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New to teaching OCR A-Level PE with Wes Davis
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: New to Teaching OCR A-level PE? Whether you are a teacher who has changed exam boards or an early career teacher, this is the course for you! Wes and component specific experts will guide you through the requirements of the specification - both written examination and Non-Examined Assessment (NEA). A clear emphasis on lesson sequencing, understanding exam command words and innovative teaching and learning strategies will be sure to increase confidence as you start teaching the course. There will be an opportunity in the session for delegates to focus on the specific components relevant to their teaching.
Focus:
What all new teachers wish they knew when starting teaching OCR A-level PE- clarification of levelunpicking the specification, mark schemes and examiners reports
- exam requirements for papers 1, 2 and 3
- accurate and efficient assessment of the NEA (Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement and practical)
- lesson sequencing to optimise learning
- strategies to ensure recall of the more challenging areas of the course
- discussion and Q&A specific to specification components
- comprehensive course materials will be emailed before the event.
Timings:
9am – 10:15am Session One
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:45am Session Two
11:45am – 12pm Chat will remain open
Tutor 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.
£115.00 . -
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 . -
Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement (EAPI) With Emma Stephens
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: Emma will share her experience from the 2024 series as an EAPI and practical moderator. She’ll unpick common issues and explore best practice along with a range of teaching strategies for preparing and assessing candidates in this unique examination.
Focus:
Common challenges - with suggested solutions- clarification of levels
- assessing your students with confidence and accuracy
- course materials including exemplars
- specific lesson sequences/ideas to equip students
- opportunity for discussion and Q&A
Timings:
1pm – 2:15pm Session One
2:15pm – 2:30pm Break
2:30pm – 3:45pm Session Two
3:45 – 4pm 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
£115.00 . -
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
£115.00 . -
Applied Anatomy and physiology/Exercise Physiology with Karen Foan- Wednesday 31st January – 1pm – 4pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2022Outline: Alongside analysing common mistakes made on paper 1, Tim 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:£75.00 .- why did students drop marks?
➢kreb’s cycle and the recovery process ➢mechanics of breathing and role of additional muscles ➢magnus effect and spin created on a projectile. ➢evaluation of types of levers. ➢speed and Velocity calculations
- the synoptic question – updated requirements for 2023 and beyond.
➢stimulus identification – accuracy and focus ➢equations, workings, units and decimal places ➢making your examples specific to the question
- discussion and Q&A
- 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.
£75.00 . -
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.
£115.00 . -
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.
£115.00 .
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New to teaching OCR A-Level PE with Wes Davis
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: New to Teaching OCR A-level PE? Whether you are a teacher who has changed exam boards or an early career teacher, this is the course for you! Wes and component specific experts will guide you through the requirements of the specification - both written examination and Non-Examined Assessment (NEA). A clear emphasis on lesson sequencing, understanding exam command words and innovative teaching and learning strategies will be sure to increase confidence as you start teaching the course. There will be an opportunity in the session for delegates to focus on the specific components relevant to their teaching.
Focus:
What all new teachers wish they knew when starting teaching OCR A-level PE- clarification of levelunpicking the specification, mark schemes and examiners reports
- exam requirements for papers 1, 2 and 3
- accurate and efficient assessment of the NEA (Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement and practical)
- lesson sequencing to optimise learning
- strategies to ensure recall of the more challenging areas of the course
- discussion and Q&A specific to specification components
- comprehensive course materials will be emailed before the event.
Timings:
9am – 10:15am Session One
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:45am Session Two
11:45am – 12pm Chat will remain open
Tutor 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.
£115.00 . -
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 . -
Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement (EAPI) With Emma Stephens
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: Emma will share her experience from the 2024 series as an EAPI and practical moderator. She’ll unpick common issues and explore best practice along with a range of teaching strategies for preparing and assessing candidates in this unique examination.
Focus:
Common challenges - with suggested solutions- clarification of levels
- assessing your students with confidence and accuracy
- course materials including exemplars
- specific lesson sequences/ideas to equip students
- opportunity for discussion and Q&A
Timings:
1pm – 2:15pm Session One
2:15pm – 2:30pm Break
2:30pm – 3:45pm Session Two
3:45 – 4pm 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
£115.00 . -
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
£115.00 . -
Applied Anatomy and physiology/Exercise Physiology with Karen Foan- Wednesday 31st January – 1pm – 4pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2022Outline: Alongside analysing common mistakes made on paper 1, Tim 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:£75.00 .- why did students drop marks?
