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  • £115.00 .

    Synoptic question twilight event with Emma Stephens and Wes Davis

    Outline: The synoptic question continues to prove challenging for candidates across the country. Emma and Wes will provide a detailed analysis of what makes an outstanding response. They will unpick common issues and explore best practice, along with providing a range of workable and effective teaching strategies to prepare students successfully for this unique part of the examination.

     Focus:

    • Assessment objectives – How they’re integrated into the synoptic question
    • Clarification of levels
    • Assessing students with confidence and accuracy
    • Course materials including a range of exemplar answers across paper 1,2 and 3
    • Delivering outstanding synoptic lessons
    • Opportunity for discussion and Q&A

     Timings:

    3pm – 4:15pm          Session One

    4:15pm – 4:30pm    Break

    4:30pm – 5:45pm    Session Two

    5:45 – 6pm                Chat will remain open

     Tutor Profiles – 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

    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
    • Consistent achievement of outstanding results (ALPS 2)
    • Highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and Team Leader for a major awarding body
    • Finalist in the TES teacher of the year award
    • Experienced CPD provider.
    £115.00 .
    £115.00 .
  • £225.00 .

    Physiological Factors Affecting Performance Biomechanics Online With Tim Richardson Thursday 20th June 9.30pm-3.30pm

    ,
    Tutor: Tim Richardson (see Tim's profile at end) • 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

    ● Factors affecting centre of mass.
    • Stability: when we need it and when we don’t
    • How to manipulate the COM to be efficient in sport
    ● Factors affecting air resistance.
    • Air Resistance: when we need it and when we don’t
    • How to train and prepare to reduce air resistance / drag
    ● Free Body Diagrams
    • Drawing practice and interpretation
    10.45 – 11.00      Stretch break / refresh / discussion

    Session 2: 11.00-12.15

    ● Efficiency of Lever Systems and examples in sport
    • Understanding mechanical advantage and disadvantage
    • Effort arm and load arm and production of force
    ● Plotting and interpreting graphs of linear motion
    • Know the differences in shapes between distance / time and speed / time graphs
    • Velocity time graphs and change of direction

    Session 3: 1.00-2.15

    ● Calculations for angular motion
    • Radians as measurement of angle of rotation
    ● Conservation of angular momentum during flight.
    • Angular Analogue of Newton 1
    • The relationship between moment of inertia and angular velocity
    2:15pm – 2:20pm      Stretch break / refresh / discussion

    Session 4: 2.30-3.15

    ● Resolution of forces acting on a projectile in flight
    • Flight paths and free body diagrams
    • Drawing and interpreting parallelograms of forces
    ● The Bernoulli Principle and Magnus effect
    • Pressure differentials and the flight of objects
    • Creation of different types of spin using eccentric forces
    3.15 – 3.30pm     Chat will remain open Tutor Profile - Tim Richardson
    • Taught A level PE for 20 years GCSE and BTEC sport for 5 years
    • Assistant Deputy Head: Co-Curriculum
    • Principal examiner for an exam board AS paper
    • Senior Team Leader for an exam board A2 paper
    • Subject expert delivering courses throughout the year
    £225.00 .
    £225.00 .

3 Column

  • £115.00 .

    Synoptic question twilight event with Emma Stephens and Wes Davis

    Outline: The synoptic question continues to prove challenging for candidates across the country. Emma and Wes will provide a detailed analysis of what makes an outstanding response. They will unpick common issues and explore best practice, along with providing a range of workable and effective teaching strategies to prepare students successfully for this unique part of the examination.

     Focus:

    • Assessment objectives – How they’re integrated into the synoptic question
    • Clarification of levels
    • Assessing students with confidence and accuracy
    • Course materials including a range of exemplar answers across paper 1,2 and 3
    • Delivering outstanding synoptic lessons
    • Opportunity for discussion and Q&A

     Timings:

    3pm – 4:15pm          Session One

    4:15pm – 4:30pm    Break

    4:30pm – 5:45pm    Session Two

    5:45 – 6pm                Chat will remain open

     Tutor Profiles – 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

    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
    • Consistent achievement of outstanding results (ALPS 2)
    • Highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and Team Leader for a major awarding body
    • Finalist in the TES teacher of the year award
    • Experienced CPD provider.
    £115.00 .
    £115.00 .
  • £225.00 .

