Former Head of PE in secondary school in the North of England with 10+ years teaching experience.
My resources tend to be classroom based lessons for the GCSE PE course and form time resources when the register is done and everyone is staring at me expecting interesting and informative action!
Former Head of PE in secondary school in the North of England with 10+ years teaching experience.
My resources tend to be classroom based lessons for the GCSE PE course and form time resources when the register is done and everyone is staring at me expecting interesting and informative action!
What is leisure?
Interactive task.
The difference between active and passive leisure. Who provides these services and the reasons why. Extension task at the end.
It's called the Christmas quiz just because I used it at Christmas with my GCSE class this year. It can be used at any time. The quiz starts with some multiple choice questions related to the GCSE course before getting into some random and often ridiculous questions that are supposed to be for a bit of fun (but often resulted in arguments between teams when completed)! Feedback, good or bad is appreciated.
These are two game show power-points with 25 questions each on various topics and each worth different points.
Students decide which topic and what points value question they wish to go for. Use the arrows to navigate and reveal the answers.
The topics are as follows:
Board 1:
Capitals
Top Scorers
Trivia
Captains
Badges
Board 2:
Twitter
Host Cities
Famous French
Trivia
French Phrases
The higher the points value, the harder the question so they should be challenging to all. Some of the topics, although related to football and the Euros, require no football knowledge at all making them accessible to all and not just the fanatics looking forward to the tournament.
All you (or your representative) need to do is keep score.
I would consider having teams who nominate an answer before the reveal.
Any feedback, positive or negative, is greatly appreciated.
This is a spreadsheet I used to create greater interest in athletics with my KS3 boys.
Simply fill in your students names and info. and then when they complete an athletics event, their score can be recorded and points are allocated based on their performance. The spreadsheet will add up all their points and rank them so the best all-rounder should accumulate the most points IF they complete all the events.
Also, a colour is given to some scores: Bronze, Silver or Gold, utilising the scoring system from the ESAA Award Scheme.
These 'medals' are hard to achieve in Year 7 but by year 9 there should be a number of students achieving these scores. This is why it's such a good resource to create interest year after year as students attempt to beat their previous scores/times/distances.
Any feedback, positive or negative, is greatly appreciated.
Please note, for girl's, the standards are different and would need to be inputted into the spreadsheet.
This is an ideal activity for form time or even as a lesson starter to come back to over the year with difficult (boys) groups.
The Premier League Quiz has approx 50 questions and match-up activities all in rounds of 10 marks to help you keep tabs on scores. You could even do the quiz over a number of days/weeks as there are 6 separate rounds on topics like 'Last Season', and 'Premier league Legends.'
All the question slides are visually stimulating with either photographs or information boxes to add context and interest.
As an ongoing activity I have included a Premier League prediction sheet that, in conjunction with the powerpoint presentation will allow students to predict what happens in the next season. These sheets can be re-visited periodically to see how accurate they were. A prize could even be awarded for the most accurate.
There is also a number of team selector sheets where students can create their own Premier League team. I have included three different formations and left one blank in case they want to create their own formation.
Any and all feedback gratefully received. Any questions, please let me know.
This is a power point presentation with an attached worksheet.
I created it for a couple of reasons:
The first being that going through all the information would reinforce learning and also to fill in any gaps in understanding.
The second was to allow everyone to have a good set of notes to use as a revision aid, hence the worksheet.
My intention was to fly through the presentation, adding contextual information and answering any questions that are raised. This worked well as it limited opportunities for students to fall behind as it was such a fast pace, you couldn't afford to have a chat or day-dream.
The presentation is littered with questions for students to answer periodically in order to express their understanding.
All questions refer to the pre-release of the AQA exam in 2014 where a local PE teacher was trying to encourage students to take up netball. She was also a player at the local netball club, Westshore. With a little explanation this shouldn't be a problem.
This whole revision unit can take anywhere between 1 hour and 3 hours to complete. Elements can be given as homework if required with the power point made available to students.
Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated whether positive or negative.
This is similar to my Rugby World Cup resource but is significantly bigger. I've designed it as an ongoing resource to be returned to every form time for the duration of the Euro tournament.
It comes with a powerpoint that has all the participating teams on it. If you play the powerpoint then the images will quickly change. Press "S" and the slideshow will stop on a team. Press "S" again to re-start the slideshow. Using this method, each child can randomly select a team to follow. I did this with my form with a prize if their randomly selected team won the tournament. This team will also feature in their booklet as a research project.
