Core Physical Education (PE)

Curriculum Intent

Our vision is to:

Ensure students are taught to be responsible, respectful and determined to lead a Healthy Active Lifestyle and be as ambitious as the National curriculum for physical education through team and individual games, athletics, trampolining, dance and outdoor and adventurous activities to promote healthy active lives here and beyond Hathershaw.
Develop fitness levels, allowing students to continue to be physically active outside of their educational setting where health is worse than England’s average. The latest figures shows that 41.9 of year 7 students across Oldham were overweight including obese when they were in Year 6.
Ensure students are inspired and fully engaged in the benefits of Physical Activity through the new Concept Curriculum that is being developed.
Develop employability skills through the new concept curriculum (trialled by year 7) for example resiliance, organisation, adaptability, communication, problem solving and team work highlighting that these are transferable across multiple subjects and settings to students who are exposed to a town economy of low skilled and low wage enterprise.
Inspire and motivate older students (KS4) by allowing the students democratically to tailor their own curriculum each year depending on the most favoured activities
Broaden the opportunities of all students through extra-curricular experiences, trips, visits and being coached by certified national governing body coaches
To provide an opportunity to increase life expectancy and reduce mental health problems by inspiring a body of performers and leaders who can organise; drills which will improve performance, competitions including participating in a number of different roles, share their tactical knowledge changing this when and where appropriate and justifying these changes, therefore allowing students the opportunity to continue being active outside of their educational setting.

KS3 Curriculum Overview

Key Stage 3 Curriculum Overview

	Year 7 Skills	Year 8 Skills		Year 9 Skills
Outdoor and Adventurous Activities	Students to be taught how to problem solve using a number of different strategies, be part of team to solve these problems, begin to understand maps control markers and orientation of maps.	Students to develop their communication skills during team building activities, map reading skills, compass work and pacing.		Not completed in this Year
Fitness	Students to be taught the components of fitness, how they are used within different sports, how to conduct fitness tests and experience circuit training, hollow sprints and accelerated sprints	Students to be taught how to use free weights, plan a session which would help a specific sports performer, complete and plan a fartlek training session. Comparing fitness results to national data	Students to be taught what target zones are and use them effectively in a circuit. Apply the principles of frequency, intensity, time and type within a circuit. Experience a fitness session which looks at the principle of training; specificity, progressive overload and individual needs.
Netball	Students to be taught the basic techniques of footwork, passing, the sprint dodge, shooting and 2nd phase defending and spatial awareness	Students to develop their skills to include pivoting, signalling and catching a ball, passing across court to provide space, the split foot landing when shooting, rebounding, jump and turn when defending a shot and a fake dodge	Students to develop their skills to include running footwork, one handed catching and the twisting dodge.
Football	Students to be taught the techniques of the short pass, dribbling, turning, control with the feet and accuracy of shooting	Students to develop their skills to include using longer varied passing, dribbling with two feet to beat a defender, throw ins, controlling with the chest and thigh and outwitting a defender to create space to shoot	Students to develop their skills to include lofted passes and through balls, beating a defender with and without a ball, heading and taking corners/free kicks
Dodgeball	Students to be taught the skills of the rush and flick, throwing accuracy, how to catch a dodgeball and blocking	Students to develop their skills of slingshot, catching at different heights, speeds and on the move, blocking direction and a dive and roll dodge	Students to develop their skills and begin to use tactics both in attack and defence which includes numbers, pincer, same and sacrifice
Cricket	Students to be taught the basic techniques of the bowling action, the grip and stance in batting, how to throw a ball overarm and how to catch a ball using two different techniques	Students to develop their skills to include retrieval of a ball and aiming at the wickets, the back lift and step in batting, leading to playing specific shots such as the defensive and straight drive and bowling with the correct line	Students to develop their skills to include pace and spin in bowling, the pull shot in batting, attacking and defensive tactical play and the individual positions and their significance in the game
Rounders	Students to be taught the basic techniques of bowling, catching, throwing, batting and fielding. Use the correct fielding positions in games	Students to develop their skills to include movement towards the ball when catching, throwing with accuracy towards the bases, bowling to include the fast bowl and hitting with power	Students to develop their skills to include placement when batting, the donkey drop in bowling, one handed catching and the chase and turn
Athletics	Students to be taught the skills of a sprint start, the drive and an angled start when sprinting, a one to two jump with leg and arm drive in long jump, pacing during a middle distance run, the downwards sweep in the relay, a basic stance when throwing a shot put, javelin and discus.	Students to develop their skills of sprinting using the leg and arm drive and the lean in the 200m, using a 9 pace run up in the long jump, using the upwards sweep in the relay, using the shuffle in the shot putt, the cross overs in javelin and the 360 degree turn in the discus.	Students to develop their skills of sprinting using the finish line dip, the hang in the long jump, the full run up in javelin and the South African turn in the discus.
Trampolining	Students to be taught the basic skills of straight bouncing, basic shapes a half twist, the seat and front landing	Students to develop their skills and add swivel hips, a full twist, seat to front and a back landing	Students to develop their skills to include twisting in and twisting out of landing positions
Basketball	Students to be taught the techniques of dribbling with control, pivoting with the ball, using the cross over to beat a defender, shooting using the set shot and lay up and basic defence	Students to develop their skills to include dribbling with both hands, passing on the move, ways of defending interception, rebounding, using angles and the jump stop when using the set shot and the layup during fast breaks.	Students to develop their skills to include passing and moving using the 3 man weave, the lay up on the non dominant side and use a zonal defence.
Handball	Students to be taught the basic skills of passing, catching, one handed dribbling, blocking, marking and creating space	Students to develop their skills of a jump pass, footwork, a fast break and shooting from the side	Students to develop their skills of using a variety of different passes depending on the situation they face, beating a defender whilst dribbling, the use of a tackle when preventing a shot, shooting using different angles and the jump shot.
Dance	Students to be taught the importance of actions, space, dynamics and relationships within dance. Students to devise their own dance using a specific piece of music.	Students to be taught the importance of actions, space, dynamics and relationships within dance. Students to devise their own dance using a specific piece of music.