    Physiological Factors Affecting Performance Biomechanics Online With Tim Richardson Thursday 20th June 9.30pm-3.30pm

    ,
    Tutor: Tim Richardson (see Tim's profile at end) • 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

    ● Factors affecting centre of mass.
    • Stability: when we need it and when we don’t
    • How to manipulate the COM to be efficient in sport
    ● Factors affecting air resistance.
    • Air Resistance: when we need it and when we don’t
    • How to train and prepare to reduce air resistance / drag
    ● Free Body Diagrams
    • Drawing practice and interpretation
    10.45 – 11.00      Stretch break / refresh / discussion

    Session 2: 11.00-12.15

    ● Efficiency of Lever Systems and examples in sport
    • Understanding mechanical advantage and disadvantage
    • Effort arm and load arm and production of force
    ● Plotting and interpreting graphs of linear motion
    • Know the differences in shapes between distance / time and speed / time graphs
    • Velocity time graphs and change of direction

    Session 3: 1.00-2.15

    ● Calculations for angular motion
    • Radians as measurement of angle of rotation
    ● Conservation of angular momentum during flight.
    • Angular Analogue of Newton 1
    • The relationship between moment of inertia and angular velocity
    2:15pm – 2:20pm      Stretch break / refresh / discussion

    Session 4: 2.30-3.15

    ● Resolution of forces acting on a projectile in flight
    • Flight paths and free body diagrams
    • Drawing and interpreting parallelograms of forces
    ● The Bernoulli Principle and Magnus effect
    • Pressure differentials and the flight of objects
    • Creation of different types of spin using eccentric forces
    3.15 – 3.30pm     Chat will remain open Tutor Profile - Tim Richardson
    • Taught A level PE for 20 years GCSE and BTEC sport for 5 years
    • Assistant Deputy Head: Co-Curriculum
    • Principal examiner for an exam board AS paper
    • Senior Team Leader for an exam board A2 paper
    • Subject expert delivering courses throughout the year
    £225.00 .
    £225.00 .
  • £75.00 .

    Applied Anatomy and physiology/Exercise Physiology with Karen Foan- Wednesday 31st January – 1pm – 4pm

    ,
    Outline:  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:
    • 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
    Timings: 9.30 – 10.45      Session One 10.45 – 11.00      Break 11.00 – 12.15      Session Two 12.15 – 12.30      Chat will remain open Tutor Profile - 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.
    £75.00 .
    £75.00 .

4 Column

  • £115.00 .

    Synoptic question twilight event with Emma Stephens and Wes Davis

    Outline: The synoptic question continues to prove challenging for candidates across the country. Emma and Wes will provide a detailed analysis of what makes an outstanding response. They will unpick common issues and explore best practice, along with providing a range of workable and effective teaching strategies to prepare students successfully for this unique part of the examination.

     Focus:

    • Assessment objectives – How they’re integrated into the synoptic question
    • Clarification of levels
    • Assessing students with confidence and accuracy
    • Course materials including a range of exemplar answers across paper 1,2 and 3
    • Delivering outstanding synoptic lessons
    • Opportunity for discussion and Q&A

     Timings:

    3pm – 4:15pm          Session One

    4:15pm – 4:30pm    Break

    4:30pm – 5:45pm    Session Two

    5:45 – 6pm                Chat will remain open

     Tutor Profiles – 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

    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
    • Consistent achievement of outstanding results (ALPS 2)
    • Highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and Team Leader for a major awarding body
    • Finalist in the TES teacher of the year award
    • Experienced CPD provider.
    £115.00 .
    £115.00 .
  • £225.00 .

