Currently working in a school teaching Edexcel GCSE PE (New Spec) and BTEC Sport (Level 3).
Resources will primarily be things I produce for my Y11 GCSE group as we work through the new syllabus. Along with resources made at my previous schools / during my PGCE year.
Teaching since 2014. Previous background was in sports coaching and performance analysis at football academies.
Currently working in a school teaching Edexcel GCSE PE (New Spec) and BTEC Sport (Level 3).
Resources will primarily be things I produce for my Y11 GCSE group as we work through the new syllabus. Along with resources made at my previous schools / during my PGCE year.
Teaching since 2014. Previous background was in sports coaching and performance analysis at football academies.
I created these slides to use in practical PE lessons with my GCSE group & displayed them in the sports hall where we do table tennis lessons. I found the criteria for practical sports assessment very wordy and difficult for the students to comprehend what level they are working at, or how to progress to the next level.
It has been really useful to assist with peer assessment in lessons, as students can easily understand what is expected of a performer working at a specific level.
The terminology used was based on the criteria for Edexcel (2016). Other exam boards are very similar, although the grading may differ.
I created a mock assessment to use after teaching the Sport Psychology unit from the new Edexcel GCSE Spec. (Component 2, topic 2). Exam questions found from previous Edexcel assessments with the same / similar content.
Assessment - Follows the structure to that of a real assessment, multiple choice questions, variety of short answer questions and a 9 mark question to finish. Mark scheme included. Asessment /35.
Powerpoint - Goes through each question and reveals answers. Good to use as a feedback lesson.
I created a mock assessment to use after teaching the Socio-cultural influences in sport unit from the new Edexcel GCSE Spec. (Component 2, topic 3). Exam questions found from previous Edexcel assessments with the same / similar content.
Assessment - Follows the structure to that of a real assessment, multiple choice questions, variety of short answer questions and a 9 mark question to finish. Mark scheme included. Asessment /35.
Powerpoint - Goes through each question and reveals answers. Good to use as a feedback lesson.
Created for Edexcel GCSE PE (New Spec 2016)
I used this lesson as a practical way of teaching the theory of how deoxygenated blood becomes oxygenated. I had previously taught a lesson on this so the students had a prior understanding of the heart & blood vessles, and used this as a consolidation lesson / to address misconceptions.
The starter recaps previous learning to label the features of the heart. The rest of the lesson students work in small groups following the journey that blood takes around the body. I did this in the sports hall as there was more space available!
Worksheet included to give some writing tasks to support the lesson. Students really enjoyed the lesson!
I created these slides to use in practical PE lessons with my GCSE group & displayed them in the sports hall where we do netball lessons. I found the criteria for practical sports assessment very wordy and difficult for the students to comprehend what level they are working at, or how to progress to the next level.
It has been really useful to assist with peer assessment in lessons, as students can easily understand what is expected of a performer working at a specific level.
The terminology used was based on the criteria for Edexcel (2016). Other exam boards are very similar, although the grading may differ.
BTEC Sport & Exercise Science (New Spec).
Unit 7 - Biomechanics - Learning Aim A - Linear Motion
Powerpoint & tasks used with Y12 students. Currently working on Learning Aim’s B & C.
18 slides with professional athletes and a component of fitness which the hot seated student needs to guess. (Obviously sit the hot seated student with their back to the board!!)
Great starter / plenary / revision activity which the students really enjoyed. Some struggled with knowing who some of the athletes were, so some discretion may be required to accept answers naming the sport which the athlete is doing, along with the component of fitness given!
I created these slides to use in practical PE lessons with my GCSE group & displayed them in the sports hall where we do handball lessons. I found the criteria for practical sports assessment very wordy and difficult for the students to comprehend what level they are working at, or how to progress to the next level.
It has been really useful to assist with peer assessment in lessons, as students can easily understand what is expected of a performer working at a specific level.
The terminology used was based on the criteria for Edexcel (2016). Other exam boards are very similar, although the grading may differ.
Power point / lesson on exercise, fitness and health.
Includes learning outcomes, starter activity, and main content slides.
Final activity is exam questions based on the topic and mark scheme to self/peer assess.
I created this lesson using last years assessment to help my students understand how to answer questions & get them used to understanding what questions are asking for.
The lesson looks at 3 questions from component 1 - on muscle actions, heart rate and antagonistic muscle pairs.
Includes printable slides to use as support in lesson. The powerpoint breaks down the question & includes model answers & mark schemes to self assess!
I have also created a similar lesson for component 2!
Created to support students with long answer (9 mark) questions in assessments. Question based on muscle fibers for a 5000m runner!
I used a similar lesson to help them write developed statements on shorter responses which they found really useful (lesson resources available - writing developed statements). This lesson focuses on building those same writing skills to 9 mark questions to help them write extended answers with more success.
Lots of my students either wrote lots of simple statements, which restricts them to only 3 marks. Or they wrote the explanation / analysis without the statements / definitions first. This lesson worked really well to support them in writing more concise, and successful answers.
Format of the lesson is to give them the 9 mark question first, I then did some general revision / Q&A / discussion on different topics as a break between answers, and then got them to re-write their answers after discussing how to answer it with more success. Finishing off with a peer assessment task to compare answers.
