Physical Education

Our five full time and two part time PE teachers work out of the, on campus, Moulton Sports Complex with excellent facilities including:

* Multi Purpose Sports Hall
* Fitness Room
* Floodlit Synthetic Hockey/Football Pitch
* 6 Floodlit Tennis Courts
* 4 Floodlit Netball Courts also used as an additional football area

Also on the school grounds are a large gym, football and rugby pitches and a further sports field for athletics.

PE teaches students about the importance of exercise and allows them to develop skills in a variety of different sports, both individual and team based. We believe in giving all our students the opportunity to play fulfilling roles within their teams, feel rewarded for their achievements whatever their skill level and benefit from enjoying exercise in a safe environment.

KEY STAGE 3

In Years 7 - 9 students benefit from 3 lessons per week of physical education. The lessons are practical and teach the knowledge, skills and understanding through four areas of activity:

* Games activities
* Gymnastic activities
* Athletic activities
* Outdoor and adventurous activities

YEARS 10 - 11

In Years 10 - 11 students will continue to benefit from 2 practical PE lessons per week ensuring regular exercise. Alternatively PE is offered as an option at GCSE.

GCSE

Students who opt to take PE at GCSE level participate in an additional 3 lessons per week. We follow the Edexcel scheme of work for GCSE. It is a two year course consisting of three elements:

Theory - classroom based lessons teach the students:

* Factors affecting participation and performance including some anatomy & physiology, skill acquisition, motivation and social issues
* Health, fitness and training principles and methods
* Safety issues and injury prevention/treatment

There is one written examination of 1 hour 45 mins (40% of final mark)

Practical Coursework - Candidates are assessed in practical PE lessons against criteria set out by the examining body.

The four highest activity scores count toward their final mark at least one of which must be for an individual activity. (50% of final mark)

Analysis - Students will analyse the performance of themselves/others in one activity using their theoretical knowledge and applying it to a practical situation.

The observations will be assessed against criteria set out by the examining body. (10% of final mark)

EXTRA CURRICULAR

We offer a variety of sports and fitness clubs both at lunchtimes and after school including: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Fitness, Football, Hockey, Netball, Rounders, Rugby, Table Tennis, Tennis and Trampolining

Competitions

We regularly host house matches at lunchtimes in various team sports and run an annual sports day giving everyone the chance to make a valuable contribution to their house through sport.

There is also a busy programme of inter school competitions in which we field teams.