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H555/01 Physiological factors with Will Laidlaw Monday October 6th – 3 – 4.50 pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2025Outline: Alongside analysing common mistakes made on paper 1, Will will provide detailed examples of how and why the highest performing students excelled. Teaching and learning strategies will be provided to address both exam skills and subject knowledge to maximise future success. There will be ample opportunity to raise questions – with a guarantee of straightforward, supportive and reliable answers. Focus: why did students drop marks?£99.00 .- SO functional characteristics – effective evaluation and accurate examples
- Intrinsic regulation of HR
- Creatine and Nitrates – benefit and risk
- Warm-up and Cool down
- Conservation of Angular Momentum for a diver.
- Newton’s Laws – AO2 at the start and during the race
- Plyometric training – detailed description
- Adaptations – linking AO3 more effectively to the AO1
- discussion and Q&A
Timings
3.00 – 3.50 Session One 3.50 – 4 Break 4 – 4.50 Session Two 4.50 – 5 Chat will remain openTutor Profile – Will Laidlaw
- Head of academic PE at a school in Cumbria for 15 years.
- Taught OCR A level PE for 23 years
- Senior Team Leader for H555/01
- Former assistant examiner for H555/02
- Former A level PE practical moderator
£99.00 . -
H555/03 Socio-cultural issues with Wes Davis Tuesday October 14th – 3 – 4.50 pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2025Outline: Having analysed areas of difficulty on paper 3, Wes will suggest innovative ways to approach the more challenging areas of the specification. Teaching and learning strategies will be offered which focus on both subject knowledge and exam skills. There will be ample opportunity to raise questions – with a guarantee of straightforward, supportive and reliable answers. Focus: Helping students find their routes to excellence on paper 3! Why did students drop marks?£99.00 .- ensuring effective AO1 responses for: the Baths and Wash Houses Act, globalisation of American Football and the roles of the National Institutes of Sport
- analysing the effect of transport on sporting characteristics and participation between 1850 and 1970
- evaluating the effect of inclusion in the Olympic Games on urban sports
- analysing revenue changes in premier league football
- evaluating the effect of modern technology on fair outcomes
- are examples needed in both parts of the question?
- interpreting specific requirements of part 1 – using examples to assess the historic impact of education on the development of sport today
- how to ensure your students are exemplifying the impact of education on developing sporting excellence
- discussion and Q&A
Tutor Profile – Wes Davis
- Senior Leader for Teaching and Learning at a Worcester Sixth Form College
- >17 years’ experience teaching all components of OCR A-Level PE
- highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and Team Leader for a major awarding body
- recently shortlisted for both the TES and Worcestershire Education Awards teacher of the year award
- experienced CPD provider.
£99.00 . -
H555/02 Psychological Factors with Wes Davis Tuesday October 7th – 3 – 4.50 pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2025Outline: Alongside analysing common mistakes made on paper 2, Wes will provide detailed examples of how and why the highest performing students excelled. Teaching and learning strategies will be suggested for both exam skills and subject knowledge. There will be ample opportunity to raise questions – with a guarantee of straightforward, supportive and reliable answers. Focus: Why did students drop marks?£99.00 .- defining intrinsic feedback and negative transfer
- evaluating types of guidance for an expert performer
- exemplifying and discussing attributions
- discussing leadership theories
- explaining the catastrophe theory
- the use of innovative frameworks to guarantee outstanding responses.
- are examples needed in both parts of the question?
- analysing self-efficacy
- understanding the difference between describe and explain in relation to practice types
- discussion and Q&A
- comprehensive course materials will be emailed before the event.
Tutor Profile – Wes Davis
- Senior Leader for Teaching and Learning at Worcester Sixth Form College
- >17 years’ experience teaching all components of OCR A-Level PE
- highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and Team Leader for a major awarding body
- recently shortlisted for the TES and Worcestershire Education Awards teacher of the year award
- experienced CPD provider.
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Biomechanics with Alice Allen and Richard McDonald on Friday 13th June – 9 .30 am – 3.30 pm – Online
Online Webinar, PEfest2025£225.00 .- a quality assured, power-packed day with a supremely experienced and knowledgeable presenter • increased knowledge and confidence – whether starting out or upskilling • stacks of powerful tips, tools, techniques and ideas to equip, motivate and inspire • links to exam questions and essential exam technique throughout
Session 1: 9.30-10.45
Teaching the toughest topics - a classroom simulation! Angular motion- Calculations for angular motion o Radians as measurement of angle of rotation
- Conservation of angular momentum during flight. o Angular Analogue of Newton 1 o The relationship between moment of inertia and angular velocity
Session 2: 11.00-12.15
Projectiles- The Bernoulli Principle and Magnus effect o Pressure differentials and the flight of objects o Creation of different types of spin using eccentric forces
- Resolution of forces acting on a projectile in flight o Flight paths and free body diagrams o Drawing and interpreting parallelograms of forces
Session 3: 1.00-1.45pm
- Newtons laws o Building student confidence o Ensuring explicit application to examples
- Plotting and interpreting graphs of linear motion o Know the differences in shapes between distance / time and speed / time graphs o Velocity time graphs and change of direction
Session 4: 1.50 - 2.35 pm
- Centre of mass and factors affecting stability . o Stability: when we need it and when we don’t o How to manipulate the COM to be efficient in sport
- Forces and free Body Diagrams o Drawing practice and interpretation
Session 5: 2:40-3.15 - Exam focus and the Synoptic Question
- How to approach biomechanics as part of the synoptic question
Tutor Profile – Alice Allen
- PE Teacher and Advanced Practitioner in Mastery (previously Curriculum Manager for PE) at The Sixth Form College Farnborough
- 7 years' experience teaching all components of OCR A Level PE
- Experienced examiner for a major awarding body
- Experienced deliverer of staff INSET.
Tutor Profile - Richard McDonald
- Head of A-Level Physical Education at Aquinas 6th Form College
- Senior Tutor with a focus on academic attainment
- An expert in his field whose students consistently attain excellent examination results (ALPS grade 2 with 80% high grades in 23/34)
- Teaching all components of the OCR course
- Experienced examiner and body systems unit 1 team leader for a major awarding body Previously a practical moderator for major examination board
£225.00 .