➢kreb’s cycle and the recovery process ➢mechanics of breathing and role of additional muscles ➢magnus effect and spin created on a projectile. ➢evaluation of types of levers. ➢speed and Velocity calculations
- the synoptic question – updated requirements for 2023 and beyond.
➢stimulus identification – accuracy and focus ➢equations, workings, units and decimal places ➢making your examples specific to the question
- discussion and Q&A
- 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.
£75.00 . -
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.
£115.00 . -
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.
£115.00 .
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New to teaching OCR A-Level PE with Wes Davis
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: New to Teaching OCR A-level PE? Whether you are a teacher who has changed exam boards or an early career teacher, this is the course for you! Wes and component specific experts will guide you through the requirements of the specification - both written examination and Non-Examined Assessment (NEA). A clear emphasis on lesson sequencing, understanding exam command words and innovative teaching and learning strategies will be sure to increase confidence as you start teaching the course. There will be an opportunity in the session for delegates to focus on the specific components relevant to their teaching.
Focus:
What all new teachers wish they knew when starting teaching OCR A-level PE- clarification of levelunpicking the specification, mark schemes and examiners reports
- exam requirements for papers 1, 2 and 3
- accurate and efficient assessment of the NEA (Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement and practical)
- lesson sequencing to optimise learning
- strategies to ensure recall of the more challenging areas of the course
- discussion and Q&A specific to specification components
- comprehensive course materials will be emailed before the event.
Timings:
9am – 10:15am Session One
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:45am Session Two
11:45am – 12pm Chat will remain open
Tutor 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.
£115.00 . -
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 . -
Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement (EAPI) With Emma Stephens
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: Emma will share her experience from the 2024 series as an EAPI and practical moderator. She’ll unpick common issues and explore best practice along with a range of teaching strategies for preparing and assessing candidates in this unique examination.
Focus:
Common challenges - with suggested solutions- clarification of levels
- assessing your students with confidence and accuracy
- course materials including exemplars
- specific lesson sequences/ideas to equip students
- opportunity for discussion and Q&A
Timings:
1pm – 2:15pm Session One
2:15pm – 2:30pm Break
2:30pm – 3:45pm Session Two
3:45 – 4pm 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
£115.00 . -
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
£115.00 . -
Applied Anatomy and physiology/Exercise Physiology with Karen Foan- Wednesday 31st January – 1pm – 4pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2022Outline: Alongside analysing common mistakes made on paper 1, Tim 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:£75.00 .- why did students drop marks?
➢kreb’s cycle and the recovery process ➢mechanics of breathing and role of additional muscles ➢magnus effect and spin created on a projectile. ➢evaluation of types of levers. ➢speed and Velocity calculations
- the synoptic question – updated requirements for 2023 and beyond.
➢stimulus identification – accuracy and focus ➢equations, workings, units and decimal places ➢making your examples specific to the question
- discussion and Q&A
- 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.
£75.00 . -
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.
£115.00 . -
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.
£115.00 .
-
New to teaching OCR A-Level PE with Wes Davis
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: New to Teaching OCR A-level PE? Whether you are a teacher who has changed exam boards or an early career teacher, this is the course for you! Wes and component specific experts will guide you through the requirements of the specification - both written examination and Non-Examined Assessment (NEA). A clear emphasis on lesson sequencing, understanding exam command words and innovative teaching and learning strategies will be sure to increase confidence as you start teaching the course. There will be an opportunity in the session for delegates to focus on the specific components relevant to their teaching.
Focus:
What all new teachers wish they knew when starting teaching OCR A-level PE- clarification of levelunpicking the specification, mark schemes and examiners reports
- exam requirements for papers 1, 2 and 3
- accurate and efficient assessment of the NEA (Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement and practical)
- lesson sequencing to optimise learning
- strategies to ensure recall of the more challenging areas of the course
- discussion and Q&A specific to specification components
- comprehensive course materials will be emailed before the event.
Timings:
9am – 10:15am Session One
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:45am Session Two
11:45am – 12pm Chat will remain open
Tutor 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.
£115.00 . -
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 . -
Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement (EAPI) With Emma Stephens
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: Emma will share her experience from the 2024 series as an EAPI and practical moderator. She’ll unpick common issues and explore best practice along with a range of teaching strategies for preparing and assessing candidates in this unique examination.
