CHRISTOPHER WHITEHEAD
LANGUAGE COLLEGE AND SIXTH FORM
Welcome to the PE Department
Mr L Helme
KS5 & KS3 Coordinator
- l.helme@cwlc.email
Mr D Stokes
KS4 coordinator and Assistant
Director of Studies for Seacole
- d.stokes@cwlc.email
Mrs L Glass
- l.glass@cwlc.email
Mr J Cosh
Education
- j.cosh@cwlc.email
Mrs W Burgess
Teacher of Physical
Education
- w.burgess@cwlc.email
Mrs P Pugh
Teacher of Physical Education
- p.pugh@cwlc.email
Mrs R Reeves
Teacher of Physical Education
- r.reeves@cwlc.email
Miss T Webb
- t.webb@cwlc.email
Mrs Catherine Cox
- r.reeves@cwlc.email
Physical education is an excellent opportunity for all students to take a full and active part in a wide range of activities outside of the classroom. The PE department strive to ensure that all students feel safe and are working towards improving themselves as a performer. We are committed to:
- Improving health and fitness
- Striving for excellence
- Developing sportsmanship
- Aiming for maximum participation.
Throughout years 7-9 all students will receive two hours of high quality PE each week. Students are carefully placed into a teaching group that reflects their current ability and that will provide them with a safe but challenging learning environment. Students are encouraged to become independent learners and to think analytically about how they can improve both their own and their peer’s performances. The programme of study covers a wide range of activities, such as: netball, hockey, football, rugby, badminton, athletics, tennis, rounders and cricket. All students are encouraged to attend an extra-curricular sports club and we have a healthy fixtures calendar providing plenty of opportunity for all students to represent the school.
As part of the KS4 curriculum, students take part in four hours of high quality PE every two weeks in Year 10 and three hours in Year 11. The activities studied are designed to stretch and challenge the students whilst also instilling a lifelong love of sport. Those students who have opted to follow the examination pathway are studying the OCR GCSE PE specification. This includes topics such as applied anatomy and physiology, movement analysis, physical training, sport psychology, socio-cultural influences, health, fitness and wellbeing. They are also assessed in a practical performance across three activities.
Students can also study the OCR Cambridge National course which is completed via a combination of coursework modules and an exam-based assessment. The units on this course look at principles of training, Nutrition and Sports Performance, reducing the risk of sports injuries and reducing the risk of injury.
