PE

Our main aim is to provide all students with an engaging PE curriculum that encourages students to foster a lifelong participation in sport and physical activity.

Our curriculum delivers a broad and balanced experience of activities and encourages all students to develop their sporting performance alongside an understanding of how to maintain their physical, mental and social health.

The Faculty is passionate about providing all students with the opportunity to develop as individuals alongside improving their sporting performance and health. We combine expertise and experience with enthusiasm and utilise our positive relationships with students to ensure they maximise their time in PE lessons.

The teaching in the faculty is creative, adaptive and well-planned taking into account all learners. 

We have robust procedures and processes in place to ensure students meet our high expectations and can be successful in their lessons.

The timetabled curriculum is well supported by a diverse range of extra curricular opportunities including lunchtime and after school clubs, sporting fixtures and enrichment experiences.

Our curriculum is sequenced to allow students to build on their prior knowledge and skills and further develop these when they cover different activities.

Physical Education is compulsory until the end of Year 11. The National Curriculum helps students Develop Skills, Make Decisions, Evaluate Performances and choose a Healthy Active Lifestyle. 

In Key Stage 3 (Year 7,8,9) Students have 4 hours of PE per fortnight

In Key Stage 4, Students continue with their core PE lessons and have the option to study GCSE PE. The GCSE PE course combines practical performance (40%) with the theoretical aspect (60%). 

At Key Stage 5, Students have the chance to study A level PE if they are interested in developing their knowledge further and if they are interested in a career in sport. 

We are determined to facilitate students to personify the school's values when in PE. Students demonstrate ‘Respect’ towards each other, their health and the rules of activities; demonstrate ‘Determination’ when striving for their personal bests and sporting success or overcoming challenges and are given the ‘Opportunity’ to take part in regular enrichment activities.

Director: Mr Davies 
Contact details: mdavies@johnmason.school

Teachers in this Faculty: Ms Gibson, Mrs Marriott, Miss Uzzell, Mr Borja and Mrs Kent.

As a Faculty, we run school teams for every year in football, basketball, netball, badminton, table tennis, volleyball, athletics, rounders and softball. Our school teams are entered in District, and County competitions. We are very proud of our record in this area and, equally, of our very full House sports programme, which provides competitions for many pupils whom would otherwise not have the chance to participate in sport.

The Key Stage 3 Journey

The PE curriculum is sequenced to allow students to develop their skills and apply these in a variety of situations. 

Although the curriculum is spiralled to allow activities to be covered annually and skills progressed, each Year group has a focus as identified below:

Year 7: Skill acquisition 

Year 8: Competitive situations

Year 9: Tactics and Strategies

Key Stage 3 table

 

 

Syllabus: AQA

GCSE PE students have five hours of lessons per fortnight, three theory lessons and two practical lessons. They are required to be assessed in three different sports, and they also complete a six-week training/exercise programme, which is a part of their coursework. Students will learn the theoretical aspects of Physical Education, e.g. what makes people do physical activities and how the body works.

Subject content:

  • Applied anatomy and physiology
  • Movement analysis
  • Physical training
  • Use of data
  • Sports psychology
  • Social-cultural influences
  • Health, fitness and well-being

There are two papers that students have to complete and this is 60% of the course:

Paper 1: the human body and movement in physical activity and sport. It is assessed in the following way; applied anatomy and physiology, movement analysis, physical training and use of data.

Paper 2: socio-cultural influences and well-being in physical activity and sport. It is assessed in the following way; sports psychology, socio-cultural influences, health, fitness and well-being, and the use of data.

Non-exam assessment:

Practical performance in physical activity and sport: Practical performance in three different physical activities in the role of player/performer (one in a team activity, one in an individual activity and the third either in a team or in an individual activity).

Analysis and evaluation of performance to bring about improvement in one activity.

To find out more about PE at Key Stage 5, please visit the JMF6 website: https://www.jmf6abingdon.co.uk/curriculum/curriculum-subjects/