Year 7 - End of Term Feedback

Congratulations for successfully completing your first term at Highgate Wood.

Since September you have taken part in many activities which you would have given you many different experiences.

The aim of this blog is to find out the parts you have enjoyed, the things that have gone well and some areas you would like to improve in.

The following questions will help to tell us about these areas so that we can help you in the coming months.

1. What two activities have you enjoyed and why?

2. What have you found difficult and would like to improve?

3. Have you been to any PE clubs or competed for any of the school teams?

4. Describe how you feel about PE in one sentence.

5. What would you like to achieve next term?

Please put your answers on the blog with your name so that we can get back to you if you need our help.

Thank you.

PE department

Highgate Wood School

Exam preparation - Mr Hopper’s Year 10 GCSE

Exam Preperation

Due Thursday 6/12/07

To help with your revision and understanding of the theory please write a comment on the work you have done on Health Related Exercise.
Use the three questions to help you think about your strengths and areas for development.

1. What do you understand so far?

2. How confident are you that you will remember the class work in a test or exam?

3. What area's do you think you might want extra help with?

Try to be specific with what you don’t understand. I can then give you extra help but I need to know what you find difficult.

An example of what you could write is shown below:

“Strengths – I am happy with my knowledge regarding the definitions of HRE and SRF. I can remember the definitions for health, fitness, performance and the other areas.

I need to develop my understanding in the area of principles of training. I need to learn what each principle means and how it relates to a sport. I also need to remember the threshold of training values and how they relate to aerobic and anaerobic activities.”

REMEMBER THE EXAM IS ON THURSDAY 6TH DECEMBER

Leave a comment here or come and see me if you have any questions.

Good luck!

Mid-module exam Unit 4 and 6: A2 Students Only

To see how well you are progressing this term you will be given a test next Monday periods 1 and 2.

You will be answering one exercise physiology question and you will also write an essay on Unit 4 Synoptic synoptic question.

In order to allow preparation time I will be providing you with the question and some pointers of what should be included - you will then be provided with a model answer to compare your work.

Question:-

Discuss the role global games play in international protest, reconciliation and recognition.

tip: Better answers will consider both sides of the srgument and will use a range of global games to illustrate thoughts.


Points to consider:-

1. Sport as a show of national identity
2. Pursuit of global excellence
3. Opportunity in global games


i.How sporting success can benefit a country internally and externally
ii. Sport used as a shop window
iii. Government influence and its policy in it's nations sports
iv. Systemic approaches to competitive preparation for political and national success
v. The use of global games for protest (systemic/non-systemic)
vi. Power of the boycott

You will be given 45 minutes to write this essay.

Please send me a message if you need any help. Results will be shared with your parents on tuesday's parents evening.

The Olympic Games - AS Students only

As we continue to study the Olympics I have given you three articles:-

1. The birth of the modern Olympics

2. The Olympic Games 2012

3. What can we learn from INSEP

I would like you to read and make notes on all three articles and comment on the following areas;

What are the similarities and/or differences between London 2012 and the first modern games in 1896?

What is London hoping to achieve as its 'legacy'?

How does the English Institute of Sport compare to INSEP - the French Institute of Sport?

Will this have an impact on our medal count in 2012?

Please complete by Thursday 29th November 2007

Leave me a message if you need help.

Issues in the Olympic Games - AS Students Only

The next unit of work will focus on the Olympic games and the issues that have come out of them.

The topics we will cover are: -

1. Politics
2. Gender issues
3. Commercialism
4. Race and ethnicity
5. The Paralympics
6. Deviance

In preparation for the next week's lesson I would like you to complete a short piece of writing about the ideals and philosophy Baron Pierre de Courbetin used to develop the modern olympic movement.

Answer the following questions to help you produce your written piece.

1. What is the Olympic motto?

2. What is the Olympic ideal?

3. What did de Courbetin base the Olympic ideals on?

4. Is there a link between Baron Pierre de Courbetin's olympic ideal with muscular christianity, the cult of athleticism and English education system?

5. Why are the olympic ideals so important?

6. Are these ideals' still relevant in today's sporting arena?

Post your work when you have finished. Leave me or your friends comments if you need any help.

DEAD-LINE - TUESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2007

A2 Scientific principles of exercise and performance

Now that you have completed your research in the area's of fatigue and recovery you will be required to work in small groups to create a short presentation on your findings.

1.Use the links to access keywords and definitions that you may need to help you during the presentation.

2.You will be marked not only on your understanding of each area but also your ability to apply principles into a sporting context.

You will have one hour to prepare the presenation and 15 minutes to deliver it to the group.

3.The presentation will be in two parts - 10 minutes will be given to present your work and a 5 minute question answer session will be at the end of the presentation.

4.The presentations can be done as a powerpoint to be used as a resource for your revision if you wish.

5. Once presenations are completed you will need to produce two worksheets/information sheets on the two aspects you are still unsure of.

DEADLINE - Wednesday 21st November 2007

GOOD LUCK!

Developments of Physical Education - AS Students Only

As we continue to explore the historical and cultural roots of sport and PE in the UK, we will begin to look at the role which public schools and universities had in developing the sports we take part in today.

For next lesson you will need to prepare a short piece of writing detailing key events and highlighting the importance of the education system in creating and further rationalising sport.

You will need to consider:-

i) The development of sport and PE in universities with particular reference to the 'melting pot' and further rationalisation which took place after the Industrial revolution

ii) How this was taken into the British Empire and the effect this had on global sport and competition.

iii) How was sport 'Exported'?

iii) How was the concept of 'Fair Play' introduced

iv) The impact of 'Muscular Christianity' and the 'Cult of Athleticism' on promoting christian beliefs of 'Fair Play' and 'loyalty'.

If you need any help, put your comments directly onto this site and I will get back to you with suggestions and ideas - you can even answer your friends questions!

Personal Exercise Plan -A2 Students only

We are nearly half way through the PEP so you will have some testing to do over the next couple of weeks.

As a way assessing your progress and to see what you have been doing I would like to know:-

1) How your training has been going.
2) Have you noticed any improvement in your performance?
3) What problems are you having completing the planning of the PEP?
4) Share any sessions which can be used by others in the group.

Please use the links to access the criteria you will be assessed on and also a powerpoint outlining what you need to do to complete the PEP succesfully.

A2 Scientific principles of exercise and performance

In the next part of the course we will be looking at Fatigue and Recovery.

Here are the keywords that you will need to understand for this section.

Fatigue

Depletion of fuels (PC, glycogen)
Lactic acid increase
Dehydration
Electrolyte loss

Recovery

Restoration of ATP/PC and glycogen stores
EPOC/Oxygen debt –
ATP/PC and lactic acid components
How these occur and time taken
Restoration of muscle glycogen stores
Muscle myoglobin buffering, removal, recycling and oxidation of lactic acid

Nutrition

Sources of energy for exercise
Carbo-loading
Reasons for ergogenic aids (drugs/supplements – CP ingestion).

Year 10 Leadership Award Level 1

In the next part of the course we will be looking at Planning, Preparing and Teaching a session.

Question

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WILL NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHEN PLANNING AND PREPARING A LESSON?

Please write the three most important things for you and give reasons why.