PE
PE aims to enhance the lives of students through encouraging and promoting the lifelong benefits of leading an active, healthy lifestyle.
Course Description
All students take part in two hours of Physical Education each week. A range of activities are timetabled that aims to develop personal fitness and promote an active, healthy lifestyle.
Students are taught and encouraged to:
- Use and develop a variety of tactics and strategies to overcome opponents in team and individual games, e.g. Football, Hockey.
- Develop their technique and improve their performance in other competitive sports, e.g. athletics and gymnastics.
- Take part in further outdoor activities in a range of environments which present physical challenges and encourage pupils to work in a team.
- Evaluate their performances compared to previous ones and demonstrate improvement across a range of physical activities to achieve personal best.
- Continue to take part regularly in competitive sports and activities outside school through community links or sports clubs.
Course Programme
Half Term One (Autumn)
Ball Skills
1,2,3. Ball handling games
4,5. Tag Rugby
6,7,8. Frisbee/ Dodgeball/ Football
(Student Leadership)
Half Term Two (Autumn)
Gymnastics/Dance and Team Building
- Basic Gymnastic Skills
- Gymnastics Sequences/ Circuits
- Following Dance sequences
- Group led dance sequences
- Team Building activities
- Problem Solving
Half Term Three (Spring)
Football (Team Games)
- Controlling/passing
- Recap controlling/passing
- dribbling/ tackling
- shooting/ TG’s
- Small sided games / Student Leadership
National Deaf Schools Five a Side tournament Derby
Half Term Four (Spring)
Tag Rugby (Team Games)
- Rules/ controlling/ passing
- Movement/ tactics / Small sided games
Basketball (Team Games)
- Rules/ Passing/ controlling Basketball
- Dribbling/ shooting
- Team Games (Basketball/ Dodgeball)
Half Term Five (Summer)
Cricket (Individual)
- Skills and basic rules within cricket
- Catching/ fielding
- Batting/ bowling. Team Games
Tennis – Batchwood indoor tennis centre
- Rallying Skills and basic tennis rules
- Rallying/Serving
- Other tennis skills. Team Games
Half Term Six (Summer)
Introduction to Athletics (Individual) – Westminster Lodge Track
- Endurance activities/ Fitness tests
- Field events 1 (Long Jump/ High Jump/ Triple Jump)
- Field events 2 (Shot Put/ Discus/ Javelin)
Sports Day
Rounders (Team Games)
- Rounders skills and basic rules
- Rounders batting/ fielding/ Small sided games