Year 9 PE Options

1. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
WEST HATCH HIGH SCHOOL

2. CONTENTS
■ Introduction
■ Course Requirements
■ Exam Success
■ Programme Overview
■ Exam Assessment
■ Practical Assessment
■ Team Sports/ Individual Sports
■ Further Progressions
■ Recent Success
■ Further Information

3. INTRODUCTION
■ OCR LEVEL 1/2 GCSE (9-1) IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION offers a practical and engaging course that will
equip learners with knowledge, understanding, skills and value to develop and maintain their
performance in physical activities and understand the benefits to health, fitness and well-being.
■ GCSE PE is a 2 year course (Year 10 & Year 11) that covers:
- Physical factors affecting performance (Theoretical exam paper)
- Socio- cultural issues and sports psychology (Theoretical exam paper)
- Performance in physical education (Non Exam Assessment)
■ 2 hours of high quality teaching per week (2 theory based lesson)
■ Highly experienced teachers of GCSE Physical Education
■ Very high expectations

4. COURSE REQUIREMENTS
■ No prior knowledge, skills, understanding or learning of the subject is required.
HOWEVER LEARNERS MUST HAVE:
■ An interest and affection for sport and physical education.
■ An interest in health & well-being.
■ Sound practical ability (Performance in outside/ school extra-curricular sport is desirable).
■ A sound science background (interest in biology/ physiology).
■ Strong dedication and commitment to study.

5. PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
CONTENT OVERVIEW ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW
Applied anatomy and physiology
Physical training
Physical factors affecting performance (01)
60 marks
1 hour written paper
30% of total GCSE
Socio-cultural influences
Sport psychology
Health, fitness and well-being
Socio-cultural issues and sports psychology (02)
60 marks
1 hour written paper
30% of total GCSE
Practical assessment
Evaluating and Analysing
Performance (AEP)
Performance in physical education (03)
80 marks
Non-exam assessment
40% of total GCSE

6. EXAM ASSESSMENT (60%)
Physical factors affecting performance (01) Socio-cultural issues and sports psychology (02)
30% of total GCSE 30 % of total GCSE
60 marks – 1 hour paper 60 marks – 1 hour paper
Applied anatomy & physiology
- The structure & function of skeletal system
- The structure & function of muscular system
- Movement analysis
- The cv and respiratory systems
- Effects of exercise
Physical Training
- Components of fitness
- Applying the principles of training
- Preventing injury in physical activity and training
Socio-cultural Influences
- Engagement patterns of different social groups in
physical activities and sports
- Commercialisation of physical activity and sport
- Ethical and socio-cultural issues in physical activity and
sport
Sport Psychology
Health, fitness and well-being
- 2 THEORETICAL EXAM PAPERS

7. NON- EXAM ASSESSMENT (40%)
■ Assessed in 3 practical activities.
■ Assessed in 1 performance analysis task.
Practical Performance
- Internally assessed.
- Pupils can be assessed in the role of player/ performer.
- Pupils select 1 team sport, 1 individual sport and one other from the list provided (overleaf).
- Learners are required to demonstrate effective performance, the use of tactics or techniques and the
ability to observe rules and conventions under supplied conditions.
Analysing and evaluating Performance (AEP) - Coursework
- Learners are required to demonstrate their ability to analyse and evaluate their own performance.
- Learners analyse aspects of personal performance in a practical activity.
- Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the performances.
- Produce action plan which aims to improve the quality of their performance.

8. OCR TEAM SPORTS
TEAM SPORTS RECOGNISED BY OCR
Acrobatic Gymnastics Goal ball Rugby Union
Association football Handball Sailing
Badminton Hockey Sculling
Basketball Hurling Squash
Blind Cricket Ice hockey Table Cricket
Camogie Incline roller hockey Table Tennis
Cricket Lacrosse Volleyball
Dance Netball Water Polo
Figure skating Powerchair football Wheelchair basketball
Futsal Rowing Wheelchair rugby
Gaelic Football Rugby League

9. INDIVIDUAL SPORTS
INDIVIDUAL SPORTS RECOGNISED BY OCR
Amateur boxing Equestrian Snowboarding
Must be on snow, but can be indoor or outdoor
Cannot be assessed with skiing
Athletics Golf Squash
Cannot be assessed with doubles
Badminton
(Cannot be assessed with doubles)
Gymnastics Swimming
Cannot be synchronised
Boccia Kayaking
(Cannot be assessed with canoeing, sculling or
rowing)
Table Tennis
Cannot be assessed with doubles
Canoeing Polybat Tennis
Cannot be assessed with doubles
Cycling
(Track or road cycling only)
Rock Climbing
(Can be indoor or outdoor)
Trampolining
Dance
(Cannot be used as both team and individual activity)
Sculling
(Cannot be assessed with canoeing, kayaking or
rowing)
Cross Country running (Cannot be assessed with athletics)
Diving
(Platform Diving)
Skiing
Must be on snow, but can be indoor or outdoor
Cannot be assessed with snowboarding
Sailing
Windsurfing
OCR INDIVIDUAL SPORTS

10. THE NEXT STEP & FURTHER PROGRESSIONS
Higher Education
■ Suitable of learners intending to pursue AS or A Levels, higher education in Physical Education.
■ Suitable for leaners intending to pursue BTEC Level 3 Qualification in Sport.
Further Education
■ Provides a platform to understanding the human body/ human behaviour and so suitable introduction to further study/ university study in
social sciences or human sciences.
- Sports and Exercise Science
- Sports Psychology
- Sports Therapy
- Physiotherapy
Career Prospects
■ Any career involved in physical activity and sport; For example…
- Sports Development
- Coaching and Teaching in Sport and Physical Activity
- Personal fitness/ training
- Physiology
- Sports Analysis
- Sports Nutrition

11. Further Information
■ For any questions, queries or further information in relation to OCR GCSE (9-1) in Physical
Education please to not hesitate to contact the PE department.
Head of Department – Mr A. D’Silva
adsilva@westhatch.net
2nd in Dept. – Miss C. Huggins
chuggins@westhatch.net
Useful Information
www.ocr.org.uk/gcsephysicaleducation