Physical Education Department

Aims

To fulfil requirements and aims of education in its broadest sense, children must be given something which has a lasting and beneficial effect, something which leaves on each individual student a permanent impression which will affect thought, action and behaviour throughout life. It is a combination of the teacher, the subject and the methods used.

Physical education at St Augustine's aims to promote good health and physical fitness, whilst improving and developing physical skill and body co-ordination. The department has high expectations and demands an acceptance of moral values in terms of fair play, of modesty in victory and generosity in defeat. It encourages the capacity to develop and use initiative, a willingness to accept responsibility and the capacity to co-operate with others. The physical education programme aims to provide all students with enjoyable experiences which will encourage a long life interest in physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Key Stage 3

Students follow the National Curriculum with the emphasis on selecting and applying skills, tactics and compositional ideas, acquiring and developing skills, evaluating and improving skills and gaining knowledge and understanding of fitness and health. These four strands are delivered through the following activity areas:

2007-8

Autumn Term:
Girls – Netball
Boys – Football

Girls – Dance
Boys – Badminton/Rugby

Spring Term:
Girls – Basketball
Boys – Rugby League

Girls – Badminton
Boys - Dance

Summer Term:
Girls- Fitness
Boys – Basketball

Girls – Striking and fielding games/Athletics
Girls – Striking and fielding games/Athletics

Key Stage 4

OCR Physical Education

The following are the primary topics covered as part of the Key Stage 4 PE course

September 2008

• Components of Fitness
• Factors Effecting Fitness
• Investigation of the effect of fitness on performance and how to assess it
• Fitness Training Principles
• Training methods

January 2009

• Skeleton and Joints
• Muscles
• Circulatory System
• Respiratory System
• Skill

Year 11 - Sept 2009

• Motivation and Mental Preparation
• Social Reasons for Participation
• School
• Social Background
• Local and National Facilities
• Training Effects
• Risk Assessment in Physical Activity
• Prevention of Injury
• Injury Treatment

Key Stage 5 - AS Level

Unit G451: An introduction to Physical Education

Anatomy and Physiology (Section A)

The skeletal and muscular systems

Motion and movement

The cardiovascular and respiratory systems in relation to the performance of physical activity

Acquiring Movement Skills (Section B)

Classification of motor skills and abilities

The development of motor skills

Information processing

Motor control of skills in physical activity

Learning skills in physical activity

Socio-Cultural Studies relating to participation in physical activity (Section C)

Physical activity

Sport and culture

Unit G452: Acquiring, developing and evaluating practical skills in Physical Education

Performance

Evaluating and planning for the improvement of performance

Key Stage 5 - A2 Level

Unit G453: Principles and concepts across different areas of Physical Education

• Contemporary sporting issues

Section A: Socio-Cultural Options

Historical Studies (Option A1)
Popular recreation in pre-industrial Britain

Rational recreation in post-industrial Britain

19th-century public schools and their impact on the development of physical activities and young people

The developmental stages of athleticism in 19th-century public schools
Case Studies

• Drill, physical training and Physical Education in state schools

Comparative Studies (Option A2)

The United Kingdom (UK)

The United States of America (USA)

Australia

Section B: Scientific Options

Sports Psychology (Option B1)

Individual aspects of performance

Group dynamics of performance and audience effects

• Mental preparation for physical activity

Biomechanics (Option B2)

Linear motion in physical activity

Force physical activity

Fluid mechanics physical activity

Stability and angular motion physical activity

• A critical evaluation of performance in selected physical activities

Exercise and Sport Physiology (Option B3)

Energy

Health components of physical fitness

Application of the principles of training

Performance enhancement

Unit G454: The critical evaluation of practical activities in physical education

• Performance

• Evaluation, appreciation and the improvement of performance