    Physiological Factors Affecting Performance Biomechanics Online With Tim Richardson Thursday 20th June 9.30pm-3.30pm

    ,
    Tutor: Tim Richardson (see Tim's profile at end) • 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

    ● Factors affecting centre of mass.
    • Stability: when we need it and when we don’t
    • How to manipulate the COM to be efficient in sport
    ● Factors affecting air resistance.
    • Air Resistance: when we need it and when we don’t
    • How to train and prepare to reduce air resistance / drag
    ● Free Body Diagrams
    • Drawing practice and interpretation
    10.45 – 11.00      Stretch break / refresh / discussion

    Session 2: 11.00-12.15

    ● Efficiency of Lever Systems and examples in sport
    • Understanding mechanical advantage and disadvantage
    • Effort arm and load arm and production of force
    ● Plotting and interpreting graphs of linear motion
    • Know the differences in shapes between distance / time and speed / time graphs
    • Velocity time graphs and change of direction

    Session 3: 1.00-2.15

    ● Calculations for angular motion
    • Radians as measurement of angle of rotation
    ● Conservation of angular momentum during flight.
    • Angular Analogue of Newton 1
    • The relationship between moment of inertia and angular velocity
    2:15pm – 2:20pm      Stretch break / refresh / discussion

    Session 4: 2.30-3.15

    ● Resolution of forces acting on a projectile in flight
    • Flight paths and free body diagrams
    • Drawing and interpreting parallelograms of forces
    ● The Bernoulli Principle and Magnus effect
    • Pressure differentials and the flight of objects
    • Creation of different types of spin using eccentric forces
    3.15 – 3.30pm     Chat will remain open Tutor Profile - Tim Richardson
    • Taught A level PE for 20 years GCSE and BTEC sport for 5 years
    • Assistant Deputy Head: Co-Curriculum
    • Principal examiner for an exam board AS paper
    • Senior Team Leader for an exam board A2 paper
    • Subject expert delivering courses throughout the year
    £225.00 .
    £225.00 .
  • £75.00 .

    Applied Anatomy and physiology/Exercise Physiology with Karen Foan- Wednesday 31st January – 1pm – 4pm

    ,
    Outline:  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:
    • 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
    Timings: 9.30 – 10.45      Session One 10.45 – 11.00      Break 11.00 – 12.15      Session Two 12.15 – 12.30      Chat will remain open Tutor Profile - 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.
    £75.00 .
    £75.00 .
  • £225.00 .

    Socio-cultural Issues Sport & Society with Contemporary Sporting Issues Online Wes Davis Thursday 13th June 9.30am -3.30pm

    ,
    Tutor: Wes Davis (see Wes’s profile at end) • 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 - Sport and Society:

    The emergence and evolution of modern sport - how social and cultural factors shaped the characteristics of, and participation in, sports and pastimes in:
    • Pre-industrial Britain and Post 1850 industrial Britain – Answer frameworks to maximise performance
    • influence of the public schools
    • 20th century Britain – spaced retrieval from pre-industrial post 1850 industrial Britain to optimise cognitive load
    • 21st century Britain – putting the global into globalisation answers
    10:45-11.00 – Break

    Session 2: 11.00-12.15 – Sport and Society:

    ● The Modern Olympic Games
    • background and aims – memorisation techniques
    • political exploitation – elaborative interrogation to ensure accurate descriptions
    • Hosting global sporting events – essential exam technique for positive and negative impacts 12.15-1.00 - Lunch

    Session 3: 1.00-1.45 – Contemporary Sporting Issues

    ● Ethics and Deviance in sport: from drugs, violence, gambling
    • model answers, modern examples and innovative memorisation strategies
    1:45-1.50 - Stretch / Screen Break

    Session 4: 1.50-2.35 – Contemporary Sporting Issues

    • Routes to excellence – making it memorable and accessible!
    2.35-2:40 - Stretch / Screen Break

    Session 5: 2:40-3.25 - Exam focus and the Synoptic Question

    • Preparing students for the exam
    • Common socio-cultural errors and how to avoid them
    • Understanding the synoptic question and how to teach it
      Tutor Profile – Wes Davis
    • teaching and Learning Coordinator and Head of Sport at Worcester Sixth Form College (ALPS 2 for A level PE)
    • > 16 years’ experience teaching all components of the OCR A-Level
    • consistently excellent student examination results
    • passionate about applying evidence informed teaching and learning into A level PE
    • highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and team leader for a major awarding body
    • Finalist for recent TES Teacher of The Year award
    £225.00 .
    £225.00 .