Focus:
Common challenges - with suggested solutions- clarification of levels
- assessing your students with confidence and accuracy
- course materials including exemplars
- specific lesson sequences/ideas to equip students
- opportunity for discussion and Q&A
Timings:
1pm – 2:15pm Session One
2:15pm – 2:30pm Break
2:30pm – 3:45pm Session Two
3:45 – 4pm 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
£115.00 . -
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
£115.00 . -
Applied Anatomy and physiology/Exercise Physiology with Karen Foan- Wednesday 31st January – 1pm – 4pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2022Outline: Alongside analysing common mistakes made on paper 1, Tim 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:£75.00 .- why did students drop marks?
➢kreb’s cycle and the recovery process ➢mechanics of breathing and role of additional muscles ➢magnus effect and spin created on a projectile. ➢evaluation of types of levers. ➢speed and Velocity calculations
- the synoptic question – updated requirements for 2023 and beyond.
➢stimulus identification – accuracy and focus ➢equations, workings, units and decimal places ➢making your examples specific to the question
- discussion and Q&A
- 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.
£75.00 . -
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.
£115.00 . -
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.
£115.00 .
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New to teaching OCR A-Level PE with Wes Davis
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: New to Teaching OCR A-level PE? Whether you are a teacher who has changed exam boards or an early career teacher, this is the course for you! Wes and component specific experts will guide you through the requirements of the specification - both written examination and Non-Examined Assessment (NEA). A clear emphasis on lesson sequencing, understanding exam command words and innovative teaching and learning strategies will be sure to increase confidence as you start teaching the course. There will be an opportunity in the session for delegates to focus on the specific components relevant to their teaching.
Focus:
What all new teachers wish they knew when starting teaching OCR A-level PE- clarification of levelunpicking the specification, mark schemes and examiners reports
- exam requirements for papers 1, 2 and 3
- accurate and efficient assessment of the NEA (Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement and practical)
- lesson sequencing to optimise learning
- strategies to ensure recall of the more challenging areas of the course
- discussion and Q&A specific to specification components
- comprehensive course materials will be emailed before the event.
Timings:
9am – 10:15am Session One
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:45am Session Two
11:45am – 12pm Chat will remain open
Tutor 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.
£115.00 . -
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 . -
Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement (EAPI) With Emma Stephens
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: Emma will share her experience from the 2024 series as an EAPI and practical moderator. She’ll unpick common issues and explore best practice along with a range of teaching strategies for preparing and assessing candidates in this unique examination.
Focus:
Common challenges - with suggested solutions- clarification of levels
- assessing your students with confidence and accuracy
- course materials including exemplars
- specific lesson sequences/ideas to equip students
- opportunity for discussion and Q&A
Timings:
1pm – 2:15pm Session One
2:15pm – 2:30pm Break
2:30pm – 3:45pm Session Two
3:45 – 4pm 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
£115.00 . -
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
£115.00 . -
Applied Anatomy and physiology/Exercise Physiology with Karen Foan- Wednesday 31st January – 1pm – 4pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2022Outline: Alongside analysing common mistakes made on paper 1, Tim 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:£75.00 .- why did students drop marks?
➢kreb’s cycle and the recovery process ➢mechanics of breathing and role of additional muscles ➢magnus effect and spin created on a projectile. ➢evaluation of types of levers. ➢speed and Velocity calculations
- the synoptic question – updated requirements for 2023 and beyond.
➢stimulus identification – accuracy and focus ➢equations, workings, units and decimal places ➢making your examples specific to the question
- discussion and Q&A
- 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.
£75.00 . -
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.
£115.00 . -
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.
£115.00 .
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New to teaching OCR A-Level PE with Wes Davis
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: New to Teaching OCR A-level PE? Whether you are a teacher who has changed exam boards or an early career teacher, this is the course for you! Wes and component specific experts will guide you through the requirements of the specification - both written examination and Non-Examined Assessment (NEA). A clear emphasis on lesson sequencing, understanding exam command words and innovative teaching and learning strategies will be sure to increase confidence as you start teaching the course. There will be an opportunity in the session for delegates to focus on the specific components relevant to their teaching.
Focus:
What all new teachers wish they knew when starting teaching OCR A-level PE- clarification of levelunpicking the specification, mark schemes and examiners reports
- exam requirements for papers 1, 2 and 3
- accurate and efficient assessment of the NEA (Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement and practical)
- lesson sequencing to optimise learning
- strategies to ensure recall of the more challenging areas of the course
- discussion and Q&A specific to specification components
- comprehensive course materials will be emailed before the event.
