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Academic year 2023-24
AIMS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT WYKHAM PARK
At Wykham Park we believe that the Physical Education Programme should be broad, balanced and provide for all individual needs, promoting a healthy lifestyle and lifelong involvement in being active.
Physical Education at Wykham Park aims to develop the whole person physically, mentally, emotionally, socially and aesthetically. We believe it should allow the opportunity to play, perform and evaluate theirs and others’ performance in a safe and enjoyable environment.
Our big drive in PE for this academic year is engagement and getting all students to find their passion for movement and activity. We strongly believe that positive experiences in the subject lead to a happy and healthier young person so we strive to deliver exciting lessons that create a spark for the subject in pupils.
You can keep up to date on all things Wykham Park PE through our social media page on X. Simply follow @aatbanburyPE for all the latest in fixtures, events and pupil achievement.
WHAT ARE WE STUDYING?
During the year, pupils will be given the opportunity to experience the following activities:
Football – Football is our most popular team sport at Wykham Park among both boys and girls. In this unit, pupils will focus on ball familiarisation and moving with the ball, passing and receiving, defending and defensive tactics, attacking principles of play, shooting and small-sided game play. We also offer a chance for competitive play through our inter college 6 a side competition and North Oxfordshire schools fixture list which take place after school and allow our pupils to get some friendly competition and put their learning into practice.
Fundamental Skills – This is a really fun unit we are introducing to our Year 7 curriculum offer. This is designed as the perfect transition into Year 7 and emphasises the key fundamental skills needed across a range of sports while our pupils are at Wykham Park. The unit focuses on the skills of running, jumping, throwing, balance, agility and co-ordination with the aim of providing a fun opportunity to develop these skills through game play.
Rugby – We have had much success in recent years with our school Rugby programme and it is a sport that instils and promotes the core values we hold dear. This unit of work focuses on evasive running, passing and receiving, tackling, attacking principles of play, rucking and mauling, kicking and small sided competitive game play. This year we have included variations on the sport to make it more inclusive to all our pupils. This includes Tag Rugby, Touch Rugby and Rugby X which is brilliant fun and enjoyed by all our pupils.
Netball – Netball is a fast paced and highly competitive sport at Wykham Park. This unit explores and develops the skills of ball handling, identifying space, movement, attacking principles of play, defensive principles, positional play and competitive game play.
Hockey – Hockey is a brilliantly inclusive sport that allows boys and girls to play and compete together. This unit will focus on dribbling, passing and receiving, tackling, attacking principles of play, defensive principles, identifying and exploiting space, shooting and small-sided competitive game play.
Basketball – Basketball requires real hand eye coordination and the skills learnt in this unit will transfer to a number of other sports. We have seen a big increase in popularity over the last 2 years and our extra curricular club allows pupils to put their learning from lessons in to more games focussed environment. At Wykham Park, our 4-week block will focus on dribbling, passing and receiving, shooting, defending, laws of the game and small-sided competitive game play.
OAA – The outdoor education unit involves plenty of opportunities for pupils to work together as a team in order to complete team and individual challenges. The focus for the unit is to provide challenges and opportunities for pupils to problem solve in real time and work towards a common goal. Map reading and navigational skills are also developed with these linking to the Duke of Edinburgh Award we offer at school.
Health Related Fitness – This a great unit for knowledge and understanding as well as providing an opportunity to take part in lots of fun and engaging activities. We link lots of the knowledge in this unit to our KS4 Sport Studies course so pupils can build up their knowledge and expertise. The HRF unit will focus on how to warm up correctly for activity, components of fitness and methods of training to improve different areas of fitness.
Badminton – Badminton is a fast-paced activity and one where our pupils develop and improve quickly. The Badminton unit at Wykham Park will focus on grip and court position, overhead and underhand clear, drop shots, the smash shot, serving, singles and doubles tactics and competitive match play.
Aesthetic Movements and Gymnastics – This unit builds on Fundamental Skills and provides opportunities for students to develop their balance, core strength and group movements. A lot of work in this unit will develop student’s ability to perform a range of movements with control and stability as well as group movements. This year we have managed to secure a large amount of funding for new equipment which makes this unit one of our most popular in school.
Rounders – Co-ordination and teamwork are at the heart of what we do at the beginning of the summer term. The Rounders unit will focus on the core skills of throwing, catching, bowling and striking as well as the thinking skills around fielding roles and positions, tactics and competitive game play. We have an extensive extra curricular fixture programme in place for boys and girls with the opportunity to represent the school in the Summer term.