5 Column

  • £115.00 .

    Synoptic question twilight event with Emma Stephens and Wes Davis

    Outline: The synoptic question continues to prove challenging for candidates across the country. Emma and Wes will provide a detailed analysis of what makes an outstanding response. They will unpick common issues and explore best practice, along with providing a range of workable and effective teaching strategies to prepare students successfully for this unique part of the examination.

     Focus:

    • Assessment objectives – How they’re integrated into the synoptic question
    • Clarification of levels
    • Assessing students with confidence and accuracy
    • Course materials including a range of exemplar answers across paper 1,2 and 3
    • Delivering outstanding synoptic lessons
    • Opportunity for discussion and Q&A

     Timings:

    3pm – 4:15pm          Session One

    4:15pm – 4:30pm    Break

    4:30pm – 5:45pm    Session Two

    5:45 – 6pm                Chat will remain open

     Tutor Profiles – 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

    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
    • Consistent achievement of outstanding results (ALPS 2)
    • Highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and Team Leader for a major awarding body
    • Finalist in the TES teacher of the year award
    • Experienced CPD provider.
    £115.00 .
    £115.00 .
  • £225.00 .

    Physiological Factors Affecting Performance Biomechanics Online With Tim Richardson Thursday 20th June 9.30pm-3.30pm

    ,
    Tutor: Tim Richardson (see Tim's profile at end) • 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

    ● Factors affecting centre of mass.
    • Stability: when we need it and when we don’t
    • How to manipulate the COM to be efficient in sport
    ● Factors affecting air resistance.
    • Air Resistance: when we need it and when we don’t
    • How to train and prepare to reduce air resistance / drag
    ● Free Body Diagrams
    • Drawing practice and interpretation
    10.45 – 11.00      Stretch break / refresh / discussion

    Session 2: 11.00-12.15

    ● Efficiency of Lever Systems and examples in sport
    • Understanding mechanical advantage and disadvantage
    • Effort arm and load arm and production of force
    ● Plotting and interpreting graphs of linear motion
    • Know the differences in shapes between distance / time and speed / time graphs
    • Velocity time graphs and change of direction

    Session 3: 1.00-2.15

    ● Calculations for angular motion
    • Radians as measurement of angle of rotation
    ● Conservation of angular momentum during flight.
    • Angular Analogue of Newton 1
    • The relationship between moment of inertia and angular velocity
    2:15pm – 2:20pm      Stretch break / refresh / discussion

    Session 4: 2.30-3.15

    ● Resolution of forces acting on a projectile in flight
    • Flight paths and free body diagrams
    • Drawing and interpreting parallelograms of forces
    ● The Bernoulli Principle and Magnus effect
    • Pressure differentials and the flight of objects
    • Creation of different types of spin using eccentric forces
    3.15 – 3.30pm     Chat will remain open Tutor Profile - Tim Richardson
    • Taught A level PE for 20 years GCSE and BTEC sport for 5 years
    • Assistant Deputy Head: Co-Curriculum
    • Principal examiner for an exam board AS paper
    • Senior Team Leader for an exam board A2 paper
    • Subject expert delivering courses throughout the year
    £225.00 .
    £225.00 .
  • £75.00 .

    Applied Anatomy and physiology/Exercise Physiology with Karen Foan- Wednesday 31st January – 1pm – 4pm

    ,
    Outline:  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:
    • 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
    Timings: 9.30 – 10.45      Session One 10.45 – 11.00      Break 11.00 – 12.15      Session Two 12.15 – 12.30      Chat will remain open Tutor Profile - 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.
    £75.00 .
    £75.00 .
  • £225.00 .