The booklet starts with a page about the hosts of the tournament, France. This is a research activity and so access to computers or books will be required. There are two sheets which look identical but this is not the case. One has prompts to assist lower ability students with some French historical characters to research.
The next page looks at the history of the tournament and again has a differentiated version for lower ability students.
Following on from this is a picture quiz where students have to name the winners of the previous tournaments.
Next is a research project where students are asked to design a poster for their previously selected team.
There is a differentiated version for lower ability students with a number of prompt questions to help with research.
The next two sheets direcly relate to Northern Ireland. The first task is to create a song/rap or chant about their nations success. The next task is to design the Northern Ireland football kit.
Next is an art project looking at the work of Robert Delauney, a famous French artist with a particularly bright and vivid style. Students are asked to reproduce his work and this can be extended to adapt a football picture into his style of work and a blank canvas for the truly creative.
There follows a focus on four famous players with an attached fact file and a drawing to colour in. Once this is completed there is a blank fact file for students to pick their favourite player and complete accordingly.
Finally there is a puzzle page with riddles and a word-search. The answers are on the final sheet.
There are a number of ways in which you can run this project:
You could compile the workbooks beforehand and hand them out so that they are differentiated to each class members ability.
You could hand out each page individually and then compile them at the end.
My ideal would be that everyone gets a different sheet so that everyone is doing a different task within the same time frame and then they are compiled at the end.
Any feedback, positive or negative, is greatly appreciated.
This is similar to my Rugby World Cup resource but is significantly bigger. I've designed it as an ongoing resource to be returned to every form time for the duration of the Euro tournament. This is created for England supporters but there is also a complete Home Nations pack as well as individual packs for N.I. and Wales.
It comes with a powerpoint that has all the participating teams on it. If you play the powerpoint then the images will quickly change. Press "S" and the slideshow will stop on a team. Press "S" again to re-start the slideshow. Using this method, each child can randomly select a team to follow. I did this with my form with a prize if their randomly selected team won the tournament. This team will also feature in their booklet as a research project.
The booklet starts with a page about the hosts of the tournament, France. This is a research activity and so access to computers or books will be required. There are two sheets which look identical but this is not the case. One has prompts to assist lower ability students with some French historical characters to research.
The next page looks at the history of the tournament and again has a differentiated version for lower ability students.
Following on from this is a picture quiz where students have to name the winners of the previous tournaments.
Next is a research project where students are asked to design a poster for their previously selected team.
There is a differentiated version for lower ability students with a number of prompt questions to help with research.
The next task is to create a song/rap or chant about their nations success followed by designing a new football kit for England.
Next is an art project looking at the work of Robert Delauney, a famous French artist with a particularly bright and vivid style. Students are asked to reproduce his work and this can be extended to adapt a football picture into his style of work and a blank canvas for the truly creative.
There follows a focus on four famous players with an attached fact file and a drawing to colour in. Once this is completed there is a blank fact file for students to pick their favourite player and complete accordingly.
Finally there is a puzzle page with riddles and a word-search. The answers are on the final sheet.
There are a number of ways in which you can run this project:
You could compile the workbooks beforehand and hand them out so that they are differentiated to each class members ability.
You could hand out each page individually and then compile them at the end.
My ideal would be that everyone gets a different sheet so that everyone is doing a different task within the same time frame and then they are compiled at the end.
Any feedback, positive or negative, is greatly appreciated.
This is similar to my Rugby World Cup resource but is significantly bigger. I've designed it as an ongoing resource to be returned to every form time for the duration of the Euro tournament.
It comes with a powerpoint that has all the participating teams on it. If you play the powerpoint then the images will quickly change. Press "S" and the slideshow will stop on a team. Press "S" again to re-start the slideshow. Using this method, each child can randomly select a team to follow. I did this with my form with a prize if their randomly selected team won the tournament. This team will also feature in their booklet as a research project.
The booklet starts with a page about the hosts of the tournament, France. This is a research activity and so access to computers or books will be required. There are two sheets which look identical but this is not the case. One has prompts to assist lower ability students with some French historical characters to research.
The next page looks at the history of the tournament and again has a differentiated version for lower ability students.
Following on from this is a picture quiz where students have to name the winners of the previous tournaments.
Next is a research project where students are asked to design a poster for their previously selected team.
There is a differentiated version for lower ability students with a number of prompt questions to help with research.
