November 2022 and PEfest 2023

Outline:  Pete will unpick issues, help resolve concerns, explore best practice and offer a range of teaching strategies for this unique part of the Non-Examined Assessment (NEA). There will be ample opportunity to raise questions – with a guarantee of straightforward, supportive and reliable answers.

Focus:

• common challenges – with workable solutions suggested
• clarification of the levels
• assessing your students with confidence and accuracy
• discussion and Q&A
• comprehensive course materials will be emailed before the event.

Timings:

9.30 – 10.45       Session One

10.45 – 11.00      Break

11.00 – 12.15      Session Two

12.15 – 12.30      Chat will remain open

Tutor Profile – Pete Bignell

• currently Director of Sport and Physical Education at Abingdon School
• a highly experienced teacher of OCR A-level Physical Education
• having moderated the coursework element for over 15 years, Pete became Principal Moderator in 2016
• enjoys all sports and plays as much golf as he can!

Outline:  With his positive, solution-based style, Pete will explore teachers’ most frequent NEA practical concerns and queries. There will be ample opportunity to raise questions – and a guarantee of straightforward, clear and reliable answers. Course materials will be emailed before the event.

Focus:

• clarification of the levels – using supporting evidence
• assessing your students with confidence and accuracy
• the competitive log book – what’s involved, what’s needed & best practice
• workable solutions to common challenges
• filming requirements & live moderation – best practice & updates
• discussion and Q&A

Timings:

9.30 – 10.45       Session One

10.45 – 11.00      Break

11.00 – 12.15      Session Two

12.15 – 12.30      Chat will remain open

Tutor Profile – Pete Bignell

• currently Director of Sport and Physical Education at Abingdon School
• a highly experienced teacher of OCR A-level Physical Education
• having moderated the coursework element for over 15 years, Pete became Principal Moderator in 2016
• enjoys all sports and plays as much golf as he can!

Outline: This webinar is suitable for all teachers of the physiological component.  Throughout, Karen will offer great teaching ideas, spotlight exam requirements and recap crucial ‘game changing’ exam technique including key tips for synoptic success.  Course materials will be emailed before the event.

Anatomy & Physiology

Energy for Exercise

ATP and energy transfer

• ATP as energy currency and the breakdown of ATP

Energy Systems and ATP resynthesis

• focus on the glycolytic and aerobic systems

The recovery process

Exercise Physiology

Training methods, methods of evaluating fitness and physiological adaptations

Strength training

• types, factors that affect strength, methods of evaluating types, training to develop strength
• clarity on exactly what to teach
• quick, easy and doable tips for improving exam technique

Timings:

1.30 – 2.45            Session One

2.45 – 3.00           Break

3.00 – 4.15            Session Two

4.15 – 4.30          Chat will remain open

Tutor Profile – Karen Foan

• Associate Principal at Saint Francis Xavier SFC, London; previously Assistant Principal and Head of Sport and PE – Woking College, Surrey
• has taught A-Level PE for >20 years and is passionate about student led learning and personalisation
• highly experienced A-level PE Senior Examiner
• highly experienced teacher of all components of OCR A-Level PE
• a keen (and slowly improving) golfer!

Outline: In this webinar Karen will explore the most recent aspects of emerging, evolving, global sport. She’ll spotlight on exam requirements, offer great teaching ideas, and include crucial ‘game changing’ exam technique throughout – plus top tips for reaching the highest level of synoptic success.  Course materials will be emailed before the event.

Focus:

Emergence and evolution of modern sport – focus on the 20^th and 21^st Century, and globalisation of sport

Global Sporting events – exploring the positive and negative impacts of hosting global events

Commercialisation and media

• the ‘golden triangle’

Routes to sporting excellence in the UK – teaching ideas, classroom activities to embed learning and efficient/effective exam technique linked to:

• development routes
• the roles of school, clubs and universities in contributing to elite sporting success
• the role of UK Sport and National Institutes in developing sporting excellent/high performance sport
• strategies to address drop out at elite level

Synoptic

• top tips linked to requirements, structure and maximising students’ marks – using directed improvement and reflection time (DIRT)

Timings:

9.30 – 10.45       Session One

10.45 – 11.00      Break

11.00 – 12.15      Session Two

12.15 – 12.30      Chat will remain open

Tutor Profile – Karen Foan

• Associate Principal at Saint Francis Xavier SFC, London; previously Assistant Principal and Head of Sport and PE – Woking College, Surrey
• has taught A-Level PE for >20 years and is passionate about student led learning and personalisation
• highly experienced A-level PE Senior Examiner
• highly experienced teacher of all components of OCR A-Level PE
• a keen (and slowly improving) golfer!

