PE, here at PCS and we look forward to seeing you back participating alongside each other in our broad and balanced curriculum.
Thank you.
Click here for our guide on Keeping Warm During Winter PE Lessons
KS3
The KS3 core PE curriculum works on a cycle where students develop their knowledge, understanding and application of key concepts. All students will have two hours of core PE per week.
During KS3 Students experience a broad curriculum where they:
- Develop skills, concepts and ideas (Year 7)
- Refine skills, concepts and ideas (Year 8)
- Apply skills, concepts and ideas (Year 9)
Year 7
In year 7 pupils explore and develop the skills for the first time. Students are provided with a secure understanding of the content to develop across the vast range of activities in each topic.
Students will utilise the prior learning they have obtained from primary school in regards to the module as this is included in the KS2 national curriculum. Students will also utilise the transferable skills from the previous modules in year 7. All students are developing the skills and understanding at this stage in their learning journey.
Year 8
Year 8 students begin to refine the skills learnt at year 7. Students are provided with a secure understanding of the content to refine across the vast range of activities in the module.
Students will utilise the prior learning they have obtained in year 7 and refine the skills across the differing activities set out to challenge them appropriately. Students will refine these skills throughout year 8 and again can utilise the transferable skills from other modules within the PE curriculum consistently adding to their learning journey and supporting them.
Year 9
In year 9 students consistently apply the skills and knowledge they have learnt at year 7 and year 8. Students are provided with a secure understanding of the content to apply their practical and theoretical understanding across a vast range of activities in the module.
Students will utilise the prior learning they have obtained in year 7 and year 8 to apply the skills across the differing activities set out to challenge them appropriately. Students will apply these skills throughout year 9 and again can utilise the transferable skills from other modules within the PE curriculum consistently adding to their learning journey and supporting them ahead of entering KS4.
Medium Term Plans
Term 3
Tchoukball
Term 4
Athletics
Rounders
KS4
In year 10 and 11, students have 2 hours of PE a week with the aim of developing lifelong participation for all students at PCS. By promoting and developing a love of physical activity created by increasing self development through the aspects of different individuals such as; students physical capabilities, ability to be sociable and developing mental wellbeing through physical education.
The four routes active, competitive, individual and leadership routes have been designed to promote self development encouraging pupils to refine and develop their own and others skills. Students choose which core PE route to follow in years 10 and 11.
Active route:
The active route is designed for pupils who enjoy participating in a variety of individual and team sports. The route will promote self development encouraging pupils to refine and develop their own and others skills. Participants should be able to work independently without support and be able to cope with being placed in increasing demanding situations.
The emphasis of this route is on participation and the development of leading an active healthy lifestyle with the majority of the time spent in game situations in order to develop tactical and strategic awareness. Pupils will be encouraged to develop coaching and leading skills by working with their peers to develop individual skills by taking on the role of coach/ analyst etc. Participants will develop knowledge of the rules and tactics taking on roles such as referee and manager/ coach.
Competitive Route:
The competitive route is designed for pupils who enjoy competition in a variety of individual and team sports. The route will promote self development encouraging pupils to refine and develop their own and others skills. Participants should be able to work independently without support and be able to cope with being placed in increasing demanding situations.
The emphasis of this route is on competitive participation with the majority of the time spent in game situations in order to develop tactical and strategic awareness. Pupils will be encouraged to develop coaching and leading skills by working with their peers to develop individual skills by taking on the role of coach/ analyst etc. Participants will develop knowledge of the rules and tactics taking on roles such as umpire and manager/ coach.
Individual Route: The Individual route is designed for pupils who enjoy exploration of self through aesthetic, individual and some team sports/activities. The route will promote self development encouraging pupils to refine and develop their own and others skills. Participants should be able to work independently without support and be able to cope with being placed in increasing demanding situations.
The emphasis of this route is on individual performance and participation with the majority of the time spent in situations to develop awareness of self, health and compositional ideas. Pupils will be encouraged to develop coaching and leading skills by working with their peers to develop individual skills by taking on the role of coach/ analyst etc. Participants will develop knowledge of the compositional devices, skills and awareness of self taking on roles as coach, choreographer etc.
Leadership route:
The Leadership route is designed for pupils who enjoy Leading in a variety of individual and team sports. It is the only route that upon successful completion awards the pupils with a Level 2 accredited SLQ Leadership Qualification. The route will promote key Leadership skills and behaviours that the pupils will learn and utilise in their delivery. Participants will be required to deliver Multi-skill and Athletic activities across the three local Primary Schools within the area.
The emphasis of this route is on developing skills and behaviours in being a better coach, Leader or Teacher in a PE/Sporting environment. The route consists of practical and theory. Pupils will be encouraged to develop coaching and leading skills outside of school in their local community. This is important as to pass the course pupils must complete a minimum of 10 hours voluntary work in the community specific to Sport or PE.
Medium Term Plans Y10
Term 3
Badminton
Term 4
Athletics
Rounders
Medium Term Plans-Y11
Term 3
Rugby
KS4 Accreditation
Students are able to study the NCFE Level 1/2 Technical Award in Health and Fitness in addition to core PE. They will have an extra three hours a week on top of their core PE allocation.
This qualification is designed for learners who want an introduction to health and fitness that includes a vocational and project-based element. The qualification will appeal to learners who wish to pursue a career in the health and fitness sector or progress to further study.
This Level 1/2 qualification is designed and intended for learners who are looking to develop a significant core of knowledge and understanding in health and fitness and be able to apply their learning. Learners will be motivated and challenged by learning through hands-on (practical) experiences and through content (theory) which is concrete and directly related to those experiences.
Learners will use knowledge and practical tools to focus on supporting people with specific health and fitness goals. The study of health and fitness involves understanding the functions of the body systems, understanding the principles of training, and knowing how the body reacts in the short and long term to fitness activities, how to create and apply lifestyle analysis tools and how to create a fitness programme for a person with specific goals. This will enable the learner to focus and apply their study of health and fitness within the sector. Learners will gain a broad understanding and knowledge of working in the Health and Fitness sector.
Assessment weighting
Exam - 40%
Controlled Assessment (Synoptic Project) - 60%
Extracurricular
We provide a broad range of extracurricular sporting activities at PCS for all year groups. These clubs change on a seasonal basis inline with our curriculum and partnership leagues in Eastbourne and Brighton. All clubs are after school between 3pm to 4.15pm. The clubs on offer are sent out regularly to all parents/guardians and are also displayed on the noticeboard in school outside the PE office.
We also encompass a squad culture based on student voice. This means we have teams within each year group for a range of Sports. All teams attend clubs and are able to represent the school in local competitions and leagues. We look forward to welcoming your child to any of our extracurricular sporting activities on offer at the end of the school day.
Homework
No homework is set for core PE.
VCERT Health & Fitness Students will have 1 hour of home learning each week which will consist of readings, workbooks, answering tests, GCSE POD and more.
Additional Resources
Perseverance, Commitment, Sportsmanship