Physical Education
Learning Journey & Sequencing Rationale
In Year 9 we learners transition from fundamental skills to more advanced skills allowing learners to be more successful in particular sports, and those learners who may choose the GCSE pathway to acquire skills necessary to be successful at GCSE. Learners will experience what classroom based Physical education theory is like with a short unit on the cardiovascular system.
Physical Education develops learners' competence and confidence to take part in a range of physical activities that become a central part of their lives, both in and out of school. Our PE curriculum enables all learners to enjoy and succeed in many kinds of physical activity as well as developing abilities that will allow them to succeed in higher education and careers. At Harrow High School we endeavour to use Physical education as a means to help learners to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies to live healthy and physically active lives at school and develop a lifelong love for physical activity. Through years 7 to 11 we equip learners with scientific knowledge about the different body systems, types of fitness and training, and healthy lifestyles. This knowledge is developed alongside physical skills and ability that allow all to engage in sports and exercise safely and competently both in and out of school.
Unit overview - basketball
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GCSE concepts related too: Identifying the importance of continuous training for a basketballer and how this improves cardiovascular endurance, which will enable them to maintain optimal performance. Understanding the importance of interval training and how this contributes to a fast break or getting back quickly to defend. Explaining how plyometric training will increase overall performance when rebounding or performing a lay-up. Analysing the importance of various components of fitness and how they can effect performance in basketball. |
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Physical Education (PE) develops students’ competence and confidence to take part in a range of physical activities that become a central part of their lives, both in and out of school. The PE department at Harrow High school is committed to promoting a lifelong love of physical activity. Basketball is Harrow High School’s most popular extra-curricular sport, with one of the few dedicated basketball coaches across the country. We teach basketball to provide learners a chance to take part in basketball at a participation level, an extra-curricular level, an academy level and even a national level. Basketball is a sport for all abilities, which combines lots of movement and promotes a high level of physical activity within the class. The Harrow High School Basketball Academy is open to all learners, all of whom can have aspirations to replicate past learners, who have represented Great Britain and gone onto play college basketball in America. Affiliated clubs (ask a member of the PE Dept. for more information)
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Unit overview - Football
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Physical Education (PE) develops students’ competence and confidence to take part in a range of physical activities that become a central part of their lives, both in and out of school. The PE department at Harrow High school is committed to promoting a lifelong love of physical activity. In these units pupils focus on how to use basic principles of attack and defence to plan strategy and tactics for football. They work on improving the quality of their skills using various techniques to. In all games activities, pupils think about how to use skills, strategies and tactics to outwit the opposition. Football is an inclusive sport for all learners of all abilities, combing high levels of speed, coordination and agility. Learners at Harrow High School will be given opportunities to compete both in and out of school at football, with almost all male GCSE learners choosing Football as one of their three sports to be assessed in. Affiliated clubs (ask a member of the PE Dept. for more information)
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Unit overview - handball
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Physical Education (PE) develops students’ competence and confidence to take part in a range of physical activities that become a central part of their lives, both in and out of school. The PE department at Harrow High school is committed to promoting a lifelong love of physical activity. Handball plays a vital part in the KS3 and GCSE curriculum at Harrow High School, giving them a route into a new sport which they may have never experienced before. Handball is an inclusive sport for all learners of all abilities, combing high levels of speed, coordination and agility. Learners at Harrow High School will be given opportunities to compete both in and out of school at handball, with over 70% of GCSE learners choosing handball as one of their three sports to be assessed in. Affiliated clubs (ask a member of the PE Dept. for more information)
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Unit overview - Badminton
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Physical Education (PE) develops students’ competence and confidence to take part in a range of physical activities that become a central part of their lives, both in and out of school. The PE department at Harrow High school is committed to promoting a lifelong love of physical activity. Badminton plays a vital part in the KS3 and GCSE curriculum at Harrow High School, giving learners a route into a new sport which they may have never experienced before. They will have the opportunity to develop their level of performance in both singles and doubles play Badminton is an inclusive sport for learners of all abilities, combining high levels of speed, coordination and agility as well as focusing on the importance of cardio vascular endurance and muscular endurance. Learners at Harrow High School will be given opportunities to compete both in and out of school within Badminton extra- curricular clubs and borough competitions Affiliated clubs (ask a member of the PE Dept. for more information)
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Unit overview - Trampolining