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Curriculum Overview

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PE SMSC Statement

In Core PE, SMSC and British Values are promoted as an integral part of the subject. The subject naturally provides students with a sense of enjoyment and fascination in learning about the world around them fostering a culture of enjoyment and fascination about a plethora of activities. As an example, PE allows students to use a range of social skills that can be developed in a variety of different situations. Students have the opportunity to mix in a social capacity with their peers from an array of different religions, ethnic and socio economic backgrounds. Students in PE have the opportunity to participate in many different social settings, including by volunteering through our Sports Leaders programme and extensive extra-curricular programme to cooperating well with others as part of a team.

Physical Education is embedded with the fundamental British Values and students have an acceptance and positive engagement of these values throughout their PE lessons. Democracy is demonstrated by the nominations and democratic voting process that has established a school sports council, with each year group having a female and male representative. Rule of Law is entwined with the rules of all the sports the students participate in. Students across the Key stages are given the opportunity in the role of match officials to enforce the rules of the games and the participants to act in accordance with these rules to ensure the sport is played in a safe and fair manner. This is particularly prominent at Key Stage 4 where the curriculum is planned around the Roles and Responsibilities of both leaders and officials. Lessons are planned to allow students to be creative and express their skills and knowledge, linking kindly to their individual liberties.

Physical Education gives every student the opportunity to develop skills and attitudes that they can take with them in to all areas of their educational and home lives. The level of co-operation with team sports, the development of leaders and the respect and tolerance of their peers and staff alike stands the students in a positive position to fully contribute in modern Britain. Students are provided with regular opportunities to self-reflect through both Key Stages where analysis of their own performance and that of others plays an integral role.

Students participating in PE at Hathershaw develop a high level of social conscience. Through PE, students are taught the difference between right and wrong, they are taught the rules of the games/sports they play and are encouraged to deploy these high moral values through all areas of their lives. Physical Education allows students to express their own views on moral and ethical issues, for example, the question is often posed regarding the use of prohibited drugs in sport to enhance performance. Students are comfortable sharing these views discussions are often formulated based on differing viewpoints.

The cultural and spiritual aspects of physical education are threaded through the curriculum. Students have had opportunities to play sports not necessarily linked with the sporting culture of Britain, but games such as Kabaddi have allowed students to experience different cultures and gain an understanding of the heritage of others. The PE Faculty runs annual trips to Professional Football (Male and Female) and Netball Games that allow the students to experience different sporting and cultural opportunities. Thus allowing students to be more imaginative and creative in their PE lessons when given the responsibility of creating their own practises and developing their own strategies and tactics.