{"id":327,"date":"2019-08-29T11:06:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T11:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:31:50","slug":"s3-physical-education-improving-performance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/s3-physical-education-improving-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"S3 Physical Education &#8211; Improving Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the course about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The S3 Improving Performance PE course is designed to help you become a stronger, smarter, and more confident performer across a variety of sports. You\u2019ll focus on both practical skills and theoretical knowledge to prepare for National 4\/5 PE.<br \/>\nKey aspects include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developing practical performance across a range of <strong>team and individual sports<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Building a basic understanding of the <strong>cycle of analysis<\/strong> and how different factors impact performance<\/li>\n<li>Learning how to <strong>categorise sports<\/strong>, the skills and techniques required, and the rules you must follow<\/li>\n<li>Gaining <strong>tactical awareness<\/strong> in competitive sports<\/li>\n<li>Learning how to <strong>analyse and improve your own performance<\/strong> across different activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How will I learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learning in this course is active, varied, and designed to challenge you physically and mentally. You\u2019ll take part in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Practical lessons<\/strong> across a range of sports and activities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Group and individual tasks<\/strong> to develop teamwork and self-awareness<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teacher-led sessions<\/strong> to guide your skill development and tactical understanding<\/li>\n<li><strong>Classroom-based lessons<\/strong> to explore the cycle of analysis, rules, and analysis techniques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What skills are developed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By the end of the course, you\u2019ll have strengthened a wide range of skills, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Practical performance skills in both team and individual sports<\/li>\n<li>Tactical awareness and decision-making in competitive situations<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of rules, techniques, and categories of sport<\/li>\n<li>Analytical skills to evaluate and improve your own performance<\/li>\n<li>Teamwork, communication, and resilience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How will I be assessed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assessment will focus on both practical and theoretical elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Performance assessments<\/strong> in a variety of sports, each activity covered will be graded out of 20<\/li>\n<li><strong>Final S3 exam <\/strong>covering content covered throughout the year, and giving pupils and teacher an indication of what level of study they should enter into in S4.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Written tasks\/homework<\/strong> to demonstrate ongoing understanding of theory topics covered in class<\/li>\n<li>Continuous feedback from teachers to support your progress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where can this course take me?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Improving Performance PE in S3 is the perfect foundation for progression. It can lead to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National 4\/5 PE, Level 5 Sport and Fitness, L5 Sports Coaching<\/li>\n<li>Pathways into coaching, fitness, sports development, or teaching<\/li>\n<li>Transferable skills like leadership, resilience, and teamwork that are valuable in any career<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the course about? The S3 Improving Performance PE course is designed to help you become a stronger, smarter, and more confident performer across a variety of sports. You\u2019ll focus on both practical skills and theoretical knowledge to prepare &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/s3-physical-education-improving-performance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6036,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-327","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1411,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}