Key Stage 3
At QK students receive 2 periods of Physical Education a week.
Work within Physical Education is designed to support, contribute to and complement the aims of the school. The PE programme of study for key stage 3 aims to builds on prior knowledge, skills and understanding.
During the key stage pupils become increasingly physically competent by:
- Developing the range and quality of their physical skills
- Improving their ability to use tactics, strategies and compositional principles
- Improving their capacity to perform effectively
- Improving their ability to analyse performance and make judgements about what makes a performance successful.
- Understanding that physical activity contributes to the healthy functioning of the body and mind and is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle.
Students participate in a wide range of diverse and dynamic activities from popular invasion games like football, basketball, netball and touch rugby to striking and fielding games like rounders and cricket and net/wall games like badminton and tennis. Other areas include gymnastics, dance and athletics.
Students begin to identify the types of activities and roles they prefer and are best suited to so that they can make informed choices about their own commitment to leading a healthy, active life.
They become more regularly involved in physical activity, including sport and dance, both in extra-curricular provision and through clubs we work with in the community. A popular addition to the activities offered at QK includes Parkour.