BTEC Sport

BTEC Sport Level 3 Summer Taster Work

Hi All, 
 I hope you are all doing ok, and managing to stay busy, entertained and healthy, in these strange old times we find ourselves in. It is great to see that you have chosen to take BTEC Sport next year, great decision! We look forward to welcoming you back in September and getting on with some form of normality. 
In preparation for the start of the BTEC Sport Level 3 course next year, I have attached some work for you to have a look through and attempt, together with what we call an Assignment Brief, which outlines expectations and content for the work to be completed.  

 The first unit we will start next year is Unit 6, Sports Psychology. This Unit is made up of three Assignments, each Assignment being in the form of a written word document. Each Assignment will have its own Assignment brief (you can see an example of an Assignment Brief for Assignment 1 attached to this email), which guides you through the content of what you need to include in your write up. We use these as a checklist to make sure you are on the right track, and don’t go off on a tangent!  ​

 It would be great if at this stage you could have a read through the attached documents and attempt the P1 and M1 sections on the assignment brief, in the form of a written account in a word document.  For those of you that are new to the BTEC structure, P1 means the first Pass section, with M1 meaning the first Merit section (you will also see reference on the Assignment brief to D1, with this being the first Distinction section and the highest the grading goes up to).  
 
GCSE PE Students 

 For those of you that took GCSE PE you’ll notice similar wordings to the 6 and 9 mark exam questions and should recognise the difference in command words between P1 and M1 - ‘Describe’ and ‘Explain’. If you link ‘Describe’ (P1) to what would have been the AO1 section of a GCSE question – key terms, definitions, basic content etc. ‘Explain’ (M1) then steps up to what would have linked to AO2 – Application of knowledge, this is where you link the content of the ‘descriptive’ section of your answer to sporting examples and expanding on these where possible, (we would expect for this section for you to be researching and including appropriate sporting examples that fit the context of the work, to support all the points you make). 
 
BTEC Sport Level 2 Students 

 For those of you that took BTEC Sport Level 2, these command words should already be familiar to you and hopefully you recognise ‘Describe’ as a Pass command word, and ‘Explain’ as a Merit command word. If you link ‘Describe’ (P1) to  key terms, definitions, basic content etc, and then ‘Explain’ (M1) steps up to Application of knowledge, so this is where you link the content of the ‘descriptive’ section of your answer to sporting examples and expanding on these where possible, in the same way as you would have done at Level 2. In a step up from Level 2 we would expect for this section for you to be researching and including appropriate sporting examples that fit the context of the work, to support all the points you make.  

 These 2 sections, P1 and M1, do not need to be answered separately. You can merge them into one answer, but it would be useful if you could put what you believe to be the M1 content in bold. 
 
 After you have read the attached documents that introduce you to the content for the Personality and Motivation sections, you will then need to refer to the Assignment Brief.  Have a look at Section 1 and Section 2, of Task 1, on Page 2 of the Assignment Brief (are you still with me?!) This is your key guide/checklist for what content to include. Use these bullet points as the sub headings in your work. If you then look at A1 and A2 on page 4 of the Assignment Brief, this gives you a more in-depth checklist of what you need to ‘describe’ and ‘explain’. Remember, ‘Describe’ is referring to the key definitions and facts; ‘Explain’ is linking it to a sporting context and using sporting examples to expand on your points. If you stick to this list in the A1 and A2 sections, and make sure you have mentioned all of these points, then you cannot go too far wrong! 
  
 Have a go, see how you get on, email it back to me, then we can give you some more personalised feedback and guidance linked to assignment writing, technique and general understanding and application of the topic in preparation for next year. 
 
 If you need any more clarification on any of the above then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me at nwilcock@okehamptoncollege.devon.sch.uk, please don’t feel you have to struggle through this on your own – I am here to help. If you also have any other questions, queries or concerns linked to next year, the course, sixth form life, or anything else, college related or not, please send me an email and I’ll happily try and help. 

 I hope you all still manage to have an enjoyable summer and we are able to get out and about more freely at some point.
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Once again, I look forward to seeing you all in September, 

Look after yourselves, stay healthy and stay positive, 

Miss Wilcock

Assignment brief – BTEC Sport Level 3