Curriculum
Welcome to the Physical Education Department. At Forest Hill, we teach Physical Education to students from Year 7 through to Year 13. Our curriculum offer is designed to cater for the interests, skills and demands of all our students and, through it, they are given the opportunity to participate in a range of roles, including as performer, official and coach.
PE
Through our curriculum offer, students will develop:
- Their individual skills and techniques.
- Their ability to make and apply decisions, such as selecting and using appropriate tactics and strategies; and recognising risks and hazards and how to control them.
- Their physical and mental capacity and determination to succeed.
- Their ability to effectively analyse their own and other’s performances in order to bring about improvements.
- Their ability to identify the types of activities and roles they are best suited to and would like to take on, in order to make informed choices about lifelong physical activity in order to lead healthy active lifestyles.
KS3
In Year 7, 8 and 9 students have one double lesson per week, lasting two hours. Units of work run for approximately six weeks and the activities are as follows:
| Areas of Activity | Activities covered in our programme |
| Outwitting opponents | Games activities - Football, Rugby, Basketball, Hockey, Cricket and Volleyball |
| Accurate replication | Gymnastic activities |
| Exploring and communicating ideas | Dance activities |
| Performing at maximum levels | Athletic activities |
| Exercising safely and effectively | Health and fitness activities |
KS4
In Years 10 and 11 Physical Education remains a compulsory subject and students have one double lesson per week lasting two hours. Each unit of work runs for approximately seven weeks.
Students are allowed to choose the activities which they wish to follow, which must be from at least two of the areas of activity. Students are encouraged to select activities in which they have a high level of skill and/or which they particularly enjoy to continue their participation outside school and in post-school life in order to lead healthy active lifestyles.
In addition those which they follow throughout Key Stage 3, students can also choose to follow units of sailing and canoeing, weight training, swimming and table-tennis.
GCSE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND BTEC Level 2 SPORT
GCSE Physical Education (AQA) is offered to students as an examination subject and approximately 25% of Key Stage 4 students choose to follow this course. Students assessed on their practical performance (as performers, officials, organisers and coaches) and sit a written examination. Students are entered for either a single or double award depending on their level of overall performance throughout the course.
In September 2010, we introduced a BTEC Level 2 Sport course, which consists of a series of assessments in the various units studied. There is no written examination, all units of work are assessed within school. The BTEC Level 2 Certificate is broadly equivalent to one GCSE and the BTEC Level 2 Extended Certificate is broadly equivalent to two GCSEs.
KS5
From September 2010, we will offer a BTEC Sport course to Year 12 students and A2 Physical Education to Year 13 students.
Extra Curicular Activities
Our extra-curricular programme of activities is extensive and provides opportunities for students of all abilities and interests.
Activities run before and after school and at lunch-time for recreational purposes and team coaching sessions. We run teams in football, rugby, cricket, basketball, cross-country and athletics and enjoy both individual and team successes at local, district, county and national level.
Lewisham Schools' Borough Champions 2010
Congratulations to the Year 8 & 9 Athletics Team
and the Year 10 & 11 Athletics Team
- both won the 2010 Lewisham Schools' Borough Championship for their category.