The main purpose of this Course is to develop and demonstrate a broad and comprehensive range of complex skills in challenging contexts. Learners will develop the ability to use strategies to make appropriate decisions for effective performance. They will also analyse a performance, looking specifically at the impact of mental, emotional, social and physical factors, understand what is required to develop it and then apply this knowledge to their own performance.

By actively participating in physical activities, learners will demonstrate initiative, decision-making and problem-solving. They will experience a range of roles and responsibilities, and this will enable them to develop their interpersonal skills. The Course also provides an opportunity to support the way that individual attitudes, values and behaviours are formed as physical education contributes to social, mental and emotional development.

The main aims of the Course are to enable the learner to:

• develop a broad and comprehensive range of complex movement and performance skills, and demonstrate them safely and effectively across a range of challenging contexts
• select and apply skills and make informed decisions to effectively perform in physical activities
• analyse mental, emotional, social and physical factors that impact on performance
• understand how skills, techniques and strategies combine to produce an effective performance
• analyse and evaluate performance

Below is the timetable for the Higher classes for the year;

52 Higher 2019-20, 54 Higher 2019-20

Units:

Factors Impacting on Performance

• On-going assessment through a log-book by creating and implementing PDPs, modifying them and justifying decisions regarding future personal development needs
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the Mental, Emotional, Social and Physical factors
• Analyse and evaluate factors that impact on performance
• Prepare and implement a development plan to improve performance
• Evaluate the process of personal performance development

Performance

• On-going assessment
• Assessed in a minimum of 2 activities throughout the year

Demonstrate (in challenging contexts):

• a comprehensive range of complex movement and performance skills
• working cooperatively with others
• precise body and spatial awareness
• techniques, compositions and tactics
• appropriate, safe and effective decisions and responses to variables

Skills, Knowledge and Understanding for the Course Assessment

There are 5 Broad Areas:

• Factors impacting on performance (Mental, Emotional, Social and Physical)
• Methods of collecting information to analyse factors impacting on performance
• Key planning information
• Performance development process
• Recording, monitoring and evaluating performance development

Component 1 – Exam

• 50% of overall grade (A-D)
• 2 hours and 30 minutes to complete question paper (50 marks)
• Questions will relate to the MESP factors on performance:

Section 1: Focuses on the four factors impacting on performance and covers one or more of the five broad areas of skills, knowledge and understanding (32 marks)

Section 2: Focuses on your experience of creating and implementing a PDP over a minimum of three sessions and covers ar least two factors impacting on performance (Marks range from 6-10 marks)

Section 3: Is based upon a scenario which focuses on one or more of the five broad areas of skills, knowledge and understanding, and should be answered in response to the two factors impacting on performance stated in the question (Marks range from 8-12 marks)

Component 2 – Performance

• 50% of overall grade (Scaled Mark out of 60)
• Performance assessed in two different physical activities (each performance is marked out of 30)
• Each single performance event is set apart from class learning under challenging, competetive and/or demanding conditions

The class will be given regular tracking reports, as well as a parents night and full report.