GCSE PE Curriculum journey & plan

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GCSE PE Learners follow the AQA PE GCSE specification. The aim of the GCSE course is to enable learners to build on their Key Stage 3 knowledge and skills. Broadly the courses aims are;

• be inspired, motivated and challenged, and enable them to make informed decisions about further learning opportunities and career pathways. 
• develop knowledge, understanding, skills and values to develop and maintain their performance in physical activities and understand the benefits to health, fitness and wellbeing 
• develop theoretical knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin physical activity and sport and use this knowledge to improve performance 
• understand how the physiological and psychological state affects performance in physical activity and sport 
• perform effectively in different physical activities by developing skills and techniques and selecting and using tactics, strategies and/or compositional ideas 
• develop their ability to analyse and evaluate to improve performance in physical activity and sport 
• understand the contribution which physical activity and sport make to health, fitness and wellbeing 
• understand key socio-cultural influences which can affect people’s involvement in physical activity and sport.

AQA GCSE PE Specification link;

• https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/pe/specifications/AQA-8582-SP-2016.PDF

Paper 1  

How it's assessed

• Content; Applied anatomy and physiology, Movement analysis, Physical training & Use of data.
• Written exam: 1 hour 15 minutes
• 78 marks 
• 30% of GCSE

Paper 2  

How it's assessed

• Content; Sports psychology, Socio-cultural influences, Health, fitness and well-being & Use of data.
• Written exam: 1 hour 15 minutes
• 78 marks 
• 30% of GCSE

NEA assessment

How it's assessed

• Practical performance in three different physical activities in the role of player/performer (one in a team activity, one in an individual activity and a third in either a team or in an individual activity).
• Analysis and evaluation of performance to bring about improvement in one activity.

• Assessed by teachers
• Moderated by AQA
• 100 marks
• 40% of GCSE 

Year 10

Term 1	UNIT 3 PHYSICAL TRAINING, UNIT 6 HEALTH, FITNESS AND WELL BEING
Term 2	UNIT 4 SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY, UNIT 1 ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY part 1
Term 3	UNIT 1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY part 2, NEA ASSESSMENT.

Year 11

Term 1	UNIT 1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY part 3, UNIT 2- MOVEMENT ANALYSIS
Term 2	UNIT 5- SOCIO-CULTURAL INFLUENCES, PREPARATION FOR EXAMS
Term 3	PREPARATION FOR EXAMS