Physical Education

Through high quality delivery we aim to inspire a culture that allows all of our pupils to achieve their personal best (YST).

Short-term WEEK-TO-WEEK [LESSONS]/HALF-TERMLY [UNITS]

• Participate and play an active role in PE lessons
• Develop fundamentals of physical activity
• What do we want pupils to know?
  • We want pupils to know the fundamentals of physical activity.
• What do pupils aspire to?
• We want pupils to be physically active and develop confidence through participation and competition
• We want pupils to join extra-curricular clubs

Medium-term TERMLY [UNITS]/YEARLY [KS3-KS4]

• Pupils will know how and be able to move efficiently, effectively and safelythrough physical activity (Activities in core PE/Examination subjects at KS4)
• What do we want pupils to know?
  • We want pupils to know how to motivate themselves
  • We want pupils to know how to lead
• What do pupils aspire to?
  • We want pupils to be physically active and develop confidence through participation and competition
  • We want pupils to join extra-curricular clubs
  • We want pupils to develop fundamental skills to become Level 2 OCR Sports Studies students

Long-term KEY STAGE-TO-KEY STAGE/KS5 AND BEYOND-LIFELONG LEARNING

• PE at Alsop will be a springboard to physically active life (Pupils opting to return to Sixth form to study Sport/Extra-curricular PE will play a role in developing this loveof sport and activity) 
• What do pupils develop by the end?
  • We want pupils to have a range of physical literacy skills that they can use throughout life
  • We want pupils to work cooperatively as a team
• What do pupils aspire to?
  • We want pupils working in sport
  • We want pupils studying Sport and Physical Activity at level 3
  • We want pupils going on to study sport at level 4

Everybody can achieve their personal goal in PE. PE teaches multiple sporting activitiesand sports. Including individual and team sports and health related fitness activities. 

PE teaches leadership.
PE teaches coaching.
PE teaches officiating.

Sport is for all, we believe everybody one-day, will find a sport or activity they love. It is as our job as a PE faculty, to provide our pupils with the chance to explore our subject.

Pupils learn the key techniques and skills across a range of activities. Assessment is formative and maps the whole school assessment policy. At key points in the year staffwill report on pupil progress. Rank order will be established  through expert teaching and learning. Within each of key stage activity, pupils will be assessed across thefollowing Fundamental areas: 

Health in PE - their understanding and application of the importance of health and fitness and how to prepare for and recover from exercise.

Thinking in PE - their understanding and application of tactics and strategies and how to improve performance.

Social in PE - their understanding and application of team work, the importance of working as a team and how to support each other in reaching their goals.

Physical in PE - their understanding and application of skills and techniques and their ability to apply these with control and consistency across a range of activities.

Fundamental British values include democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.

Democracy

• A code of conduct for PE
• Pupils are taught different roles and different responsibilities, including team work and decision making
• A pupil voice for PE & School Sport (e.g. re curriculum, extracurricular activities, kit)

The Rule of Law

• Pupils are taught about age appropriate rules, fairness and respect, through a variety of PE activities
• Pupils learn to work individually and in groups
• An established ethos in PE with regard to how to win and lose fairly and understand good sportspersonship
• Competition against oneself is encouraged in addition to competition against others

Individual Liberty

• PE recognises individual differences
• Views of individual pupils are listened to and respected within an acceptableframework
• Pupils are taught safely and about safety
• There is a buddy and mentoring system in PE

Mutual Respect and Tolerance

• Pupils are taught about historical, cultural and religious differences, through avariety of PE activities 
• The culture in PE respects cultural differences
• Pupils are taught about the environment and different activity contexts
• There are appropriate rewards and sanctions in PE for inappropriate behaviour
• The school engages in competition and encourages competition within and across the community

To develop our pupil’s schema we have to expose them to a variety of differentexperiences. Cultural capital is the accumulation of substantive and disciplinary subject  knowledge, appropriate PE behaviours, and fundamental sporting skills that our pupil’swill learn to draw upon. Thus, demonstrating their cultural awareness, knowledge and competence; they are the key ingredients a person will draw on to be successful in society, their career and the world of work.

Our ethos is, ‘Through PE and school sport, we help to form the positive behaviours needed to be successful within the wider community’.

Our curriculum enhancements through SMSC and British Values extended learning beyond the classroom and help to grow cultural capital.