Cricket – The Cricket unit at will focus on the core skills of throwing, catching, bowling and batting as well as the thinking skills around fielding roles and positions, tactics and competitive game play. Student will get the opportunity to develop their skills in a number of formats including pairs cricket and quick cricket. We also have links to the Oxfordshire Cricket Club who come in to provide some external coaching during the Summer term.
Athletics – The Athletics unit at Wykham Park will cover a range of different events across multiple disciplines. The unit will focus on sprinting, pacing for middle and long distance, jumping (long jump and triple jump), javelin, relay and finish with competitive Olympic style competitions and of course Sports Day. We also provide extra curricular opportunities for students to compete against other schools with a pathway in place for those with a passion to continue their development outside of school.
Sport Education – In KS4 we aim to empower our pupils through our Sport Education units. During this time pupils are encouraged to develop their leadership and teamwork skills. Through a chosen sport pupils are encouraged to deliver their own warm ups, practices and competitive game play within their teams with the aim of gaining points throughout the unit for leadership, punctuality, kit, sportsmanship and fair play.
Other Sports – We are always looking for new and innovative sports for students to try and include a Sports Culture scheme of learning. During this unit students are able to experience sports from around the world to improve their cultural capital and find a passion for activity. These include Handball, Tchoukball, Parkour, Kabaddi, Ultimate Frisbee and Tennis.
OUR CURRICULUM PROVISION
YEAR 7
TERM 1 and 2
In Year 7.Term 1 and 2 students will participate in Fundamental Skills, Touch Rugby and Gymnastics
Key Dates
Assessment weeks: Each unit is assessed every 4 weeks or 8 lessons
TERM 3 AND TERM 4
In Year 7 Term 3 and 4 students will participate in Netball, OAA and Aesthetic Movements
Key Dates
Assessment weeks: Each unit is assessed every 4 weeks or 8 lessons
TERM 5 AND TERM 6
In Year 7 Term 5 and 6 students will participate in Rounders, Athletics, Cricket and Tennis
Key Dates
Assessment weeks: Each unit is assessed every 4 weeks or 8 lessons
OTHER INFORMATION
After School clubs will begin the week commencing 9th January. We will run a number of traditional clubs along with offering pupils the chance to tell us which clubs they would like to run through our student voice survey. These will be displayed by the PE offices.
YEAR 8
TERM 1 and 2
Year 8 Term 1 and 2 students will participate in Touch Rugby, Health Related Fitness and Hockey
Key Dates
Assessment weeks: Each unit is assessed every 4 weeks or 8 lessons
TERM 3 AND TERM 4
Year 8 Term 3 and 4 students will participate in Football, OAA and Aesthetic Movements
Key Dates
Assessment weeks: Each unit is assessed every 4 weeks or 8 lessons
TERM 5 AND TERM 6
Year 8 Term 3 and 4 students will participate in Football, OAA and Aesthetic Movements
Key Dates
Assessment weeks: Each unit is assessed every 4 weeks or 8 lessons
OTHER INFORMATION
After School clubs will begin the 2nd week back after Easter. We will run a number of traditional clubs along with offering pupils the chance to tell us which clubs they would like to run through our student voice survey. These will be displayed by the PE offices.
YEAR 9
TERM 1 and 2
Year 9 girls will participate in Handball, Badminton and Rugby during Term 1 and Term 2.
Year 9 boys will participate in Rugby, Handball and Basketball during Term 1 and Term 2.
In Year 9, there will also be a mixed group who will participate in Badminton, Tag Rugby and Health Related Fitness in Term 1 and Term 2.
Key Dates
Assessment weeks: Each unit is assessed every 4 weeks or 8 lessons
TERM 3 AND TERM 4
Year 9 girls will participate in Netball, Hockey, Gymnastics and Football during Term 3 and Term 4.
Year 9 boys will participate in Football, Health Related Fitness and Sports Culture during Term 3 and Basketball during Term 4.
In Year 9, there will also be a mixed group who will participate in Football, Basketball and Handball in Term 3 and Term 4.
Key Dates
Assessment weeks: Each unit is assessed every 4 weeks or 8 lessons
TERM 5 AND TERM 6
Year 9 girls will participate in Rounders, Tennis and Athletics during Term 5 and Term 6. This is to enable preparation for the external sports fixtures that will be running at this time.
Year 9 boys will participate in Softball, Cricket and Athletics during Term 5 and Term 6. This is to enable preparation for the external sports fixtures that will be running at this time.
