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Anatomy & Physiology with Exercise Physiology With Alice Allen Monday 27th January 9.15am -12.15pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2025£115.00 .Outline:
This webinar is suitable for all teachers of the physiological component. Throughout, Alice will offer great teaching ideas, spotlight exam requirements and recap crucial exam technique including key tips for explaining tricky topics in amemorable way Course materials will be emailed before the event.Applied Anatomy & Physiology
Muscular system- joints, movement and muscles- tips and tricks to aid learning and recall
- types of contraction - getting students’ heads around it!
- where to start and how to reduce information overload
- teaching to the top on a difficult topic - extending and challenging all students
- key similarities and differences
Exercise Physiology
Ergogenic aids with a focus on nutritional aids
- giving them the information but doing something with it - focus on application skills
- comparing ergogenic aids - how to structure exam answers
Preparation and training
- training methods - FITT principle
- methods of evaluating components of fitness
Timings:
9.15 – 10.30 Session One 10.30 – 10.45 Break 10.45 – 12.00 Session Two 12.00 – 12.15 Chat will remain openTutor Profile – Alice Allen
- PE Teacher and Advanced Practitioner in Mastery (previously Curriculum Manager for PE) at The Sixth Form College Farnborough
- 6 years' experience teaching all components of OCR A Level PE
- Experienced deliverer of staff INSET.
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Socio-cultural studies with Contemporary sporting issues With Wes Davis Wednesday 5 th February 9.15 am -12.15pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2025£115.00 .Outline:
In this webinar Wes will explore the most recent contemporary issues in elite level sport. He will focus on exam requirements, offer great teaching ideas, and include crucial ‘game changing’ memorisation and exam technique throughoutFocus:
Responding to the 2024 exam series:- key takeaways from paper 3
- tips for outstanding exam technique
- focus on 20th and 21st century Britain
- revisiting and applying social and cultural factors across the time periods
- freedom of movement
- exploring the background of the Olympic games
- hosting of global events
- applying a framework for analysing the growth of female sport
- creating question scenarios for novel responses
- the role of UK Sport and National Institutes in developing sporting excellent/high performance sport
- strategies to address drop out at elite level
Timings:
9.15 – 10.30 Session One 10.30 – 10.45 Break 10.45 – 12.00 Session Two 12.00 – 12.15 Chat will remain openTutor Profile – Wes Davis
- teaching and Learning Coordinator and Head of Sport at Worcester Sixth Form College
- >16 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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Skill Acquisition with Sports Psychology With Wes Davis Friday 7th February 9.15 am -12.15 pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2025£115.00 .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 on how to explain the challenging areas of the specification. Complex topics will be broken down into small, concise steps with regular opportunities for rehearsal and checks for understanding. Optimising cognitive load, overcoming passivity of students and mass participation in questioning will feature throughout the course. It is suitable for teachers at all levels of experience. Course materials will be emailed before the event.Focus:
Responding to the 2024 exam series:- key takeaways from paper 2
- tips for outstanding exam technique
- Types and uses of feedback
- Types and methods of practice
- Learning theories
- Interactionist theories of aggression
- Vealey’s model of sports confidence
- Craik and Lockhart’s Levels of Processing Model
- Chelladurai’s multi-dimensional model of sports leadership
- Reducing cognitive load with streamlined explanations
- encouraging students to work independently
Timings:
9.15 - 10.30 Session One 10.30 - 10.45 Break 10.45 - 12.00 Session Two 12.00 - 12.15 Chat will remain openTutor Profile – Wes Davis
- teaching and Learning Coordinator and Head of Sport at Worcester Sixth Form College
- >16 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 Richard McDonald Tuesday 4th February 1 – 4 pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2025£115.00 .Outline:
This webinar will offer powerful tips, tools, techniques and ideas to bring biomechanics to life and make it accessible and enjoyable for all teachers and students! There will be a specific focus on how to achieve the most accessible marks on the paper. Course materials will be emailed before the event..Focus:
Debunk the difficulty of biomechanics
- building student confidence though the teaching of Newton’s Laws
- applying centre of mass to the stability of a performer
- Free body diagrams
- Bernoulli and Magnus (air flow diagrams)
- Projectiles
Preparing students for the exam
- revision strategies
- hints and tips for top performance on the day
Timings:
1.00 – 1.15 Session One 2.15 – 2.30 Stretch break /refresh / discussion 2.30 – 3.45 Session Two 3.45 – 4.00 Chat will remain openTutor 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
£115.00 .
