Sports Science

Physical Education

Year 7

Skill Acquisition and Tactical Introduction

  • Football
  • Rugby
  • Handball
  • Cricket
  • Athletics
  • Dance/Gymnastics
  • Health and Fitness
  • Swimming
  • Table Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Badminton
  • Tennis
  • Baseball
  • Dodgeball
  • Basketball
  • Cooperative / Challenge Games
  • OAA
  • Sports Culture (including American Football, Gaelic Football and Kabaddi)

Year 8

Teaching games for understanding and Sports Education Model

  • Football
  • Rugby
  • Handball
  • Cricket
  • Athletics
  • Dance/Gymnastics
  • Health and Fitness
  • Swimming
  • Table Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Badminton
  • Tennis
  • Baseball
  • Dodgeball
  • Basketball
  • Cooperative / Challenge Games
  • OAA
  • Sports Culture (including American Football, Gaelic Football and Kabaddi)

Year 9

Teaching games for understanding and Sports Education Model

  • Football
  • Rugby
  • Handball
  • Cricket
  • Athletics
  • Dance/Gymnastics
  • Health and Fitness
  • Swimming
  • Table Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Badminton
  • Tennis
  • Baseball
  • Dodgeball
  • Basketball
  • Cooperative / Challenge Games
  • OAA
  • Sports Culture (including American Football, Gaelic Football and Kabaddi)

Year 10 & 11

Competitive Conditioned Games linked to AQA GCSE Physical Education Specification

  • Football
  • Rugby
  • Handball
  • Cricket
  • Athletics
  • Dance/Gymnastics
  • Health and Fitness
  • Swimming
  • Table Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Badminton
  • Tennis
  • Baseball
  • Dodgeball
  • Basketball
  • Cooperative / Challenge Games
  • OAA
  • Sports Culture (including American Football, Gaelic Football and Kabaddi)
  • Netball (Girls only)

GCSE Physical Education

Year 10

Students will develop skills in one individual sport, one team sport and one other sport as part of the practical element of their GCSE studies.

5 Hours Per Fortnight, 3 Hours Classroom based Theory, 2 hours Practical PE.  Analysis Task (Coursework) Completed in December of Year 11.

Theory:

  • Skeletal system
  • Muscles and joints
  • The Respiratory System
  • The Cardiac Cycle
  • Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise
  • Immediate, Short and Long-Term Effects of Exercise
  • Levers, Planes and Axes
  • Health and Fitness
  • The Principles and Methods of Training
  • Injury Prevention – Warm Up and Cool Down

Year 11

Students will develop skills in one individual sport, one team sport and one other sport as part of the practical element of their GCSE studies.

5 Hours Per Fortnight, 3 Hours Classroom based Theory, 2 hours Practical PE.  Analysis Task (Coursework) Completed in December of Year 11.

Theory:

  • Skill and Ability
  • Target Setting
  • Basic Information Processing, Guidance and Feedback
  • Arousal
  • Aggression, Personality and Motivation
  • Engagement Patterns
  • Commercialisation
  • Conduct of Performers
  • Prohibited Substances
  • Hooliganism
  • Health, Fitness and Well-Being
  • Nutrition

Sports Studies

Year 10

R185

  • Key Components of Performance (Practical)
  • Applying Practice Methods to Improve a Sporting Activity
  • Organising and Planning a Sports Activity Session
  • Leading a Sports Activity Session
  • Reviewing Your Own Performance in Planning and Leadership

Year 11

R184

  • Issues Which Effect Participation in Sport
  • The Role of Sport in Promoting Values
  • The Implications of Hosting a Major Sporting Event
  • The Role National Governing Bodies (NGB’s) Play in the Development of Their Sport
  • The Use of Technology in Sport

R186

  • The Different Types of Media That Cover Sport
  • Positive Effects of the Media in Sport
  • Negative Effects of the Media on Sport

Please contact Mr Mark Stewart for more information on the Sports Science curriculum: mstewart@hightunstall.hartlepool.sch.uk

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