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Scheme of work

Published 16 Jan 2024 | DOCX | 4 MB

Subject specific vocabulary

Published 26 Sep 2023 | PDF | 192 KB

Command words

Published 16 Dec 2016 | PDF | 117 KB

Lesson plan: movement analysis (planes and axes)

Published 16 Dec 2016 | PDF | 238 KB

Lesson plan: the components of fitness

Published 16 Dec 2016 | PDF | 152 KB

Lesson plan: sports psychology (arousal and the inverted-U theory)

Published 16 Dec 2016 | PDF | 223 KB

Lesson plan: use of data

Lesson plan: performance enhancing drugs

Published 16 Dec 2016 | PDF | 293 KB

Lesson plan: physical, emotional and social health, fitness and well-being

Published 16 Dec 2016 | PDF | 153 KB

Teaching guide: NEA

Published 16 Dec 2016 | PDF | 566 KB

AQA GCSE (9-1) PE Second Edition [hoddereducation.co.uk]

Authors: Ross Howitt and Mike Murray Publisher: Hodder Education

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PE Theory Resources and Plans

Through our virtual learning environment and classroom, we can offer GCSE PE, Cambridge National or BTEC Sport lessons, resources and support for a range of situations. This is a perfect resource to educate and teach your PE students the academic courses using a range of approaches:

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These include thorough lesson plans, resources, puzzles, and handouts for all your GCSE lessons. There is over 200 Lesson Plans for GCSE PE student to work through independently or as part of a learning pathway set by the classroom teacher with deadlines. These lessons and slides can be changed and modified by users to add video clips and enhance learning to covers all major syllabuses. 

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At PEOffice we have the capacity to provide learners with increased personalisation and convenience to suit the learner wherever they may be on the learning continuum. At PEOffice we provide learners with choices about where, when, and how learning occurs.

Students follow extensive learning pathways and programmes within PEOffice which, due to the ease of its set up, can work very easily with other provisions that are in place. Content can also be quickly and easily added to your own school's subject database. Students can work independently through a bank of learning content that can replace or support in-school learning thus providing a unique package regardless of environment, facilities or budget.   We are able to support students who are engaged in alternative curriculum customised to their individual needs. It is online 24/7 anytime anywhere accessibility, combined with the ethos of ‘learn’ - ‘earn’ - 'live' has the capacity to engage many of our young people with digital technology, an environment where most are at ease.   This is priced at £4 per learner for the access to the 150+ Theory lessons.  It comes part of a subscription for £750 where you have unlimited access or you can get instant access for just the Theory content by filling in a school purchase with the number of learners you want access to 

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We have a large number of interactive resources to help with your delivery of high-quality lessons and these can be accessed in class or online for you and all your CNAT PE theory students (Award and Certificates). These resources were created by two moderators and examiners who have extensive knowledge of the Cambridge National in Physical Education. All our interactive online learning lessons, content, puzzles and quizzes are available for Cambridge National Sports Science and Sports Studies:

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Physical Education Lesson Plans & Ideas

Below we outline some ideas for teaching Physical Education and Sports Science. If you have some ideas you wish to share please get in touch!

Anatomy & Physiology

Energy systems, phosphagen recovery.

• Looking at Phosphogen recovery and its implications for training. Scenario three groups of students. One student in each group completes 10 x 10-second sprints, depending on which group they are they get between 10 and 180 seconds recovery. The best way I have found is to draw out of a hat recovery periods 10 seconds 30 seconds 180 seconds. You can look at heart rate to get data, distance run each rep etc

The respiratory system

• Pupils will draw an upside-down Y on their sheet. They will add a few extra branches at the end of their Y and try to label the respiratory system
• High – Low Pressure – to get the concept over – get students to imagine what happens on the tube during rush hour (people crammed into the carriages (High Pressure) when the doors open.
• If there is a smallish cupboard see how many students you can get into the cupboard then shut the door! (High Pressure) open the door!
• Relate to the Weather and movement of weather fronts from areas of high to low pressure
• Pupils can then attempt to draw a diagram showing alveoli and blood capillaries to show movement of gases. Use red for oxygen and blue for CO2.

