Key Stage 3: Physical Education

The Physical Education Team at Murray Park are committed and enthused experts in their respective fields, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience into to the classroom. We strive to equip pupils with the skills and qualifications to go on and become the next generation of creative and skilled practitioners in their chosen field. Our mission is to build confidence and encourage pupils to become independent and resilient learners.

Our curriculum is designed to install a love of learning, making links to industry of physical education. The department is developing major cross-curricular skills which are important in other subject areas beyond our own. Learning is well balanced between practical and academic skills providing a rich and informative mix of engaging and purposeful lessons.

Curriculum Intent

The Physical Education department at Murray Park are committed and enthused experts in their respective fields, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience into to the classroom. We strive to equip pupils with the skills and qualifications to go on and become the next generation of creative and skilled practitioners in their chosen field. Our mission is to build confidence and encourage pupils to become independent and resilient learners.

Our curriculum is designed to install a love of learning, making links to industry of physical education. The department is developing major cross-curricular skills which are important in other subject areas beyond our own. Learning is well balanced between practical and academic skills providing a rich and informative mix of engaging and purposeful lessons.  The aim is to develop competence for students to excel in a broad range of physical activities, students to be physically active for sustained periods of time and engage in competitive sports and activities to lead healthy, active lives.

Curriculum overview

During key stage three, leaners will experience a range of circumstances that will learners to work in a competitive situation use a range of tactics and strategies to overcome opponents in direct competition through team and individual games. They will develop their technique and improve their performance through competitive sports, analyse their performances compared to previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best, perform dances using advanced dance techniques in a range of dance styles and forms and take part in competitive sports and activities inside and outside school through community links or sports clubs.

KS3 Curriculum in Physical Education – Due to facilities activities merge across the terms.

Extra-curricular activities

We aim to supplement our broad curriculum with a range of extra-curricular activities to enrich pupils experience and enjoyment of learning.

The following extra-curricular clubs are run throughout the year. The School competes at City and County level competitions.

The department run a number of educational trips that allow students to experience live professional sport. The department also run a biannual ski trip to Europe.