PE

BWS has a proud history and tradition of sporting provision, whether it is for our top performers or the beginner. Sport plays a central role in the school's aims to encourage all our pupils to develop their potential by setting themselves the highest standards of excellence and achievement with integrity and confidence.

Director of Sport Richard Demain-Griffiths rdg@bishopwordsworths.org.uk

Second in PE James Oldham jmo@bishopwordsworths.org.uk

PE Teacher Lee Duckett 

PE Teacher Hamish Morton 

PE Teacher Marcus Hole 

The school's broad range of sport activities provides students with a well-rounded, balanced education catering for a wide range of talents and interests and adds great enjoyment to students school life.

We are committed to providing inclusive, challenging and enriching Physical Education and sporting opportunities, which promote high standards of performance and a positive attitude towards sport and physical activity for life, to inspire and motivate all our pupils to lead happy, purposeful and responsible lives.

Whether it is participation or more towards the performance end we see sport as a vehicle to develop the whole person through our Team BWS values; Humility, Enjoyment, Respect, Resilience and Discipline. We ourselves draw inspiration from those around us and often refer to successful teams, one such being the All Blacks and their quest to develop ‘better men.’ This is a key message through our delivery and has led to the broader mantra of being Better Every Day, as we believe this is something we can all strive for regardless of our level or ability, be it sporting or in a more holistic sense.

Our founder had a vision of a school that was equal to the greatest and best, this is something we take inspiration from and actually have on our 1st team shirts. We strive for national recognition across a wide range of sports and compete on a local, regional and national level, with a multitude of sports available and success achieved across the board. We also encourage our students to compete outside of school in order to gain an invaluable team and social experience. This enables both BWS and the clubs to benefit from a more knowledgeable, experienced and skilled pool of talent.

Sport and physical activity provides an environment where we are able to learn most about ourselves and others. Out on the playing fields, vaulting a box, running in The Close or pounding the sports hall floor we often find ourselves doing things, thinking things and surprising ourselves like never before. Physical activity and developing a physical literacy stimulates not only the body but also the mind and facilitates a making of bonds with others that are not easily broken. Here lie some of the key reasons why physical activity is central to BWS, the building of skills, the building of friendships and the building of individuals motivated and determined to go out and enrich the world in which we all live. To be Better Every Day.

GCSE Physical Education

Students will follow the Cambridge iGCSE Syllabus

This course is open to all students and requires a high level of all-round physical competence. iGCSE Physical Education is academically rigorous and is not an easy option. Although iGCSE PE has a timetable allocation of 4 periods a week, it could also require students to give up their own free time for some aspects of the course, for example helping with the organisation of sporting fixtures or refereeing.

This specification gives candidates opportunities to develop:

• an ability to plan, perform, analyse and improve, and evaluate physical activities
• knowledge, skills and understanding of a range of relevant physical activities
• an understanding of effective and safe performance
• an understanding of the role of sport and physical activity in society and in the wider world
• an excellent foundation for advanced study
• an enjoyment of physical activity.

In order to achieve these aims, the course involves an amalgamation of practical and theoretical activities.

Component 1: Paper 1 (50%)
1 hour 45 minutes, 80 marks

The examination assesses candidates’ knowledge and understanding in relation to the syllabus content. Candidates are required to demonstrate skills of description, interpretation and evaluation. The question paper has a weighting of 40% of the total marks and is divided into two sections:

Section A: Short answer questions on:

Unit 1: Factors affecting performance
Unit 2: Health, safety and training
Unit 3: Reasons and opportunities for participation in physical activity

Section B: Three structured questions and differentiated questions, one on each unit:

Unit 1: Factors affecting performance
Unit 2: Health, safety and training
Unit 3: Reasons and opportunities for participation in physical activity

Component 2: Coursework (50%)

The Coursework component requires candidates to offer a minimum of four practical activities from at least two of the seven categories. Each activity is marked out of 50 marks and the Analysing and Improving out of 10 marks.

The course specifications can be found in the New Cambridge iGCSE Syllabus

The practical activities and further details can be found in the Cambridge Coursework Outline Booklet

There is not currently a specific revision guide for iGCSE, any GCSE PE guide would be a welcome addition, but should be treated with a word of warning as some of the content may not be in the iGCSE or there may be some absent.

Years 7 - 9 Curriculum Plan

Students in years 7-9 have one double lesson of PE per week and one double lesson of Games per week.

Listed below are the activities taught for each year. (numbers in brackets equal the number of weeks a subject is taught)

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Students in years 10 and 11 have one afternoon of Games per week. Currently this is Thursday for Year 10 and Friday for Year 11

Listed below are the activities taught for each year. (numbers in brackets equal the number of weeks a subject is taught)