Timings:
9am – 10:15am Session One
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:45am Session Two
11:45am – 12pm Chat will remain open
Tutor 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.
£115.00 . -
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 .
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New to teaching OCR A-Level PE with Wes Davis
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: New to Teaching OCR A-level PE? Whether you are a teacher who has changed exam boards or an early career teacher, this is the course for you! Wes and component specific experts will guide you through the requirements of the specification - both written examination and Non-Examined Assessment (NEA). A clear emphasis on lesson sequencing, understanding exam command words and innovative teaching and learning strategies will be sure to increase confidence as you start teaching the course. There will be an opportunity in the session for delegates to focus on the specific components relevant to their teaching.
Focus:
What all new teachers wish they knew when starting teaching OCR A-level PE- clarification of levelunpicking the specification, mark schemes and examiners reports
- exam requirements for papers 1, 2 and 3
- accurate and efficient assessment of the NEA (Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement and practical)
- lesson sequencing to optimise learning
- strategies to ensure recall of the more challenging areas of the course
- discussion and Q&A specific to specification components
- comprehensive course materials will be emailed before the event.
Timings:
9am – 10:15am Session One
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:45am Session Two
11:45am – 12pm Chat will remain open
Tutor 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.
£115.00 . -
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 . -
Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement (EAPI) With Emma Stephens
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: Emma will share her experience from the 2024 series as an EAPI and practical moderator. She’ll unpick common issues and explore best practice along with a range of teaching strategies for preparing and assessing candidates in this unique examination.
Focus:
Common challenges - with suggested solutions- clarification of levels
- assessing your students with confidence and accuracy
- course materials including exemplars
- specific lesson sequences/ideas to equip students
- opportunity for discussion and Q&A
Timings:
1pm – 2:15pm Session One
2:15pm – 2:30pm Break
2:30pm – 3:45pm Session Two
3:45 – 4pm 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
£115.00 .
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New to teaching OCR A-Level PE with Wes Davis
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: New to Teaching OCR A-level PE? Whether you are a teacher who has changed exam boards or an early career teacher, this is the course for you! Wes and component specific experts will guide you through the requirements of the specification - both written examination and Non-Examined Assessment (NEA). A clear emphasis on lesson sequencing, understanding exam command words and innovative teaching and learning strategies will be sure to increase confidence as you start teaching the course. There will be an opportunity in the session for delegates to focus on the specific components relevant to their teaching.
Focus:
What all new teachers wish they knew when starting teaching OCR A-level PE- clarification of levelunpicking the specification, mark schemes and examiners reports
- exam requirements for papers 1, 2 and 3
- accurate and efficient assessment of the NEA (Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement and practical)
- lesson sequencing to optimise learning
- strategies to ensure recall of the more challenging areas of the course
- discussion and Q&A specific to specification components
- comprehensive course materials will be emailed before the event.
Timings:
9am – 10:15am Session One
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:45am Session Two
11:45am – 12pm Chat will remain open
Tutor 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.
£115.00 . -
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 . -
Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement (EAPI) With Emma Stephens
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: Emma will share her experience from the 2024 series as an EAPI and practical moderator. She’ll unpick common issues and explore best practice along with a range of teaching strategies for preparing and assessing candidates in this unique examination.
Focus:
Common challenges - with suggested solutions- clarification of levels
- assessing your students with confidence and accuracy
- course materials including exemplars
- specific lesson sequences/ideas to equip students
- opportunity for discussion and Q&A
Timings:
1pm – 2:15pm Session One
2:15pm – 2:30pm Break
2:30pm – 3:45pm Session Two
3:45 – 4pm 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
£115.00 . -
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
£115.00 .
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New to teaching OCR A-Level PE with Wes Davis
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: New to Teaching OCR A-level PE? Whether you are a teacher who has changed exam boards or an early career teacher, this is the course for you! Wes and component specific experts will guide you through the requirements of the specification - both written examination and Non-Examined Assessment (NEA). A clear emphasis on lesson sequencing, understanding exam command words and innovative teaching and learning strategies will be sure to increase confidence as you start teaching the course. There will be an opportunity in the session for delegates to focus on the specific components relevant to their teaching.
