Putney High School
Physical Education
Putney High has earned a reputation for excellence in sport across the school. Each term has a full extra- curricular fixture list and squads regularly compete and achieve success in regional and national level competitions. The school also promotes a ‘sport for all’ policy which encourages participation of all pupils in a variety for enjoyment and fun.
The schools facilities plus additional off site grounds enables a wide range of sports to be played and allowed further extension of both the curricular and extra- curricular activities on offer.
All girls have lessons in netball, lacrosse, gymnastics, tennis, rounders and athletics. Additional extra-curricular clubs are activities which include dance, badminton, trampolining, cross-country, fencing and rowing. The girls compete in netball, lacrosse, cross-country and gymnastics during the winter terms and tennis and athletics during the summer.
GCSE
Studying GCSE PE allows you to delve into many areas of sport and as a result complements many science and arts subjects.
Modules studied in the course include:
- Health, fitness and factors affecting performance
- Principles of training
- factors affecting individual performance and participation
- social and cultural factors affecting participation
We follow the AQA PE Syllabus
A Level
Studying PE give you the opportunity to learn more about an area in your life that you already enjoy. The AS course contains modules in:
- the anatomy and physiology of the body
- how the mind interprets and develops sports skills
- the teaching and learning of skills
- the social issues in sport such as drugs, etc.
- Other countries in comparison to the UK in achieving excellence in sport.
- The practical element looks at your skill in two different sports and the project helps you to improve your own performance.
We follow the OCR PE Syllabus
