Why choose GCSE PE?

GCSE PE should encourage students to:

• Develop knowledge, understanding, skills and values 
• Develop and maintain their performance in physical activities and understand the benefits to health, fitness and well-being
• Develop theoretical knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin physical activity and sport and use this knowledge to improve performance
• Understand how the physiological and psychological state affects performance in physical activity and sport
• Perform effectively in different physical activities by developing skills and techniques and selecting and using tactics, strategies and/or compositional ideas
• Develop their ability to analyse and evaluate to improve performance in physical activity and sport
• Understand the contribution which physical activity and sport make to health, fitness and well-being
• Understand key socio-cultural influences which can affect people’s involvement in physical activity and sport
• Be inspired, motivated and challenged, and enable them to make informed decisions about

Assessment 
Paper one: 

• The human body and movement in physical activity and sport 
• Written exam (1 hour 15 minutes) worth 30% of GCSE

Paper two: 

• Socio-cultural influences and well-being in physical activity and sport 
• Written exam (1 hour 15 minutes) worth 30% of GCSE

Practical performance in physical activity and sport 

• Internal assessment (external moderation) worth 40% of GCSE
• Students are assessed as player/performer in three different activities (team, individual and a third from either team or individual) (30% of grade) 
• Plus written/verbal analysis and evaluation of performance (10% of grade) 
• 60% is exam, 10% is coursework and 30% is practical performance

What we expect from you

• An enthusiasm for PE and Sport
• Participation in at least 1 extra curricular activity or sport outside of school
• Good level of effort and determination in PE lessons
• Good organisational skills (Bring kit to every lesson)
• Do not pick this course if you just want to play sport, it is heavily weighted on written work! 
• We expect you to put as much effort into this as you do playing sport

Please remember it is 60% is exam, 10% is coursework and 30% is practical performance

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