Physical Education - Year 13 :: Queen Elizabeth High School

A2 Physical Education - Year 13

There are two units at A2 level with two units having already been completed at AS level.
Unit G453 - Principles & Concepts across different areas of Physical Education

Historical Studies [Option A1]
Sports Psychology [Option B1]
Exercise & Sports Physiology [Option B3]
Practical performance and Evaluation of Individual Performance

Unit G454 The improvement of effective performance & the critical evaluation of practical activities in Physical Education

Practical performance in one activity [must be one of the two assessed at AS level]
Evaluation, appreciation and the improvement of performance [verbal coursework

TEACHER 1 Historical Studies [Option A1]	TEACHER 2 Sports Psychology [Option B1]	TEACHER 3 Exercise & Sports Physiology [Option B3]
Half Term 1 (June - July)
Popular recreation	Groups and teams – their impact upon performance and the pursuit of balanced, active and healthy lifestyles	Concepts Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) ATP re-synthesis
External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No

Half Term 2 (September - October)
Nineteenth century public schools The three developmental stages of athleticism Stage one (boy culture; bullying; brutality) Stage two (Dr Arnold; social control)	Leadership and the role of a leader in physical activities Personality and its importance in effective performance and to following a balanced, active and healthy lifestyle Aggression and its impact upon performance and behaviour	ATP re-synthesis [cont] Energy continuum The recovery process
External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No

Half Term 3 (November - December)
Stage three (the ‘cult’ of athleticism) Rationalised sports and pastimes Case Study Activities Cricket	Self-confidence and its impact on performance, participation in physical activity and in raising self-esteem Achievement motivation and its effect on performance and on following an active and healthy lifestyle Attribution theory and the impact of attribution on performance and sustaining a balanced, active and healthy lifestyle Social facilitation and inhibition – the effects of an audience and other participants on performance and lifestyle behaviours Attentional control and its impact on effective performance	Aerobic capacity Strength Flexibility
External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No

Half Term 4 (January - February)
Bathing and swimming Athletics Football Tennis	Goal setting – impact on performance and the development and sustaining of a balanced, active and healthy lifestyle Emotional control and its impact upon performance and in sustaining a balanced, active and healthy lifestyle	Body composition Periodisation
External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No

Half Term 5 (March - April)
PE in State Schools The 1902 Model Course The 1933 Syllabus The 1950s – Moving and Growing and Planning the Programme 1970s and 1980s	Attitudes and their influence on performance and lifestyles	Ergogenic aids
External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No

Half Term 6 (May)
Revision, Examination papers & preparation for external moderation	Revision, Examination papers & preparation for external moderation	Revision, Examination papers & preparation for external moderation
External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No	External Assessment: No Internal Common Assessment: Yes Coursework Deadline this H/T: N/A Field Trips/Visits: No

Unit G454

Practical performance in two practical activities or performance in one activity and either officiating or coaching in another	Evaluation of an external Individual Performance in one of your chosen practical activities
Activity Identification Video Evidence Final Practical Assessments Practical Moderation * Students who are not participating in the Year 12 ski venture will need to provide video evidence from their family holiday. They should contact their teacher to clarify the requirements prior to going on their holiday	Introduction to verbal coursework Verbal Coursework assessment Moderation of the Evaluation of Individual Performance

Suggested course reading
OCR Physical Education A2 [Heinemann ISBN 978 0 435 46685 5]
OCR Physical Education A2 Revision Guide [Heinemann ISBN 978 0 435 46689 3]
www.ocr.org.uk (Qualifications -> Qualifications by Type -> AS/A Level GCE -> Physical Education -> View all documents -> Specification or Past Paper / Mark Schemes or Coursework Guidance Booklet G452 / G454)