The next task is to create a song/rap or chant about the Welsh teams success. Following on is the next task which is to design a new Welsh football kit.
Next is an art project looking at the work of Robert Delauney, a famous French artist with a particularly bright and vivid style. Students are asked to reproduce his work and this can be extended to adapt a football picture into his style of work and a blank canvas for the truly creative.
There follows a focus on four famous players with an attached fact file and a drawing to colour in. Once this is completed there is a blank fact file for students to pick their favourite player and complete accordingly.
Finally there is a puzzle page with riddles and a word-search. The answers are on the final sheet.
There are a number of ways in which you can run this project:
You could compile the workbooks beforehand and hand them out so that they are differentiated to each class members ability.
You could hand out each page individually and then compile them at the end.
My ideal would be that everyone gets a different sheet so that everyone is doing a different task within the same time frame and then they are compiled at the end.
Any feedback, positive or negative, is greatly appreciated.
This is a differentiated resource designed to help students improve their research skills as well as finding out more information about parkrun.
parkrun is featured on the AQA PE GCSE pre-release material about Lucy and as such, I wouldn't bet against a question or two on parkrun being in the exam.
There are two colours of sheet included, red and blue. Blue have prompt questions and weblinks to assist lower ability students with their research. Red don't and are aimed at higher ability students. Each sheet is slightly different with different questions and different celebrity parkrunners to investigate. It therefore encourages independent learning.
This can be be completed in a lesson if the ICT provision allows for it or as an extension or revision task. It would be ideal for homework too.
They are designed to be printed out on A3.
Any feedback, positive or negative is appreciated.
The first lesson is on the components of fitness, it is a power-point that goes through each element and has an accompanying worksheet for those who are less able. The last task is to rank the components in order of importance for different sports, the worksheet has two different pages for this task so that students using the sheets will have different sports to discuss, eliminating copying and promoting discussion.
The second lesson is on skill-related factors of fitness, again it is a power-point and has an accompanying worksheet for the less able.
Any and all feedback is gratefully received, positive or developmental.
This resource was created for the AQA spec but can easily be adapted should you require.
This years pre-release material for the 2017 AQA GCSE PE exam is about a year 10 student called James.
I'm providing 11 questions on a sheet ready for immediate use as a test or exam. Each answer is worth between 2 and 8 marks. Each answer requires a structured, written answer.
Depending on the ability of the students, the test should last about 55 minutes. For those who finish early, they can mark each others papers with the comprehensive Mark Scheme provided.
Both exam and mark scheme can be retained for future revision work.
Question sheets 1-7 are best printed out on A3. I always kept a few of these in my classroom as extension tasks or homework. They are designed to encourage students to plan an answer before writing.
Q1: Other subjects relevance to PE
Q2: Qualities of a successful first aider
Q3: Funding an athlete
Q4: Unsuitable sponsorship
Q5: Effects of fatigue
Q6: How exercise affects the c/v system
Q7: How correct technique prevents injury
Quiz, quiz, trade is a starter and plenary activity where every student has a slip of paper with a questions and its answer on it. They go around the room and ask someone their question. Once they have answered it, the correct answer is given. Then they swap roles. Once the second question has been answered, they trade questions and find someone new. This can continue as long as you wish but allows for lots of people to ask and be asked questions.
The plenary at the end is simply the teacher asking the questions again. Everyone should be able to provide an answer! I like to have the class all stand up, they can sit down when they've answered a question correctly.
The revision loop is a series of answers with an unrelated question on the bottom. Each student gets one of these slips and has to use their answer to answer someone else's question.
Next, two Tarsia jigsaw puzzles. Simply cut out and muddle up and then re-arrange. Lots of ambiguity to promote discussion and problem solving.
These resources will save hours of prep. and can be used repeatedly as part of your revision.
Any feedback, positive or developmental, is greatly appreciated.
This has been created to allow students to understand the celebration that is the Rugby League World Cup and hopefully foster an interest in a minority sport at a time of year when there is not an awful lot happening in the world of sport.
I've created this so that all students using it can come complete a workbook that is different from everyone else's but also differentiated to their needs. For example, there are three sheets on Legends, each one has a different task that is aimed at different levels of ability.
Students should/could choose or be given a team to follow and have as their nominated team and spark some extra interest in the tournament.
Pages are interchangeable so that fast workers can readily move onto the next page whereas slower workers can sheets that they may access more readily.