Key Points for diffusion

• Gaseous exchange in the lungs takes place by diffusion
• Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide move down a concentration gradient from a high concentration to a low concentration
• Oxygen moves into the blood capillaries from alveoli to oxygenate the working muscles
• Carbon Dioxide moves from blood capillaries to alveoli to be removed from the body
• Fresh oxygen is then inhaled back into the alveoli to continue the process

Skeletal muscles

The muscles.

• Put students into groups (minimum pairs maximum four or five) and give them sticky labels on which they can write various muscles. They then attach the label to one of their group.

Muscles and movement

• Students create a video/pictures to show the types of movement that occur e.g. isotonic eccentric and concentric either in isolation or in a sporting context e.g. sitting down are eccentric contraction of the quadriceps.

Circuit / Gym session

• Students are given a variety of exercise to complete but in addition to completing the exercises they must also do a movement analysis of the exercises they complete E.g. in press ups they must state the Prime mover antagonist fixator and synergist muscles as well as state the type of movement being performed and type of contraction (depending on age and ability of students).

Cardiorespiratory Lesson Ideas

This can be used for A level or GCSE level.

• The idea is to explain that unlike skeletal muscle which contracts together the heart contracts with a wave effect SA node to AV node etc so students max possibly 15 (2 groups if larger group and it can be competitive!) act out the heartbeat (try for 60bpm!) Stand in a circle or line SA node initiates contraction along line (round circle) students completing a Mexican wave.
• This can also be videoed (ICT opportunity!) and used as a revision aid at a later date

Heart Dissection

Main problem with this is due to EEC regs hearts now are cut but a good butcher or abattoir may help. Depending on competence (staff/students) dissect a heart or hearts to look at the structure of the heart Biology departments can be helpful especially if you have biologists who are good at dissection. (Warning some children can be affected by this and faint (usually boys!)

Heart Circuit

• Circuit to link blood flow around the body to a circuit.
• One station the lungs
• One station the body
• Jogging between stations

Response to exercise

• Students take a resting pulse. Students do a slow walk for 3 minutes. They take their pulse at the end. They then work out the percentage of their maximum using formula. Students look at the graph and mark where they are after a slow 3-minute walk.
• Next, they do a 10-minute aerobic run. At the end of run students take a pulse. They then work out the percentage of their maximum using formula. Students look at the graph and mark where they are after a 5/10minute run.
• Finally, they complete 10 reps of back to back 50-metre sprints with a 10-second recovery. Students then take their pulse then work out the percentage of their maximum using formula. Students look at the graph and mark where they are after anaerobic exercise
• This can also be done with heart rate monitors and the graph can be plotted on a simple time/ heart rate graph

Immediate effects of exercise

Students are given Heart rate monitors and work in pairs as a minimum. One student exercises first then the other. The second student records data,

• Resting heart rate and breathing rate.
• Heart rate at the start of the exercise period
• Heart rate at regular intervals during exercise period (e.g. every minute for a maximum of ten minutes)
• Breathing rate at the end of the exercise period
• Recovery rate at regular intervals until pre-exercise heart rate is achieved (and breathing)

The second student does the same possibly at a higher intensity. Data can be used for graphs discussion etc

Bones & Joints Lesson Ideas

Three ideas that might help with teaching the skeleton, joints, and movements.

The skeleton

• Put students into groups (minimum pairs maximum four or five) and give them sticky labels on which they can write various bones and/or joints They then attach the label to one of their group.

Make a Skeleton

• Get students to make their own skeleton using card etc A variation of the above is give them a skeleton diagram (A3 minimum) cut out and get them to put it together

Joints and movement

• Students create a video/pictures to show the types of movement that occur. e.g. flexion-extension abduction etc (Give students free rein to see what they come up with Weaker students may need help so pictures/video could be of movements in isolation or in a sporting context. E.g. a bicep curl shows flexion of the elbow joint.

Xray photos

• If possible, show pupils X-ray photos of different bones and joints to see if they can identify and label them.

Practical examples

• Pupils will try to list the bones and joint required to carry out sport specific movements such as a rugby tackle, passing a football or a shot in netball. They can link this into the types of movement to explain the role of the bones and joints in the movements.

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