    Socio-cultural Issues Sport & Society with Contemporary Sporting Issues Online Wes Davis Thursday 13th June 9.30am -3.30pm

    ,
    Tutor: Wes Davis (see Wes’s profile at end) • 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 - Sport and Society:

    The emergence and evolution of modern sport - how social and cultural factors shaped the characteristics of, and participation in, sports and pastimes in:
    • Pre-industrial Britain and Post 1850 industrial Britain – Answer frameworks to maximise performance
    • influence of the public schools
    • 20th century Britain – spaced retrieval from pre-industrial post 1850 industrial Britain to optimise cognitive load
    • 21st century Britain – putting the global into globalisation answers
    10:45-11.00 – Break

    Session 2: 11.00-12.15 – Sport and Society:

    ● The Modern Olympic Games
    • background and aims – memorisation techniques
    • political exploitation – elaborative interrogation to ensure accurate descriptions
    • Hosting global sporting events – essential exam technique for positive and negative impacts 12.15-1.00 - Lunch

    Session 3: 1.00-1.45 – Contemporary Sporting Issues

    ● Ethics and Deviance in sport: from drugs, violence, gambling
    • model answers, modern examples and innovative memorisation strategies
    1:45-1.50 - Stretch / Screen Break

    Session 4: 1.50-2.35 – Contemporary Sporting Issues

    • Routes to excellence – making it memorable and accessible!
    2.35-2:40 - Stretch / Screen Break

    Session 5: 2:40-3.25 - Exam focus and the Synoptic Question

    • Preparing students for the exam
    • Common socio-cultural errors and how to avoid them
    • Understanding the synoptic question and how to teach it
      Tutor Profile – Wes Davis
    • teaching and Learning Coordinator and Head of Sport at Worcester Sixth Form College (ALPS 2 for A level PE)
    • > 16 years’ experience teaching all components of the OCR A-Level
    • consistently excellent student examination results
    • passionate about applying evidence informed teaching and learning into A level PE
    • highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and team leader for a major awarding body
    • Finalist for recent TES Teacher of The Year award
    £225.00 .
    £225.00 .
  • £225.00 .

    Physiological Factors Affecting Performance Applied Anatomy and Physiology with Exercise Physiology With Alice Allen and Wes Davis – Wednesday 12th June – 9.30am – 3.30pm

    ,
    Tutors: Alice Allen and Wes Davis (see Allice and Wes’s profiles at end)
    • A quality assured, power-packed day with a supremely experienced and knowledgeable presenters
    • 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 (ALICE) Applied A&P: Muscular system

    • Movement analysis - simplifying and reducing the volume of content
    • Fibre types – modelling how to apply the information
    • Eccentric contraction essentials – getting students’ heads around it!
    • Exam question practice - what’s the question? Cardiovascular system
    • Conduction cycle – breaking it down into small steps and checking for understanding as you go
    • Neural control of HR – diagrams which will be repeated
    • Exam question practice – retail therapy Energy systems
    • Starting point - intensity, duration and examples
    • Demonstrating understanding - card sorts with verbal explanations, connectives game
    • Making connections – 4x4 post it grids
    Break: 10:45-11.00

    Session 2: 11.00-12.00 (Alice) Exercise Physiology Ergogenic aids and diet

    • Giving them the information but doing something with it – HGH vs anabolic steroids
    • Justification and extension tasks – MasterChef, carousels Aerobic capacity
    • Tests to evaluate aerobic capacity – comparing these
    • Adaptations – use of pictures
    • Exam question practice – but without the students’ realising! Flexibility
    • Types and factors affecting – ‘waking up’ the right neurons
    • Applying the information – AO2 skills

    Lunch: 12.00-12.45

    Session 3: 12.45 -1.45 (Wes) Making tricky physiology topics stick! Muscular system

    • Motor unit and muscle contraction – using the MAN-SAYS- ALL framework to provide a hierarchical response
    Respiratory System
    • Gaseous exchange – using the GASPDD framework to recall and apply knowledge
    • Mechanics of breathing – exam technique when moving from rest to exercise – I do, we do, you do
    Energy for exercise:
    • Energy systems – using the FAAST I/D framework to provide a streamlined approach
    • Energy continuum – Using the FIDR framework to explain the interplay between energy systems during intermittent exercise
    Strength and flexibility
    • Making adaptations to training accessible for all students
      Stretch / Screen Break: 1:45-1.50

