KS3 PE Theory lessons – Year 8 – Sports psychology / Socio-cultural influences

These lessons were created to be embedded into the KS3 curriculum and give students a taste of what studying PE at KS4 entails. The aim of these lessons is to give students a basic understanding of key topics studied in GCSE PE and engage students in a different way of learning in KS3 PE lessons which would normally be completely practically based.
Students will complete one theory lesson during each block of practical lessons throughout the year (one theory lesson every 6-7 weeks). Throughout KS3 students should develop a basic understanding of all topics before starting GCSE PE in year 10.
The lessons were tailored to the Edexcel GCSE PE (2016) specification and each year group focuses on a different topic within their lessons.
*Would be suitable for other GCSE PE qualifications with similar content.
*Also useful as a wet weather / cover lesson to keep students engaged in a classroom.

Included:

• 7 lessons based around one ‘Big Question’ on Sport psychology and Socio-cultural influences.
• A graphic organiser / booklet which can be printed out and given to students to work in each lesson (in place of working in an exercise book).
• A PowerPoint with all 7 lessons – Each lesson including…
  o Title slide
  o Engage/starter tasks
  o Shared learning outcomes – using big & small question
  o Share new information – Students fill in the blanks in their booklets to gather new information shared in the lesson.
  o Mini plenaries to check understanding throughout the lesson.
  o Tasks – Application activities where students demonstrate their learning.
  o Final task is to complete the ‘small question’ for the lesson which involves an extended answer. Hints included to support students with what to include and a ‘WAGOLL’ of what a good one looks like!
  o Plenary task to wrap up the lesson.
• Links to GCSE curriculum: Each lesson includes GCSE content which has been simplified / scaffolded to be suitable for younger students. Extended answers to the small question at the end of the lesson use the same ‘PEB’ structure that is encouraged at GCSE level (Point, Explain, Benefit).
• *Some videos which were initially embedded into the PPT have been removed to reduce file size. Links for the videos have been posted into the slides.