Focus:
What all new teachers wish they knew when starting teaching OCR A-level PE- clarification of levelunpicking the specification, mark schemes and examiners reports
- exam requirements for papers 1, 2 and 3
- accurate and efficient assessment of the NEA (Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement and practical)
- lesson sequencing to optimise learning
- strategies to ensure recall of the more challenging areas of the course
- discussion and Q&A specific to specification components
- comprehensive course materials will be emailed before the event.
Timings:
9am – 10:15am Session One
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:45am Session Two
11:45am – 12pm Chat will remain open
Tutor 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.
£115.00 . -
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 . -
Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement (EAPI) With Emma Stephens
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: Emma will share her experience from the 2024 series as an EAPI and practical moderator. She’ll unpick common issues and explore best practice along with a range of teaching strategies for preparing and assessing candidates in this unique examination.
Focus:
Common challenges - with suggested solutions- clarification of levels
- assessing your students with confidence and accuracy
- course materials including exemplars
- specific lesson sequences/ideas to equip students
- opportunity for discussion and Q&A
Timings:
1pm – 2:15pm Session One
2:15pm – 2:30pm Break
2:30pm – 3:45pm Session Two
3:45 – 4pm 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
£115.00 . -
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
£115.00 . -
Applied Anatomy and physiology/Exercise Physiology with Karen Foan- Wednesday 31st January – 1pm – 4pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2022Outline: Alongside analysing common mistakes made on paper 1, Tim 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:£75.00 .- why did students drop marks?
➢kreb’s cycle and the recovery process ➢mechanics of breathing and role of additional muscles ➢magnus effect and spin created on a projectile. ➢evaluation of types of levers. ➢speed and Velocity calculations
- the synoptic question – updated requirements for 2023 and beyond.
➢stimulus identification – accuracy and focus ➢equations, workings, units and decimal places ➢making your examples specific to the question
- discussion and Q&A
- 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.
£75.00 .
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New to teaching OCR A-Level PE with Wes Davis
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: New to Teaching OCR A-level PE? Whether you are a teacher who has changed exam boards or an early career teacher, this is the course for you! Wes and component specific experts will guide you through the requirements of the specification - both written examination and Non-Examined Assessment (NEA). A clear emphasis on lesson sequencing, understanding exam command words and innovative teaching and learning strategies will be sure to increase confidence as you start teaching the course. There will be an opportunity in the session for delegates to focus on the specific components relevant to their teaching.
Focus:
What all new teachers wish they knew when starting teaching OCR A-level PE- clarification of levelunpicking the specification, mark schemes and examiners reports
- exam requirements for papers 1, 2 and 3
- accurate and efficient assessment of the NEA (Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement and practical)
- lesson sequencing to optimise learning
- strategies to ensure recall of the more challenging areas of the course
- discussion and Q&A specific to specification components
- comprehensive course materials will be emailed before the event.
Timings:
9am – 10:15am Session One
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:45am Session Two
11:45am – 12pm Chat will remain open
Tutor 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.
£115.00 . -
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 . -
Evaluation and Analysis of Performance for Improvement (EAPI) With Emma Stephens
Nov, Online Webinar£115.00 .Outline: Emma will share her experience from the 2024 series as an EAPI and practical moderator. She’ll unpick common issues and explore best practice along with a range of teaching strategies for preparing and assessing candidates in this unique examination.
Focus:
Common challenges - with suggested solutions- clarification of levels
- assessing your students with confidence and accuracy
- course materials including exemplars
- specific lesson sequences/ideas to equip students
- opportunity for discussion and Q&A
Timings:
1pm – 2:15pm Session One
2:15pm – 2:30pm Break
2:30pm – 3:45pm Session Two
3:45 – 4pm 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
£115.00 . -
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
£115.00 . -
Applied Anatomy and physiology/Exercise Physiology with Karen Foan- Wednesday 31st January – 1pm – 4pm
Online Webinar, PEfest2022Outline: Alongside analysing common mistakes made on paper 1, Tim 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:£75.00 .- why did students drop marks?
➢kreb’s cycle and the recovery process ➢mechanics of breathing and role of additional muscles ➢magnus effect and spin created on a projectile. ➢evaluation of types of levers. ➢speed and Velocity calculations
- the synoptic question – updated requirements for 2023 and beyond.
➢stimulus identification – accuracy and focus ➢equations, workings, units and decimal places ➢making your examples specific to the question
- discussion and Q&A
- 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.
£75.00 . -
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.
£115.00 .
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