St Peter's College Physical Education - 6th Form Sport and Outdoor Education Course

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Sixth Form Sport and Outdoor Education Course

Mission Statement:

To provide a high quality course that promotes learning as an adventure, and using it as a catalyst for personal growth and development.

Course description:

The purpose of the course is to provide an opportunity for students who have an interest in outdoor recreation and sport. Students will gain an appreciation of group dynamics, including leadership and support roles through a variety of outdoor skills and activities. An attitude of respect for nature, conservation and for others will be fostered.

Aims:

• Students will experience the satisfaction of overcoming challenges.
• Satisfy student’s love of adventure
• Help students to make decisions and rely on themselves.
• Develop the ability to work as a team member.
• Develop leadership potential.
• Learn new skills.
• Encourage respect for the natural environment.
• Develop a sense of social responsibility.

St Peters College Physical Education NCEA Overviews

Year 11

Module 1. Improving moving

In this module students will learn about and apply knowledge that will help them to improve their ability in a chosen physical activity, in this case wrestling. The students will be analyse techniques, use this information to help them plan and practice for improvement and then take part in a wrestling competition. The students will investigate what the quality of movement is for wrestling, be assessed on their wrestling ability and identify and explain factors that affected the quality of their performance.

Students will

• apply anatomical, biomechanical and physiological knowledge to wrestling (6B3)
• use motor learning principles to improve performance in wrestling (6B1)
• plan strategies to support themselves and class members as they work to improve their wrestling ability (6C3)
• investigate safety issues related to wrestling and put a safety management plan in place (6A3)

Module 2 Sports Education - Lacrosse
In this module students will organise and compete in a sports season. They will select teams, take on a role with in the team and train and play through the module culminating in a tournament at the end. Students will be assessed on their ability to use interpersonal skills that contribute to the effective functioning of the team.

Students will

• use motor learning principles to acquire and or refine the skills needed for the chosen activity.(6B1)
• plan and demonstrate strategies, needed to undertake their chosen Sports Education role, that contributes to the effective functioning of the team. (6C3)
• will explain and put into practice responsible behaviours to ensure both physical and social safety of all participants in this module of work.7A3

Module 3 What else is there?
In this module students will investigate reasons why people get involved in, or not as the case may be, in physical activity. After looking at the big picture they then partcipate in a range of physical activity experiences and begin to understand what motivates them to be involved.

Students will

• investigate how the activity affects their lifestyle and identify and describe factors that will encourage them into activity and factors that may discourage them (6A1)
• investigate a range of reasons that people participate in different activities (6B4)
• analyse societal influences that can affect peoples understanding of physical activity or patterns of activity (6D1)

St Peters CollegeLevel 2 Physical Education

Year 12

Module 1 Why a sports day?
In this module students will investigate the significance of sporting festivals and celebrations with particular reference to school athletic days

Students will

• Students will critically evaluate societal expectations and values on the expectation that the school has an athletics day. (ie school community, parents, students) (7A4)
• Students will participate in the organisation and or compete in the school athletics day and evaluate how well it meets the social and cultural needs (7B4)
• Students will analyse why sporting festivals are an important part of the school and societal culture and how they may contribute to healthy communities (6D1)

Module 2 Fit for our sport
In this module students will identify fitness requiremenst for their own sport and where applicable their position and apply fitness training knowledge to their own requirements

Students will

• Students will apply methods and principles of training to a fitness programme for their chosen sport (7A2)
• Students will apply their knowledge of methods and principles of training to ensure that they manage their fitness training safely (7A3)
• Students will use their knowledge of exercise physiology when developing and implementing a fitnesstraining programme for their chosen sport (7B3)

Module 3 Improvement Plus!
Students will analyse skills and technique required for softball then use this knowledge to help plan a performance improvement programme. Students will also be assessed on their softball ability.

Students will

• Students will appraise their softball skills and game play and identify areas to improve (7B1)
• Students will use relevant anatomical and biomechanical knowledge to improve performance of softball (7B3)
• Students will plan and demonstrate strategies to give constructive feedback to their partner and other students during the softball module (6C3)

Module 4 Just Do it!
Students will take part in skateboarding module of work, They will investigate and apply knowledge of safety requirements and be assessed on their skateboarding ability.

Students will

• Students will apply investigate safety issues related to skateboarding and plan to minimise any risks (7A3)
• Students will learn and apply physical skills to skateboarding (7B2)

Module 5 Lead from the front
Students will use the knowledge they have gained in module 3 Improvement Plus and use it to coach a group of students in the context of touch. The assessment will be based on their leadership ability and how it helps the team to work well. They will also be assessed on how well they manage safety and in particular preventing injury.

Students will

• Students will appraise the touch ability of their group of students and plan a programme to ensure they are able to work together as a team to play against another team (7B1)
• Students will use interpersonal skills effectively to help their students develop physical skills and be able to work together as a group to play against another team (7C3)
• Students will use and teach responsible behaviours to their group of students to ensure both physical

St Peters College Level 3 Physical Education

Year 13

Module 1
In this module students will investigate the role of the volunteer in the provision of sporting opportunities. They will then become “volunteers” and provide lunchtime activities for students.
Students will

• critically analyse issues, attitudes, and practices that relate to the provision of physical activity opportunities and more specifically volunteers in sport (8D1)
• plan and devise strategies to meet the physical activity needs of their group of students (8B4)
• implement a plan to encourage a group of people to participate in lunchtime activities, and explain how this contributes to health promotion (8D3)
• evaluate the effectiveness of the lunchtime activity programme by critically analysing the relationships that developed (8C1)

Module 2
This module will focus on a student’s ability to observe and analyse a physical activity. From this analysis they will make decisions about what needs to be improved and how they will work towards improvement.

• After appraising ability in Badminton students will devise, apply and appraise strategies to improve game play (8B1)

Students will

• critically analyse their application of scientific and technological knowledge to their badminton improvement action plan.( 8B3)
• use interpersonal skills effectively to support and encourage peers in their badminton improvement programme (7C3)

Module 3
Students will identify fitness needs for their chosen winter sport and plan a programme that will meet their training needs but also the needs of a balanced and healthy lifestyle for year 13.

Students will

• critically evaluate the impact of participating in a pre season training programme on their personal definition of Hauora and devise strategies that will meet their well being needs (8A1)
• Students will plan implement and evaluate a pre season training programme for their chosen sport (8A2)
• Students will critically analyse how effective relationships will help to continue participation and development in their pre season training programme (8C1)
• Students will critically analyse their application of knowledge used to develop and participate in a pre season training programme (8B3)