Highworth Warneford offers a high-quality physical education curriculum, which inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. We aim to provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way, which supports their health and fitness.

Overall Aims

The national curriculum for physical education aims to ensure all pupils:

• Develop competence in a broad range of physical activities
• Are physically active for sustained periods of time
• Engage in competitive sports and activities
• Lead healthy and active lives.

Range of Activities

KS3

Pupils receive 4 hours of PE over a two-week timetable covering a variety of activities

Rugby	Football	Netball	Basketball
Hockey	Gymnastics	Dance	Softball
Badminton	Tennis	Cricket	Rounders
Handball	Athletics	Gaelic Football	Lacrosse
Health Related Exercise

 

KS4

Pupils get the opportunity to choose their activity options, which they participate in for 3 hours over the two-week period, triple scientists only take part in 2 hours over the 2-week period.

Rugby	Football	Netball	Basketball
Hockey	Table Tennis	Dance	Volleyball
Badminton	Tennis	Cricket	Rounders
Handball	Gymnastics	Athletics	Fitness
Trampolining	Cheerleading	Alternative Sports

 

Inter-House matches are held in different sports throughout the year, as well as a Year 7 swimming gala and Sports day in the summer term. Numerous extra-curricular activities and competitive fixtures are offered at lunch times and after school to further improve students’ skill development and promote a healthy active lifestyle.

We offer a number of Physical Education trips including football and netball tours and a ski trip.

    

Sports Science – OCR Level ½ Cambridge National Certificate

Who is this qualification for?

This qualification is for students aged 14-16 who wish to develop applied knowledge and practical skills in Sport Studies. Those pupils who have a keen interest in the theory of sport, want to learn about how the body works, who may feel they want to become a sports teacher, coach, physiotherapist, performance scientist, sports rehabilitation, facilities manager, health promotion officer, outdoor leadership and coaching.

What will the student’s study as a part of this qualification?

Unit 1 – Sport Injuries

Students learn how to prepare participants to take part in physical activity so that they minimise the risk of injuries. They also learn how to respond to common sporting injuries and how to recognised the symptoms of some common medical conditions.

Unit 2 – Applying principles of training

Students develop knowledge and understanding of the principles of training and how to keep performers in peak physical condition. They apply practical skills in fitness testing and in designing bespoke training programmes to suit individual requirements.

Unit 3 – The body’s response to physical activity

Students explore how the body changes and responds to physical activity. They develop knowledge and understanding of the musculoskeletal and cardio-respiratory systems and some of the changes that occur in response to physical activity, both short term and long term.

Unit 4 – Sports Nutrition

Students explore the role that diet plays in different sports and activities and the importance of a health, balanced diet that includes essential nutrients in the correct quantities. They use the knowledge they gain to produce an appropriate, effective diet plan for a performer.

Which subjects will complement this course?

The Cambridge National Certificate in Sport is equivalent in size to a GCSE and will take 120 guided learning hours (GLH) to deliver. The qualification is complemented by a wide range of GCSE’s, including Biology, Sociology, Chemistry, Maths and English. This qualification is part of a larger suite of Level ½ Cambridge Nationals in Sport Studies.

Sport Studies – OCR Level ½ Cambridge National Certificate

Who is this qualification for?

This qualification is for students aged 14-16 who wish to develop applied knowledge and practical skills in Sport Studies. Those pupils who have a keen interest in sport, have a good knowledge of at least an individual and team sport, who may feel they want to become a sports teacher, coach, work in the leisure industry, sports journalist, outdoor leadership and coaching.

What will the student study as part of this qualification?

Unit 1 - Contemporary Issues of Sport  

This first topic of study is on contemporary issues in sport. This topic covers:

• Issues relating to participation levels in sport, including potential barriers to participation.
• The promotion values and ethical behaviour through sport
• The role of highprofile sporting events and features such as legacy, investment and the benefits and drawbacks of these events.
• The role of national governing bodies in sport and their impact on wider society.

Unit 2 – Developing Sport Skills

Develop their skills and technique and improve their use of tactics and strategies in an individual and in a team sporting activity, applying different practice methods to improve their performance, officiate in a sporting activity, in a number of different roles. This tends to be more of a practical module.

Unit 3 – Sports Leadership

Pupils will learn the personal qualities, styles, roles and responsibilities associated with effective sports leadership. They need to plan and deliver a sports activity session, but also evaluate their own performance in delivering the sports session.

Unit 4 – Sports and the Media.

Pupils will learn how sport is covered across all types of the media. They will look at positive and negative effects that media can have on sport, as well as understanding the relationship between sport and media. Lastly, pupils will evaluate the value of media coverage in sport.

Which subjects will complement this course?

This Cambridge National Certificate in Sport is equivalent to a GCSE and will take 120 guided learning hours (GLH) to deliver. This qualification is complemented by a wide range of GCSE’s, including Biology, Sociology, Chemistry, Maths and English. This qualification is part of a larger suite of Level ½ Cambridge Nationals in Sport Studies.

KS3

Year 7

Pupils will arrive to us with different experiences.

We have some sessions to set our pupils so they gain the best experience possible. The sets are changeable depending on how pupils progress.

Our aim for Year 7 is to learn basic skills and basic rules of every activity covered. Then start to develop these basic skills.

We want our pupils to understand the importance of warming up before activities and the immediate effects of exercise on their bodies.

Year 8

Our aim for Year 8 pupils is to develop the basic skills taught in Year 7 (This will be group dependent). Pupils will be expected to use more subject specific language. Pupils will also start to develop placing skills, with success, into game-based situations.

We want our pupils to be able to carry out their own warm ups in some lessons and also understand the immediate and short-term effects on the body.

Pupils will also start to look at basic tactics within conditioned and full game situations.

Year 9

Our aim for Year 9 pupils is to continue building on their prior learning (This will again be group dependent).

Pupils will start to learn set plays and start to develop tactics where appropriate. Some more able pupils will start to officiate in some lessons.

Pupils will learn some leadership skills throughout the sessions and develop these so they may be able to lead some small activities to their peers.

Pupils will carry out warm ups by themselves and understand the immediate, short and long-term effects of exercise on the body.

 

With all year groups we acknowledge that pupils will progress differently and therefore may be starting at different stages to the learning suits them.  

Kit Requirements 

Please see the whole school uniform page for our PE kit requirements.