    Session 4: 1.50-2.35 Making training types accessible (Alice )

    Aerobic capacity
    • Continuous vs HIIT training
    • Adaptations – using pictures to aid understanding and recall PNF
    • Breaking it down into 3 easy steps Plyometrics
    • Understanding the process – yet to be examined!
    • Comparing explosive strength weight training with plyometrics – intensity Weight training
    • New terms and numbers - summary tables
    Stretch / Screen Break: 2:35-2:45

    Session 5: 2:45-3.15 Synoptic (WES and ALICE)

    • Applying the Assessment Objectives (AO1, AO2, AO3) - apples and pears
    • Writing responses – do it again but better
    • Marking exemplar scripts – banded mark schemes
    3.15-3.30 – chat will remain open

    Tutor 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.

    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
    • consistent achievement of outstanding results (ALPS 2)
    • highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and Team Leader for a major awarding body
    • finalist in the TES teacher of the year award
    • experienced CPD provider.
    £225.00 .
    £225.00 .

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  • £115.00 .

    Synoptic question twilight event with Emma Stephens and Wes Davis

    Outline: The synoptic question continues to prove challenging for candidates across the country. Emma and Wes will provide a detailed analysis of what makes an outstanding response. They will unpick common issues and explore best practice, along with providing a range of workable and effective teaching strategies to prepare students successfully for this unique part of the examination.

     Focus:

    • Assessment objectives – How they’re integrated into the synoptic question
    • Clarification of levels
    • Assessing students with confidence and accuracy
    • Course materials including a range of exemplar answers across paper 1,2 and 3
    • Delivering outstanding synoptic lessons
    • Opportunity for discussion and Q&A

     Timings:

    3pm – 4:15pm          Session One

    4:15pm – 4:30pm    Break

    4:30pm – 5:45pm    Session Two

    5:45 – 6pm                Chat will remain open

     Tutor Profiles – 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

    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
    • Consistent achievement of outstanding results (ALPS 2)
    • Highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and Team Leader for a major awarding body
    • Finalist in the TES teacher of the year award
    • Experienced CPD provider.
    £115.00 .
    £115.00 .
  • £225.00 .

    Physiological Factors Affecting Performance Biomechanics Online With Tim Richardson Thursday 20th June 9.30pm-3.30pm

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    Tutor: Tim Richardson (see Tim's profile at end) • 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

    ● Factors affecting centre of mass.
    • Stability: when we need it and when we don’t
    • How to manipulate the COM to be efficient in sport
    ● Factors affecting air resistance.
    • Air Resistance: when we need it and when we don’t
    • How to train and prepare to reduce air resistance / drag
    ● Free Body Diagrams
    • Drawing practice and interpretation
    10.45 – 11.00      Stretch break / refresh / discussion

    Session 2: 11.00-12.15

    ● Efficiency of Lever Systems and examples in sport
    • Understanding mechanical advantage and disadvantage
    • Effort arm and load arm and production of force
    ● Plotting and interpreting graphs of linear motion
    • Know the differences in shapes between distance / time and speed / time graphs
    • Velocity time graphs and change of direction

    Session 3: 1.00-2.15

    ● Calculations for angular motion
    • Radians as measurement of angle of rotation
    ● Conservation of angular momentum during flight.
    • Angular Analogue of Newton 1
    • The relationship between moment of inertia and angular velocity
    2:15pm – 2:20pm      Stretch break / refresh / discussion

    Session 4: 2.30-3.15

    ● Resolution of forces acting on a projectile in flight
    • Flight paths and free body diagrams
    • Drawing and interpreting parallelograms of forces
    ● The Bernoulli Principle and Magnus effect
    • Pressure differentials and the flight of objects
    • Creation of different types of spin using eccentric forces
    3.15 – 3.30pm     Chat will remain open Tutor Profile - Tim Richardson
    • Taught A level PE for 20 years GCSE and BTEC sport for 5 years
    • Assistant Deputy Head: Co-Curriculum
    • Principal examiner for an exam board AS paper
    • Senior Team Leader for an exam board A2 paper
    • Subject expert delivering courses throughout the year
    £225.00 .
    £225.00 .
  • £75.00 .

