We pride ourselves on our departments’ ethos which is to ensure that students believe sport is for all. We build students’ skill and confidence in all areas of Physical Education but we ensure that all students have a chance to be successful through assessment. This is why we believe our ‘Head, Hands, Heart’ model increases participation and promotes lifelong enjoyment. We aim to provide a linear curriculum which enables all students to maximise learning and progress for all year 7 to year 11 students. It allows students to start to learn aspects of the GCSE syllabus and enables a smoother transition onto KS4 examination PE. We ensure that we subsidise our curriculum with a huge range of extra-curricular opportunities along with specific pathways such as sports leaders and school representation.
Meet the PE Department
The department team consists of nine members of staff. These are:
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mr A Tittcomb | Head of Department |
| Mrs P Bailey | Deputy Head of Department |
| Mr J Adekoya | Teacher of PE |
| Miss L Bailey | Teacher of PE |
| Mr S Bhamjee | Technician |
KS3 PE
At Stretford High, students will participate in a variety of activities which are from the AQA GCSE Specification enabling them to start to learn the fundamental skills which will enable them to develop more advanced skills in Key Stage 4. They will also develop their theoretical knowledge of the key concepts within PE that encourage understanding of the background of sport and how to develop as a performer. Sports that our students will explore in KS3 PE are; Football, Orienteering, Badminton, Netball, Handball, Basketball, Athletics, Handball, Softball, Rounders, Cricket and Fitness. Students will take part in a 5 week block of learning followed by a 1 week assessment lesson where students will be assessed in our assessment ethos of Head (knowledge), Hands (skills) & Heart (effort).
Stretford High students, alongside PE, will participate in Dance for a 6-week block in KS3 PE.
Dance in KS3 includes exploring various techniques and skills in a range of styles. Students identify characteristics of a good performance and apply their understanding to enhance their performance. They develop their technical and expressive skills and use choreographic devices to produce creative outcomes. They have developed their ability to feedback information to their peers and to themselves to bring about improvements. The focus within KS3 in Dance is about enjoyment and engagement as well as developing their technical ability.
KS4 PE- Core
All students will take part in Core PE for the duration of Key Stage 4. Students will look to place their Key Stage 3 learning into competitive scenarios and situations throughout years 10 & 11. Key Stage 4 PE differs slightly in the way the curriculum is developed. Students are given an option into their learning whereby the class teacher is assigned a teaching space who then offers the sports for that term to the class. Students will then complete practical based learning through creation of their own drill around a certain skill within the topic area and they will then be placed into competitive scenarios. The aims of this curriculum is to expose students to a variety of different sporting options which they can then use their school experience and take into their wider participation routes.
KS4 PE- Option
Students will follow the AQA GCSE Specification
The AQA GSCE PE course is 60% Theory and 40% Practical. The theory aspect of the course is split over two papers;
Paper 1 – The human body and movement in physical activity and sport.
Paper 2 – Socio-cultural influences and well-being in physical activity and sport.
The students are then assessed in their practical performance in physical activity and sport from a range of sports available on the specification.
Students are required to put forward a minimum of one individual sport, one team sport along with any other of their choice for a total of 3 sports (30% of overall grade). Please note students are also required to be able to obtain video footage of themselves performing in their sports. This is then accompanied by a performance analysis piece of coursework which accounts for 10% of their overall grade.