I then asked them to look back through other 9 mark questions we have done, choose one and have a go using the same structure!
This lesson was created to support students for their revision in preparation for the R041 - Reducing the risk of sports injuries external assessment. (Cambridge National Sports Science Level 2).
Lesson includes:
Introductory task - key word cross word
5 practice exam questions with green pen to self assess
Independant learning using revision sheets (included)
Plenary task - splat using key words
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Created for Edexcel, but easily transferable content to other exam boards.
Includes:
Powerpoint with learning outcomes.
Presents new information on muscles / types of muscles / muscles & movement / antagonistic pairs.
Task - Matching task to identify all muscles (similar to bones activity on skeletal system lesson).
Can be set out like an information relay - detailed muscles information sheet which can be put at the front / outside the room.
Differentiated worksheet to complete.
Tracking sheet created to monitor progress throughout delivery of Component 2. Save time calculating working at grades / progress of students. Formulas used to calculate scores, working at grades, class progress.
Tracking sheet created to monitor progress throughout delivery of Component 2. (Google Sheets)
Includes:
Space to link student work for each task.
Separate cell to input students score for each task
Total score calculated in (column K) to provide score /60
Grade for C2 (based on Jan 23 boundaries) calculated based on the number of column K
Group progress outlined by a count formula added to identify how many students are working at each grade.
Interventions tab:
Space to include any additional information / support that has been provided to students.
*The file downloaded contains a link to a Google Sheets document.
Tracking sheet created to monitor progress throughout delivery of Component 1. Save time calculating working at grades / progress of students. Formulas used to calculate scores, working at grades, class progress.
Tracking sheet created to monitor progress throughout delivery of Component 1. (Google Sheets)
Includes:
Overview tab
Student information (group / SEN / PP / EAL / attendance)
Homework log
Effort log - complete at the end of each month giving a score 1-4 (cells change colour based on values entered)
Behaviour log
Component 1 tab
Space to link student work for each task.
Separate cell to input students score for each task
Total score calculated in (column K) to provide score /60
Grade for C1 (based on Jan 23 boundaries) calculated based on the number of column K
Group progress outlined by a count formula added to identify how many students are working at each grade.
Interventions tab:
Space to include any additional information / support that has been provided to students.
*The file downloaded contains a link to a Google Sheets document.
Created for the Edexcel GCSE PE (New Spec).
Powerpoint includes 3 questions from component 2 - health & performance. (3-6 mark questions).
The focus of the lesson is to help students gain a better understanding of how to interpret questions & know what to include in their answer.
Includes a table of common command words and a brief definition.
Demonstrates how to break down a question before attempting to answer it.
2/3 questions provide model answers which students can assess (WWW/EBI) before answering the question for themselves.
Final question gives students the mark scheme after they have completed it - hopefully hteu will have a better idea of how to gain full marks by this point!
Visual Powerpoint timers included - encouraging students to work on the questions for a realistic amount of time.
Based on Edexcel, but content is easily transferable to other exam boards.
Includes:
Powerpoint and learning outcomes.
Starter activity to recap bones from previous lesson (skeletal system).
Presents new information on joints and types of movement to give an understanding before main task.
Main task to work around the room completing a worksheet on the 8 sports people, identifying joint, joint action and articulating bones.
Differentiated worksheet
Final task students apply their knowledge to exam questions & self/peer assess with given mark scheme.
*I did this lesson in the sportshall, with the powerpoint projected onto the wall, with the pictures printed and stuck around the hall. This gave space for the students to work & you could see them performing the actions on the pictures to try and figure out the joint / bones which are involved in the movement! The students really enjoyed the lesson & were really engaged throughout!
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Lesson plan and learning outcomes. Starter activity to recap previous lessons on health and skill related components of fitness.
Differentiated question sheets on each skill related component of fitness - give each student one question sheet for them to answer. (All questions on a particular component of fitness are the same, the low ability sheets have sentence starters, the middle sheets have hint questions and the high ability sheets have bonus marks!).
Peer assess - with given hints on the power point of what to look for.
Model answers provided for each question, students can then compare to their own answers and make additional changes to perfect their answer.
I found this really useful as lots of my students have a good understanding of the content, but struggle to apply it to (sometimes fairly easy!) exam questions.
GCSE PE - Component 1 Exam practice revision lesson (Edexcel 2016)
Includes:
Silent starter activity - mulitple choice exam questions
Breakdown of three exam questions from past papers, with helpful hints to support more independent answers (PEB).
Worksheets for more / less able students to complete exam questions on.
Green pen activity to peer/self assess answers.
Plenary activity to review keywords / definitions.
Includes:
Revision questions on components of fitness (Differentiated). I did this by giving pairs one of the 3 cards (high ability / middle / low ability) and getting them to choose a question to answer. They needed to create a mark scheme of what they thought should go into a good answer for their question. The questions can then be answered by another pair who give their answer back, and have it marked by the students.
Components of fitness loop card game - Print and cut the cards from the power point and hand out to the students. The first one stands up and reads out the question on their card, and the person who has the answer stands up and carries it on. (The cards are printed in the correct order so will need shuffling before handing out!!)
The students really enjoyed the loop card game! Creating mark schemes can be difficult, but once they get the hang of it their exam answers will massively improve!