    Applied Anatomy and physiology/Exercise Physiology with Karen Foan- Wednesday 31st January – 1pm – 4pm

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    Outline:  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:
    • 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
    Timings: 9.30 – 10.45      Session One 10.45 – 11.00      Break 11.00 – 12.15      Session Two 12.15 – 12.30      Chat will remain open Tutor Profile - 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.
    £75.00 .
    £75.00 .
  • £225.00 .

    Socio-cultural Issues Sport & Society with Contemporary Sporting Issues Online Wes Davis Thursday 13th June 9.30am -3.30pm

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    Tutor: Wes Davis (see Wes’s profile at end) • 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 - Sport and Society:

    The emergence and evolution of modern sport - how social and cultural factors shaped the characteristics of, and participation in, sports and pastimes in:
    • Pre-industrial Britain and Post 1850 industrial Britain – Answer frameworks to maximise performance
    • influence of the public schools
    • 20th century Britain – spaced retrieval from pre-industrial post 1850 industrial Britain to optimise cognitive load
    • 21st century Britain – putting the global into globalisation answers
    10:45-11.00 – Break

    Session 2: 11.00-12.15 – Sport and Society:

    ● The Modern Olympic Games
    • background and aims – memorisation techniques
    • political exploitation – elaborative interrogation to ensure accurate descriptions
    • Hosting global sporting events – essential exam technique for positive and negative impacts 12.15-1.00 - Lunch

    Session 3: 1.00-1.45 – Contemporary Sporting Issues

    ● Ethics and Deviance in sport: from drugs, violence, gambling
    • model answers, modern examples and innovative memorisation strategies
    1:45-1.50 - Stretch / Screen Break

    Session 4: 1.50-2.35 – Contemporary Sporting Issues

    • Routes to excellence – making it memorable and accessible!
    2.35-2:40 - Stretch / Screen Break

    Session 5: 2:40-3.25 - Exam focus and the Synoptic Question

    • Preparing students for the exam
    • Common socio-cultural errors and how to avoid them
    • Understanding the synoptic question and how to teach it
      Tutor Profile – Wes Davis
    • teaching and Learning Coordinator and Head of Sport at Worcester Sixth Form College (ALPS 2 for A level PE)
    • > 16 years’ experience teaching all components of the OCR A-Level
    • consistently excellent student examination results
    • passionate about applying evidence informed teaching and learning into A level PE
    • highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and team leader for a major awarding body
    • Finalist for recent TES Teacher of The Year award
    £225.00 .
    £225.00 .
  • £225.00 .

    Physiological Factors Affecting Performance Applied Anatomy and Physiology with Exercise Physiology With Alice Allen and Wes Davis – Wednesday 12th June – 9.30am – 3.30pm

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    Tutors: Alice Allen and Wes Davis (see Allice and Wes’s profiles at end)
    • A quality assured, power-packed day with a supremely experienced and knowledgeable presenters
    • 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 (ALICE) Applied A&P: Muscular system

    • Movement analysis - simplifying and reducing the volume of content
    • Fibre types – modelling how to apply the information
    • Eccentric contraction essentials – getting students’ heads around it!
    • Exam question practice - what’s the question? Cardiovascular system
    • Conduction cycle – breaking it down into small steps and checking for understanding as you go
    • Neural control of HR – diagrams which will be repeated
    • Exam question practice – retail therapy Energy systems
    • Starting point - intensity, duration and examples
    • Demonstrating understanding - card sorts with verbal explanations, connectives game
    • Making connections – 4x4 post it grids
    Break: 10:45-11.00