Outline: This webinar will explore a variety of teaching and learning strategies as well as essential examination technique. With a focus on Skill Acquisition and Sports Psychology, it will offer innovative strategies for memorising and evaluating challenging topic areas and explore the concept of interleaving and cognitive load to develop strong AO3 skills. It is suitable for teachers at all levels of experience. Course materials will be emailed before the event.

 Focus:

Responding to the 2022 exam series:

• key takeaways from paper 2
• tips for outstanding exam technique

Model answers for the models of skill acquisition/sport psychology

• Multi store model of memory
• Attribution model
• Confidence models

Creative approaches to evaluating:

• Guidance
• Practice types
• Learning theories
• Arousal theories
• Reducing cognitive load with streamlined explanations

Effective study strategies

• encouraging students to work independently
• creating exam question scenarios to develop agile subject knowledge  

Timings:

1.30 – 2.45    Session One

2.45 – 3.00    Stretch break /refresh / discussion

3.00 – 4.15    Session Two

4.15 – 4.30    Chat will remain open

Tutor Profile – Wes Davis

• teaching and Learning Coordinator and Head of Sport at Worcester Sixth Form College
• >15 years’ experience teaching all components of OCR A-Level PE
• highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and Team Leader for a major awarding body
• a particular passion for the psychological component, revision strategies and the study of memory
• in the summer 2022 series, 50% of Wes’ students achieved an A*/A grade overall
• recently shortlisted for the TES teacher of the year award.

Outline: This confidence building webinar is suitable for all teachers of AL PE, and will focus on exam readiness – helping all students to produce and achieve their best ‘on the day’. It will incorporate all theory components. Course materials will be emailed before the event.

Focus:

Raising grades 

• getting the best outcome for every student

What exactly are examiners looking for?

• coaching students from day one

Embedding exam technique into:

• every lesson
• schemes of work
• feedback
• revision

 Synoptic:

• strategies for success
• exemplar answers – including Q&A and discussion
• confidence in applying synoptic mark schemes

Timings:

9.30 – 10.45 Session One

10.45 -11.00 Break

11.00 -12.15 Session Two

12.15 – 12.30 Chat will remain open

Tutor Profile – Emma Stephens

• Director of Teaching and Quality at The 6th Form College Farnborough (an Ofsted outstanding college)
• an expert in her field whose students consistently attain excellent examination results
• having taught all components of the OCR course for many years she has a wealth of knowledge and ideas to share
• highly experienced A-Level PE Senior Examiner (theory) and Practical Moderator (coursework), as well as a practised INSET tutor
• author of the PEfocus (OCR endorsed) ‘Sports Psychology’ Teacher Resource File
• a keen netballer and traveller

Outline: This webinar is suitable for all teachers of biomechanics whether new to this component or with some experience and wanting to ask questions and increase confidence and/or clarity.  It will incorporate essential examination technique and explore a variety of teaching and learning strategies to engage all learners.  Course materials will be emailed before the event.

Focus

Efficiency of Lever Systems and examples in sport

• understanding mechanical advantage and disadvantage
• effort arm and load arm and production of force

Plotting and interpreting graphs of linear motion

• differences in shapes between distance / time and speed / time graphs
• velocity time graphs and change of direction

Conservation of angular momentum during flight

• angular analogue of Newton 1
• the relationship between moment of inertia and angular velocity

Resolution of forces acting on a projectile in flight

• flight paths and free body diagrams
• drawing and interpreting parallelograms of forces

The Bernoulli Principle and Magnus effect

• pressure differentials and the flight of objects
• creation of different types of spin using eccentric forces

Timings:

9.30 – 10.45 Session One

10.45 -11.00 Break

11.00 -12.15 Session Two

12.15 – 12.30 Chat will remain open

Tim Richardson

• head of academic PE & Sports Science, and assistant Deputy Head (Co-Curriculum) at Lord Wandsworth College, Hampshire
• >20 years’ experience teaching A-Level PE

• highly experienced A-Level PE senior examiner
• subject expert and trainer for major awarding body