Physical Education - Core

Core Physical Education

The Marvell College PE programme is delivered through two compulsory hours a week. The curriculum is specifically designed to create a thirst for PE, Sport, and Wellbeing. Pupils are encouraged to develop their physical literacy through taking ownership of their own personal development. Our curriculum is explicitly planned to be inclusive, ambitious, broad, and balanced with an intent to develop an extensive knowledge of skills, techniques, and tactics, along with a secure understanding of healthy active lifestyles for all pupils. It is coherently planned, reviewed, and sequenced to build confidence, character, resilience, determination, and respect.

Pupils will enjoy PE and succeed in PE in various ways due to our holistic assessment framework in PE (head, heart, hands) meaning all pupils can demonstrate progress. From this, all pupils will discover what they like to do and therefore develop the skillset and confidence to take part in different physical activities such as badminton, trampolining, football, rugby, netball, dance, gymnastics, dodgeball, athletics, tennis and many more, as we continue to broaden our curriculum offer without losing depth to our learning opportunities. Pupils will also learn the value of a healthy and active lifestyle and have the guidance to allow creativity and performance to prosper.

We focus on the following areas.

Tactical development.  Developing tactical awareness and a range of strategies to gain an advantage and overcome opponents in a wide range of individual and team sports.

Skill development.  Developing a range of skills and continuing with technique progression for a wide range of individual and team sports. Skills will be developed and demonstrated in both isolation and conditioned practice.

Performance analysis.  Self-evaluation of performance to identify strengths and areas for development across a range of individual and team sports. Appropriate steps for development to be highlighted and implemented to ensure progression.

Competence and attitude towards sport.  To become competent and confident in a range of individual and team sports, both in conditioned practice and competitive games. To develop a positive attitude towards leading healthy and active lives.