Year 9 mixed groups will participate in Tennis, Rounders and Athletics during Term 5 and Term 6. This is to enable preparation for the external sports fixtures that will be running at this time.
Key Dates
Assessment weeks: Each unit is assessed every 4 weeks or 8 lessons
OTHER INFORMATION
After School clubs will begin the 2nd week back following Easter We will run a number of traditional clubs along with offering pupils the chance to tell us which clubs they would like to run through our student voice survey. These will be displayed by the PE offices.
YEAR 10
TERM 1 and 2
Year 10 girls will participate in Badminton, Tchoukball and Netball during Term 1 and Term 2.
Year 10 boys will participate in Rugby, Handball and Tchoukball during Term 1 and Term 2.
In Year 10, there will also be a mixed group who will participate in Basketball, Handball and Netball in Term 1 and Term 2.
OCR Sports Studies: R186
Key Dates
Assessment window:
Students are assessed on an on-going basis with a cumulative grade.
TERM 3 AND TERM 4
Year 10 girls will participate in Football, Hockey and Health Related Fitness during Term 3 and Term 4.
Year 10 boys will participate in Football, Health Related Fitness and Sports Culture during Term 3 and Term 4.
In Year 10, there will also be a mixed group who will participate in Football, Health Related Fitness and Hockey during Term 3 and Term 4.
OCR Sports Studies: R186 + R185
External Exam (OCR) May 2023
Key Dates
Assessment window: WB: 23/1/2023 – OCR only
Students are assessed on an on-going basis with a cumulative grade – OCR.
TERM 5 AND TERM 6
Year 10 girls will participate in Rounders, Cricket and Athletics during Term 5 and Term 6. This is to enable preparation for the external sports fixtures that will be running at this time.
Year 10 boys will participate in Rounders, Cricket and Athletics during Term 5 and Term 6. This is to enable preparation for the external sports fixtures that will be running at this time.
Year 10 mixed groups will participate in Cricket, Rounders and Athletics during Term 5 and Term 6. This is to enable preparation for the external sports fixtures that will be running at this time.
Key Dates
Assessment weeks: OCR only – WB: 1/5/2023
OTHER INFORMATION
After School clubs will begin the 2nd week back following Easter. We will run a number of traditional clubs along with offering pupils the chance to tell us which clubs they would like to run through our student voice survey. These will be displayed by the PE offices.
YEAR 11
TERM 1 AND TERM 2
This year we are following an options pathway for our Year 11 groups which gives them the opportunity to design and implement their own PE curriculum. During term 1 students will gain an understanding of what must be included as part of a broad and balanced national curriculum for PE. From there students will design and create their options for the school year. This will develop decision making skills, justifying a rationale and give them ownership over what is delivered to suit their own preferences.
OCR Sports Studies: R184
Key Dates
Assessment window: WB: 7/11//2022 – OCR only
Students are assessed on an on-going basis with a cumulative grade – OCR.
TERM 3 AND TERM 4
OCR Sports Studies: R184 and R185
Key Dates
Assessment window: WB: 9/1/2023 – OCR only.
Students are assessed on an on-going basis with a cumulative grade – OCR.
KS5
Sport and Physical Activity
For further information, please contact: Mr Lewis Pratt
Cambridge Technicals are vocational qualifications at Level 3 for students aged 16+.
They are designed with the workplace in mind and provide a high-quality alternative to A Levels.
This qualification will develop your knowledge, understanding and skills of the principles of Sport and Physical Activity. You will gain an insight into the sports sector as you investigate opportunities for delivering sport and physical activity to a wide range of participants. How will I be assessed?
The qualification consists of a mixture of internally assessed assignments and assessments and external examination papers. Examinations are either January or June and are undertaken at points throughout the two-year course.
WEBSITES
https://www.bbc.com/education/subjects/zdhs34j
https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/cambridge-nationals/sport-studies-level-1-2-j803-j813/
STAFF CONTACT DETAILS
Lewis Pratt – lpratt@wykhampark-aspirations.org
Sophie Ross – sross@wykhampark-aspirations.org
Lauren Hanson – lhanson@wykhampark-aspirations.org
Tom Bowen – tbowen@wykhampark-aspirations.org
Madi Cook – mcook@wykhampark-aspirations.org
Mark Smith – msmith@wykhampark-aspirations.org
THE PE TOOLBOX
Everything you need to be successful in PE
- Bring your full PE kit to every practical lesson. Spare, clean kit is provided to all students
- A positive attitude to each and every lesson
- Take part in one after school club a week and try to experience as many different activities as you can
- Support your peers and encourage them to achieve