Year 10 GCSE PE
Curriculum:
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Influences on Participation 
	
	Key Concepts
	
	- Socio Economic Groups
- Gender and Age Groups
- Ethnicity Groups
- Disability Groups
Key Vocabulary
	Commercialisation, Media, Sportsmanship, Gamesmanship, Deviance, Socio-Economic, Trends, Sponsors
	
	Commercialisation of Sport
	
	Key Concepts
		
	- Commercialisation, the media and sport
- Advantages of Commercialisation
- Disadvantages of Commercialisation
Key Vocabulary
	
	Commercialisation, Media, Sportsmanship, Gamesmanship, Deviance, Socio-Economic, Trends, Sponsors
	
	Sporting Behaviour
	
	Key Concepts
		
	- Sporting Behaviour
- Deviance in Sport
Key Vocabulary
	
	Commercialisation, Media, Sportsmanship, Gamesmanship, Deviance, Socio-Economic, Trends, Sponsors
	
	Use of Data
	
	Key Concepts
		
	- Using Data to Improve Performance
- Understanding what Data Indicates
Key Vocabulary
	
	Commercialisation, Media, Sportsmanship, Gamesmanship, Deviance, Socio-Economic, Trends, Sponsors
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Components of Fitness
	
	Key Concepts
	
	- Physical Fitness
- Skill Related fitness
Sport Focuses
	Aerobic Endurance, Flexibility, Speed, Muscular Strength, Body Composition, Muscular Endurance, Reaction Time, Coordination, Power, Agility, Balance
	
	Determining Exercise Intensity
	
	Key Concepts
		
	- Borg Scale
- The Training Pyramid
Key Learning
	
	Calculating Maximum Heart Rate
	
	Principles of Training
	
	Key Concepts
		
	- Specificity and Individual Differences
- Progressive Overload
- Adaptation
- Reversibility
- Variation
- Rest and Recovery
Sport Focuses
	
	Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type
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Fitness Training Methods
	
	Key Concepts
	
	- Preparation for Training
- Flexibility Training
- Circuit
- Free Weights
- Plyometrics
- Continuous
- Interval
- Fartlek
- Hollow Sprints
- Acceleration Sprints
Sport Focuses
	Warming Up, Cooling Down, Static, Balistic, PNF
	
	Fitness Tests
	
	Key Concepts
		
	- Flexibility
- Strength
- Aerobic Endurance
- Speed
- Agility
- Power
- Muscular Endurance
- Body Composition
Sport Focuses
	
	Sit and Reach, Hand Grip Dynamometer, Multi Stage Fitness Test, Forestry Step Test, 30m Sprint, Illinois Agility Run, Vertical Jump, One Minute Press Up, One Minute Sit Ups, Body Mass Index, Jackson Pollock Nomogram
Subject Overview:
In GCSE PE, Year 10 students have 3 lessons each week alongside 2 core PE lessons.
Year 10 students will receive one 30-60 minute piece of PE homework each week.
Assessments:
Students are given an assessment at the end of each unit and a summative assessment at the end of each term.
Students are assessed on 3 sports from an allocated sports list and complete coursework (Personal Exercise Programme) based on these sports. The coursework accounts for 40% of their GCSE mark.


