Courses

AS/A2 Physical Education

Central Foundation Boys' School and Highbury Grove School

Course Outline

PE is an excellent course for students that are interested in how the body performs in sporting contexts and the influences of society and psychology on performance. In the first year students study the skeletal and muscular systems, motion and movement, the cardiovascular and respiratory systems plus socio-cultural factors influencing participation.

At A2 students examine historical aspects and psychology of sport as well as focusing on an area of interest to produce a project that contributes 20% of their final grade.

AS
Unit 1: An Introduction to Physical Education
Candidates will acquire an appreciation of topic areas including anatomy and physiology, acquiring movement skills and socio-cultural studies relating to participation in physical activity.

Unit 2: Acquiring, developing and evaluating practical skills in Physical Education
Candidates will experience activities from across different activity and work towards responding to a live performance in one of their own assessed activities.

A2
Unit 1: Socio-Cultural –Comparative Studies
Candidates will acquire an appreciation of the factors that impact upon participation and competence in physical activity in each of the United Kingdom (UK), the United States of America (USA) and Australia.

Unit 2: Sports Psychology
Candidates will acquire an appreciation of the sports psychology factors that impact upon participation and competence in physical activity.

Unit 3: Exercise and Sport Physiology
Candidates will acquire an appreciation of how the body changes as a result of physical activity.

Course Structure

Year 12
Term 1 Anatomy and Physiology
Term 2 Acquiring movement skills
Term 3 Socio-cultural studies
On-going practical coursework throughout the year (no written coursework)

Year 13
Term 1 Comparative studies
Term 2 Sports Psychology
Term 3 Exercise and Sport Physiology
On-going practical coursework (no written coursework)

Entry Requirements

6 GCSEs at Grade C or above including English and Mathematics and at least a B grade in PE and Science. Students must compete at a high level in at least two sports.

Assessment

Unit 1 is externally set and externally assessed by means of a written paper (2 hours).

Unit 2 is externally set, internally assessed and externally moderated. Candidates are assessed in two chosen activities from two different activity profiles and in a response to a live performance.

Unit 3 is externally set and externally assessed by means of a written paper (2 hours 30 minutes).

Unit 4 is externally set, internally assessed and externally moderated. Candidates are assessed in one chosen activity and in a response to a live performance.