The Standards Site: Physical Education


Introduction		Downloads

Exemplar Units		Teacher's Guide

Subject Leaflets		Booklet of ideas

Senior Managers' Guide		Links to external sites

Schemes of work: Citizenship at key stage 3

Examples of opportunities for Citizenship at key stage 3 through Physical Education

Learning about local games, dances and traditions in physical activity and sport. Exploring dances and games from different cultures and religions around the world. Making connections between physical activity, dance and sport in England and similar activities from other countries and cultures

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Finding out how to get involved in activities in the community. Learning what rights young people have to access facilities such as leisure centres, parks and swimming pools. Getting involved in the organisation and management of school sport and local clubs. Making use of national schemes set up by bodies such as Sport England

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Electing sports captains for internal competitions and tournaments. Holding elections for school sport council

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Coming into contact with and learning about providers of local facilities and opportunities such as sport development officers. Coming into contact with and learning about national agencies that provide facilities and opportunities for participation and competition, such as CCPR, Youth Sport Trust and Sport England, as well as national and local governing bodies of sport, etc. Involving local partners in school events and activities

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Applying rules and conventions for different activities. Learning why rules are important. Making up rules and deciding on criteria for success. Learning to deal with disputes over rules and interpretation of rules. Learning how to compete with others - playing with and at the same time playing against others. How fairness improves the enjoyment and value of competition. Working together cooperatively and learning how to compromise

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How decisions about what to take part in are influenced by the media. How opportunities for boys are greater because of the imbalance in reporting from the media. Why some sports and activities seem to have more value than others. How local provision is influenced by what is deemed to be more popular and how the media influences this perception. How perceived success is influenced by the media and how this affects individual self-esteem

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How sport and cultural festivals transcend political borders. How investment in sport and physical activity raises the profile of a country within the world. How local and national economies are affected by engagement in physical activity. How private investment in sport is seen as a way to influence young people and tie them in to a market or specific brand/product

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Preparing dance composition by investigating an issue in order to communicate situations and own and others' viewpoints through dance. Investigating funding of sports, drugs in sport, discrimination issues
[Link with Unit 8 Leisure and sport in the local community, in the citizenship scheme of work]

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Participating in school sport councils, inter-form programmes and activities. Planning events, activities and lessons. Developing and participating in a young people's sports forum

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Considering other people's experiences and creating dance to express their own and others' views

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Throughout PE pupils have opportunities to negotiate, decide and take part responsibly in a range of school and community activities related to dance, games, gymnastics, swimming, athletics, and outdoor and adventurous activities.

Contributing to the organisation of school or community-based dance festivals, planning games events or swimming competitions with other schools. Taking part in key stage 2 and 3 clubs, involvement in pupils' induction. Participating in school clubs and inter-form competitions. Participating in outdoor and adventurous residential experiences
[Units in the PE scheme of work that contain opportunities for developing these activities include Units 6 and 7 Invasion games, Units 25 and 26 Outdoor and adventurous activities]

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Self- and peer-evaluation of performance or contribution to team-work, modifying their performance or contribution in future planning. Reflecting on their contribution to school or community events
[All units in the PE scheme of work contain opportunities for pupils to reflect on their own and others' performance]

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