year 7

Welcome to the PE Department. At City of Portsmouth Boys’ School we aim to stimulate and challenge students of all ages and abilities by providing a wide and inclusive range of sporting activities.

All students in Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 follow the National Curriculum in Physical Education, which aims to develop not only competence in a range of physical activities but to develop creative, cognitive and social skills, all essential across the curriculum.

Regularly participating in PE is also more commonly known to boost confidence and self esteem, encouraging teamwork, whilst at the same time providing opportunities for students to be creative, competitive and to face up to different challenges as individuals and in teams.

Our department aims are as follows: To provide a broad and well balanced programme of physical education with opportunities to develop a good basic level of skill in a wide range of activities.To encourage all pupils to develop a positive attitude towards sport and exercise.To enable our young people to develop skills of leadership and create opportunities for them to become successful leaders in the community.To enable pupils to make choices about their involvement in healthy physical activity and diet.

The GCSE course is made up of two units: unit 1 is the theoretical aspect of physical education, and unit 2 is the practical and performance aspect.

Unit 1: Theory

Students will learn about: Health and skill related exerciseThe effect of exercise on health, fitness and performanceThe importance of diet, work and rest in relation to physical activity and a healthy lifestylePhysical and mental health The impact of physical activity and exercise on cardiovascular, respiratory, muscular and skeletal systems (over short and long term)How lifestyle choices (exercise, diet, rest and drugs) affect the mind and body

Unit 2: Practical aspect

This unit is assessed in two sections:

Section 1

This unit consists of four practical performances in the role of player/participant, leader or official. The candidate can achieve 48 percent of the marks from four performances, two of which may be in the role of a leader or official.The sports offered are as follows: basketball, football, table tennis, softball, cricket, athletics, orienteering, tennis, rugby, and swimming.

Section 2

Candidates must perform an analysis of performance in one of the chosen activities. This will be worth 12 percent of the marks and should include planning, performing and evaluating a personal exercise programme.

BTEC in Sport

The BTEC in Sport is a new course offered as an alternative to the GCSE PE course. The course has no exam.

Pupils must complete 100% coursework which is based on a variety of projects such as:  Fitness Testing and Training Performance in team and individual sports Leading a Sporting Activity Injury in Sport.

The school offers are wide variety of after school activities. We participate locally, regionally and internationally. The school has A and B teams in football, rugby, table tennis, tennis, cricket, basketball, athletics, swimming, and trampoline teams.

Year 8 Portsmouth Cup winners 2010

In the last few years we have played in Hampshire Cup football tournaments, athletics competitions, represented Portsmouth in table tennis, and won local basketball tournaments.

Sports Days at Mountbatten Centre

We also run inter-tutor competitions throughout the year in various sports including indoor curling, softball, table tennis, rugby and football. We finish the year with every pupil attending a sports day at the Mountbatten Centre.

For those who want to join a sports club for fun we have qualified basketball, table tennis and football coaches who take practices after school. We also run a fitness club for those that would like to do some exercise.