Activities include:
*Research activities on the host nations and history of the tournament.
*Creating your own opening ceremony.
*Matching key terms to their definitions.
*Researching nominated team.
*Focus on legendary players.
*And more
This resource can easily be adapted for the other home nations.
Any and all feedback, positive or developmental, is greatly appreciated.
Three lessons.
Glossary with checklist to assess learning after every lesson.
All on powerpoint and accompanied with a worksheet for Low Attainers to complete instead of making notes.
Each lesson begins with a "Do Now," activity for students to complete as soon as they enter the class.
Key terms are discussed at the start of the lesson.
Exam style questions that are differentiated. Students choose whether to answer the 'Normal' questions or to 'Level-Up!'
Tasks within the lessons are a combination of group tasks and individual tasks. It may be an idea to have groups pre-selected.
Lesson 1: PE in School
Lesson 2: Sports Strategies (PESSYP & PESSCL)
Lesson 3: School and Healthy Lifestyles
Powerpoint includes teachers notes at intervals to offer further guidance.
All feedback greatly received.
This is a complete lesson that needs no preparation other than printing the two activity sheets above for some of your students to use.
I used this lesson as a recap for my GCSE PE class after they returned from half term holidays thinking they'd struggle to remember the difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration. I was right, but this lesson lulled them into remembering and applying their notes in a fun and enjoyable way. I was genuinely surprised by how well the lesson went and how much they learned.
Lesson starter is a crossword with all the key terms of the lesson. There are two corsswords, one with a word bank of correct answers and one without to aid differentiation.
The power point contains a youtube link to an old Merrie Melodies cartoon of the fable of the Tortoise and the Hare. It's 8 and a half minutes long and makes for an interesting start to the lesson. My students were surprisingly attentive throughout!
We then had a debate about how we can link this story to demonstrate respiration and it's effects. Once students start to see the link we can begin with the main activity.
Students have to retell the story but using some specific terms that relate to respiration. This task is differentiated in three ways.
For the more able students they should write their story in continuous prose. For intermediate students there is the attached short version of the story to remind them or to stick in their book. For low ability students there is a comic strip for them to annotate or add dialogue.
Any feedback, good or bad is gratefully received.
This years pre-release material for the 2016 AQA GCSE PE exam is about an athlete called Lucy.
I'm providing 11 questions on a sheet ready for immediate use as a test or exam. Each answer is worth between 2 and 8 marks. Each answer requires a structured, written answer.
Depending on the ability of the students, the test should last about 50 minutes. For those who finish early, they can mark each others papers with the comprehensive Mark Scheme provided.
Both exam and mark scheme can be retained for future revision work.
This is a game that I used as a starter in every lesson with my GCSE PE group. It's a simple, fun way of getting little snippets of info. into their heads.
Give each student at least one slip of paper, more able students can have 2 or more.
Each slip has a blue answer, followed by a red question. Every answer corresponds to someone else's question.
Whoever has the "Start," begins by asking their question, whoever has the corresponding answer, states it and then reads out their question. This continues until you get to the finish.
If someone doesn't know they have the answer, get everyone left in the game to read out their answer until the correct one is announced. You can then ask that person the question at the end of the lesson to see if they have retained their knowledge.
My kids loved it and after a couple of weeks it was taking them 2 minutes to complete instead of 10.
Over 100 slides of questions related to the PE GCSE course.
Once the slideshow has begun, the slides will play at super speed and are stopped by the pressing the "S" key. The presentation will stop and a question will be visible. The questions are a variety of styles including:
True or False
Multiple Choice
Missing letters
Etc.
The quiz can be run in a number of ways but I found it best to have students in teams and then, when the question has been selected, you can nominate someone from that team to answer therefore ensuring the student has a question matched to their ability.
This is a powerpoint that on disability in sport. The objective is:
Understand how disabled people participate in sport and what changes sport and facilities need to make to accommodate disabled people.
The lesson covers the following elements:
Categorising disability
How sport has adapted
Facilities
Policy of inclusion
The lesson finishes with two exam style questions and a video that inspires and sparks debate.
The lesson has links to youtube in order to compare NBA basketball to wheelchair basketball.
The lesson comes with a differentiated worksheet for less able students to allow them to concentrate on getting the required content rather than writing. It has been added in Word format and as a PDF for your convenience.
Any and all feedback, positive or developmental, is greatly appreciated.