Physical Education

We pride ourselves on being experienced, well qualified and committed to giving our students broad and balanced curricular and extra-curricular opportunities. We look to run trips in a range of activities to allow our students to gain further opportunities and experiences which we are unable to carry out during lesson time for example surfing lessons and surfing lessons.

We have a floodlit AstroTurf pitch, extensive playing fields, gymnasium, sports hall, and use of four floodlit tennis courts. Parklands Leisure Centre is attached to our school buildings and provides us with a second sports hall.

Our site is adjacent to Dartmoor National Park enabling us to take pupils onto the moor as one of their cross-country courses.

Meet The Team

Miss Redstone
DoTL- PE Faculty
Can be found: Running netball and trampolining clubs and walking on her hands

Mr Bailey
Co runs Duke of Edinburgh award alongside Miss Wilcock
Can be found: Running rugby practice and keeping fit with body blast club

Mrs Hachipuka
Head of Year 7 and assistant principle
Can be found: Running hockey and rounders club

Mr Harris
2nd in Sixth form
and current reigning coach of the year at Okehampton College.
Can be found: Running all cricket clubs for both the indoor and outdoor seasons

Miss Wilcock
Co runs Duke of Edinburgh award alongside Mr Bailey.
Can be found: Running girls rugby club and building her own surfboards

Mr Collins
PE Teacher
Can be found: Running all things football and showing off his football skills at every opportunity

Physical Education KS3 Curriculum Content

YEAR 7, 8 & 9

Subject	Module content
Invasion Games: Netball, hockey, basketball, rugby, football, handball	Improving the consistency, quality and use of skills in the games played Developing skills for small-sided games moving on to the full game Organising themselves as a team and selecting and applying strategies consistently and effectively Adapting strategies and tactics used in one game and applying them to a different one Making and applying decisions within the games
Striking/Fielding/Net games: Rounders, Cricket, Badminton, Tennis, Volleyball	Evaluating and improving their performances and that of others Making and applying decisions within the games Developing skills for the games
Gymnastics, Dance, Trampolining	Improving the consistency, quality and use of their skills Improvising and extending movement ideas on their own and with others Evaluating and improving their performances and that of others to suggest areas for improvement, whilst developing sequences and routines
Athletics, Fitness	Gaining an understanding of how to develop speed, cardiovascular fitness and strength and how to prepare and recover from explosive activity Improving the consistency of their sprinting, sustained running, jumping and throwing techniques Developing their ability to evaluate their own performances and plan for improvement
Outdoor and Adventurous Activities: Orienteering	Understanding the principles used to prepare for outdoor activities Developing specific skills for navigating, judging pace, distance and terrain Selecting and apply their knowledge and understanding when moving from familiar activities/ground to unfamiliar situations

KS4 Curriculum Content

YEAR 10 & 11

Subject	Module content
Invasion Games: Football, Handball, Hockey, Netball, Rugby, Basketball	Planning for and making use of more advanced techniques Using principles of play to plan for and implement advanced strategies and tactics, and then adapt them as needed
Net/Wall, Stiking/Fielding Games: Badminton, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball, Cricket, Rounders, Dodgeball	Planning for and making use of more advanced techniques Using principles of play to plan for and implement advanced strategies and tactics, and then adapt them as needed
Athletics/Fitness Activities: Track and Field Athletics, Cross-Country Running, Walking, Aerobics, Circuit-Training, Yoga	Applying their knowledge of training methods to improve their own cardiovascular fitness, speed, strength and flexibility Gaining knowledge and expertise in a range of activities that will enable them to develop a healthy active lifestyle
Outdoor and Adventurous Activities: Orienteering, Adventure Race	Providing opportunities for pupils to cope with real challenge and decision making under time pressure. Help them to work logically and to apply their own judgements in formulating the best course of action

BTEC Sport Section

Units to be completed:

Unit 1 - Fitness for sport and exercise
Unit 2 - Practical Performance in sport
Unit 3 - Applying the principles of personal training
Unit 4 - The mind and sports performance

Specification:

This is a Pearson BTEC First award 2018) level 2

The specification can be found at:
https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/BTEC-Firsts/Sport/2012/Specification-and-sample-assessments/9781446936368_BTECFIRST_AWD_SPORT_SPEC_ISS4.pdf

What examinations and assessments will I have to do?

Unit 1 - Externally assessed examination (Carried out at the end of Year 10)
Unit 2 - Internally assessed through practical sports performance/officiating and written coursework.
Unit 3 - Internally assessed (synoptic) and verified externally by Pearson (Coursework)
Unit 4 - Internally assessed coursework

Content of each unit:

Unit 1 - Components of fitness, principles of training, methods of training and fitness testing
Unit 2 - Rules, regulations and scoring systems of 2 selected sports, demonstration of skills and competitive situation in 2 selected sports, review of performance.
Unit 3 - Musculoskeletal system, cardiorespiratory system, designing a fitness programme, and reviewing fitness programme.
Unit 4 - Effects of personality, motivation, arousal, anxiety and self-confidence on sports performance

KS5 Curriculum Content

BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Sport. This includes 2 compulsory units:

Unit 1 Anatomy and Physiology
Unit 2 Fitness Training and programming for Health, Sport and Well-being

And 2 further units out of:

Unit 3 Professional Development in the Sports Industry
Unit 5 Application of fitness testing
Unit 6 Sports Psychology

Further information on the specification can be found on the website:
https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/BTEC-Nationals/Sport/20161/specification-and-sample-assessments/9781446938096_BTEC_Nat_ExtCert_Sport_SPEC.pdf

Extra-Curricular Sport

Sport plays a very important part in life at our school. We have many successful teams as well as a number of students currently playing at county and national level. Sports Leaders from all year groups help to run sports festivals and competitions for our local primary school children.

Clubs are held throughout the year, and on every day of the week at either lunch time or after school. Please be aware that college clubs do not charge money. Late buses run on a Tuesday and Wednesday, but please be aware that we continue to run after school clubs and fixtures on Thursday after school also.

Students may be selected to represent school teams on fixtures if they have been attending a club. Students will be provided with a letter to take home in this event with details of timings and location. Please be aware there is also a tab for this on the school website.

PE Kit

Compulsory	Preferable	Optional	Not allowed
Navy Okehampton College Polo Shirt	Okehampton College Navy and Gold Rugby Shirt	Navy Okehampton College Hoodie	Heavily patterned bottoms (a stripe at the sides is fine)
Black or Navy bottoms. This can be shorts, leggings, tracksuit bottoms or a skort	Studded footwear, these could be moulds, blades or studs. For use with rugby, tag rugby, and football on the field	Long sleeved warm top to go under the polo in winter months	Bottoms that are not navy or black
Navy blue long football socks (everyone for football, rugby and hockey)			Hoodies during contact sports i.e. contact rugby
Change of socks. These may be white ankle socks, or any colour trainer socks			Ankle socks or long socks in other colours
Trainers			Converse or skate shoes
Shin Pads, for use with hockey and football			Hoodies that are not the Okehampton college hoodie
Gum Shield, for contact rugby and hockey			Any jewellery
			Contact sports without the correct safety equipment (i.e. gum shield, shin pads and studded footwear)

If students are not able to take part in PE please send them with a note, but they will still be expected to change into their PE kit to join in with the lesson, as a coach, referee or assistant.

Please note that we have optional kit available from one specific supplier in a specific design for our EXAM PE students. This should only be worn by students eligible to wear it in Year 10 and 11 as part of their PE course.

Any queries please contact Miss Redstone - Director teaching and learning - PE Faculty on kredstone@okehamptoncollege.devon.sch.uk