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Difficulty of routine, balance of difficulty with quality of execution • Composition of routine • Flow of routine • Order of the skills in routine • Body awareness • Use of flight • Acceleration/deceleration of movements • Spatial awareness • Use of showmanship • Awareness of the rules and regulations of the activity and their application (including judging signals) Link to planes and axis Components of fitness |
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Physical Education (PE) develops students’ competence and confidence to take part in a range of physical activities that become a central part of their lives, both in and out of school. The PE department at Harrow High school is committed to promoting a lifelong love of physical activity. Trampolining plays a vital part in the KS3 and GCSE curriculum at Harrow High School, giving learners a route into a new sport which they may have never experienced before. Trampolining is an inclusive sport for learners of all abilities, combining a range of different components of fitness as well as developing the aesthetic side to performance. This activity links closely with gymnastics and suits learners who prefer individual performance activities to the team sports environment Affiliated clubs (ask a member of the PE Dept. for more information)
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Unit overview - Methods of Training
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Physical Education (PE) develops students’ competence and confidence to take part in a range of physical activities that become a central part of their lives, both in and out of school. The PE department at Harrow High school is committed to promoting a lifelong love of physical activity. We teach a variety of different methods of training to encourage learners to take part in physical activity outside of school. Participation in physical activities such as weight training, HIIT and circuit training increase dramatically once learners leave education due to various factors. At Harrow High School we give learners different routes to help ensure they stay physically active post education. Activities such as boxing, weight training and circuit training have proved immensely popular across all groups of learners at Harrow High School, with many learners taking part in these activities during lessons and in extra-curricular clubs. We also teach methods of training as part of our GCSE integration programme, giving learners a chance to experience GCSE concepts in a practical lesson. Affiliated clubs (ask a member of the PE Dept. for more information)
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Unit overview - Netball
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Physical Education (PE) develops students’ competence and confidence to take part in a range of physical activities that become a central part of their lives, both in and out of school. The PE department at Harrow High school is committed to promoting a lifelong love of physical activity. Pupils will focus on developing, implementing and refining team and individual game plans with the goal of outwitting an opponent. Pupils will focus on developing and implementing attacking and defending strategies and techniques. All games activities involve pupils thinking about how to use skills, strategies and tactics to outwit the opposition Netball is an inclusive sport for all learners of all abilities, combing high levels of speed, coordination and agility. Learners at Harrow High School will be given opportunities to compete both in and out of school at netball, with almost all female GCSE learners choosing Netball as one of their three sports to be assessed in. Affiliated clubs (ask a member of the PE Dept. for more information)
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Unit overview - Table Tennis
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Physical Education (PE) develops students’ competence and confidence to take part in a range of physical activities that become a central part of their lives, both in and out of school. The PE department at Harrow High school is committed to promoting a lifelong love of physical activity. Table Tennis plays a vital part in the KS3 and GCSE curriculum at Harrow High School, giving learners a route into a new sport which they may have never experienced before. They will have the opportunity to develop their level of performance in both singles and doubles play Table Tennis is an inclusive sport for learners of all abilities, combining high levels of speed, coordination and agility as well as focusing on the importance of cardio vascular endurance and muscular endurance. Learners at Harrow High School will be given opportunities to compete both in and out of school within Table Tennis extra- curricular clubs and borough competitions Affiliated clubs (ask a member of the PE Dept. for more information) Wembley and Harrow Table Tennis clubs – range of affiliated clubs |
Unit overview - Volleyball
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Physical Education (PE) develops students’ competence and confidence to take part in a range of physical activities that become a central part of their lives, both in and out of school. The PE department at Harrow High school is committed to promoting a lifelong love of physical activity. Pupils will focus on replicating and developing techniques as well as implementing and refining strategic play to outwit opponents. Pupils will be able to demonstrate the essential elements of attack and defence. In net games, it is the player aim to get the ball to land in the target area so that the opponent cannot return it. Pupil should be able to accurately score and officiate volleyball games. Volleyball is an inclusive sport for all learners of all abilities, combing high levels of speed, coordination and teamwork. Learners at Harrow High School will be given opportunities to compete both in and out of school at volleyball. Affiliated clubs (ask a member of the PE Dept. for more information)
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Knowledge Organiser
A knowledge organiser is an important document that lists the important facts that learners should know by the end of a unit of work. It is important that learners can recall these facts easily, so that when they are answering challenging questions in their assessments and GCSE and A-Level exams, they are not wasting precious time in exams focusing on remembering simple facts, but making complex arguments, and calculations.
We encourage all pupils to use them by doing the following:
- Quiz themselves at home, using the read, write, cover, check method.
- Practise spelling key vocabulary
- Further researching people, events and processes most relevant to the unit.