Physical Education
What will I learn?
You will learn how to:
- Improve your performance in a range of activities
- Gather data on performance
- Identify weaknesses and practise to develop them
- Improve your level of fitness
- Contribute to teams through a tactical awareness of performance
- Analyse and evaluate performance
How will I learn?
You will learn mainly through practical performance in a range of activities selected by the members of the class. By specialising in PE, you will participate in 3 practical lessons a week. Occasionally, learning will be supplemented by a classroom lesson to develop literacy skills (identify, describe, explain, analyse and evaluate) required for progress in PE.
How will I be assessed?
You will be assessed on how well you can:
- Demonstrate accuracy, control and creativity in movement
- Practise, consolidate and refine skills to improve performance
- Develop and sustain levels of fitness
- Develop leadership skills by contributing to groups and teams
- Analyse and discuss performance and identify areas where improvements can be made
Career Opportunities
Students that enjoy Physical Education should consider careers in; Sports Coaching, Professional Sport, Fitness Instructor, Teaching, Physiotherapy, Personal Trainer, Sports Journalism, Sports Science and Sports Medicine.
Dance
What will I learn?
You will learn how to:
- Participate in different dance styles by developing a wider range of performance skills
- Choreograph different dance motifs
- Analyse technical aspects of dance and express opinions about your own and others work
How will I learn?
You will learn by taking part in dance from a range of styles and cultures. Occasionally, learning will be supplemented by a classroom lesson to develop choreography and the language required to analyse and explain dance performance.
How will I be assessed?
You will be assessed on how well you can:
- Apply your performance skills to dance with accuracy, control, body awareness, sensitivity and movement flow
- Use ideas to choreograph dance motifs in creative ways
- Analyse technical aspects of dance and evaluate your own and others performance
Career Opportunities
Students that enjoy Dance should consider careers in; Dance Performer, Dance Teacher, Dance Choreographer, Dance Art Director and Community Dance Management.