    Session 2: 11.00-12.00 (Alice) Exercise Physiology Ergogenic aids and diet

    • Giving them the information but doing something with it – HGH vs anabolic steroids
    • Justification and extension tasks – MasterChef, carousels Aerobic capacity
    • Tests to evaluate aerobic capacity – comparing these
    • Adaptations – use of pictures
    • Exam question practice – but without the students’ realising! Flexibility
    • Types and factors affecting – ‘waking up’ the right neurons
    • Applying the information – AO2 skills

    Lunch: 12.00-12.45

    Session 3: 12.45 -1.45 (Wes) Making tricky physiology topics stick! Muscular system

    • Motor unit and muscle contraction – using the MAN-SAYS- ALL framework to provide a hierarchical response
    Respiratory System
    • Gaseous exchange – using the GASPDD framework to recall and apply knowledge
    • Mechanics of breathing – exam technique when moving from rest to exercise – I do, we do, you do
    Energy for exercise:
    • Energy systems – using the FAAST I/D framework to provide a streamlined approach
    • Energy continuum – Using the FIDR framework to explain the interplay between energy systems during intermittent exercise
    Strength and flexibility
    • Making adaptations to training accessible for all students
      Stretch / Screen Break: 1:45-1.50

    Session 4: 1.50-2.35 Making training types accessible (Alice )

    Aerobic capacity
    • Continuous vs HIIT training
    • Adaptations – using pictures to aid understanding and recall PNF
    • Breaking it down into 3 easy steps Plyometrics
    • Understanding the process – yet to be examined!
    • Comparing explosive strength weight training with plyometrics – intensity Weight training
    • New terms and numbers - summary tables
    Stretch / Screen Break: 2:35-2:45

    Session 5: 2:45-3.15 Synoptic (WES and ALICE)

    • Applying the Assessment Objectives (AO1, AO2, AO3) - apples and pears
    • Writing responses – do it again but better
    • Marking exemplar scripts – banded mark schemes
    3.15-3.30 – chat will remain open

    Tutor 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.

    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
    • consistent achievement of outstanding results (ALPS 2)
    • highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and Team Leader for a major awarding body
    • finalist in the TES teacher of the year award
    • experienced CPD provider.
    £225.00 .
    £225.00 .
  • £275.00 .

    Psychological Factors Skill Acquisition with Sports Psychology Face to face with Wes Davis – Tuesday 11th June – 9.30am – 3.30pm

    Venue: The Stables Business Centre, Wychbold Worcestershire, WR9 0BU

    Tutor: Wes Davis (see Wes’s profile at end)
    • 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 Skill Acquisition 1

    • What does an outstanding A Level PE lesson look like?
    • Stages of learning
    • Types and methods of practice
    • Guidance
    • Feedback
    • Challenging students to interleave skill acquisition concepts and tackle evaluation questions successfully
    Break: 10:45-11.00

    Session 2: 11.00-12.15 Sports Psychology 1

    • How to approach the theories o a streamlined approach to progressing from describe to evaluate
    • Personality
    • Attitude
    • Motivation
    • Anxiety
    • Groups and teams
    • Arousal
    Lunch: 12.15-1.00

    Session 3: 1.00-1.45 Skill Acquisition 2

    • Theories of learning
    • Memory models
    • Applying memorisation to multiple areas of the specification
    Stretch / Screen Break: 1:45-1.50

    Session 4: 1.50-2.35 Sports Psychology 2

    • Social facilitation
    • Attribution
    • Confidence
    • Practical activities to engage and develop high level understanding
    Stretch / Screen Break: 2:35-2:45

    Session 5: 2.45-3.15 Synoptic

    • Bringing psychological factors topics together synoptically
    • What does a level 3 response look like?
    • Essential tips for synoptic success
    3.15-3.30 – Q+A to finish the session   Tutor Profile – Wes Davis
    • teaching and Learning Coordinator and Head of Sport at Worcester Sixth Form College (ALPS 2 for A level PE)
    • consistently excellent student examination results
    • passionate about applying evidence informed teaching and learning into A level PE
    • highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and team leader for a major awarding body
    • Finalist for recent TES Teacher of The Year award
    £275.00 .
    £275.00 .

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