The physical education curriculum at Corpus Christi is designed to achieve the aims of the broader National Curriculum in the context of our pupils. Our curriculum will engage, inspire and challenge pupils through equipping them with the knowledge to lead a healthy active lifestyle. We deliver a coherent curriculum, which widens the enrichment experiences and further develops opportunities for our pupils. Pupils develop positive behaviours and personal qualities so they can make a positive contribution to society.
The curriculum will develop pupils’ practical skills in a broad range of physical activities to enhance their personal development, physical ability and leadership qualities. Pupils will engage in competitive scenarios which will allow them to work collaboratively within teams or individually, developing their communication skills further.
The curriculum is sequenced to build on prior knowledge to ensure pupils know more and remember more throughout curriculum topics. As pupils progress, they will develop an appreciation of elite performances and develop the ability to analyse and evaluate performances of themselves and others.
Pupils will learn to be resilient, competitive and confident. They will learn the values of fair play, respect, sportsmanship and discipline. Our curriculum allows pupils to leave school as respectful, kind and gracious young people who can make a positive contribution to society.
“A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. It should provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.”
National Curriculum
The national curriculum for physical education aims to ensure that all pupils:
An extensive extra-curricular programme builds on the PE curriculum and allows opportunities for pupils to take part in competitive sports and activities both in school and outside of school and develop community links with sports clubs.
Pupils will consolidate and extend their knowledge in a range of physical activities chosen to suit their needs. Pupils will build on the motor competences and fundamental movement skills developed at primary school until mastered, then advance into competitive situations through a range of activities. They will develop declarative and procedural knowledge of technique, tactics and strategies to improve their performance in competitive team and individual sports, as well as activities allowing them to express themselves in a non-competitive situation and those which present physical and intellectual challenges. They will develop greater competence in understanding what makes an effective performance and how they can apply these principles to improving their own and other’s work. Pupils will enrich their knowledge of a broad range of activities in depth to become competent in leading a healthy, active lifestyle.
The opportunities are endless for pupils in the Physical Education department. The subject encourages pupils’ self-expression and the mindset of commitment and excellence.
The curriculum is sequenced to build on prior knowledge to ensure pupils know more and remember more throughout curriculum topics. As pupils progress, they will develop an appreciation of elite performances and develop the ability to analyse and evaluate performances of themselves and others. Pupils learn how to develop their fundamental skill in a variety of sports, how to work in a team and how to push themselves to reach their full potential. Sports which pupils experience include;
Corpus Christi Catholic High Schools PE department is a successful department that provides outstanding extra-curricular opportunities for our pupils. Every year we compete and enter teams in many different tournaments and leagues on a local, regional and national level. We offer a wide range of sports as part of our extra-curricular provision such as Basketball, Girls and Boys Football, Rugby, Netball, Handball, Rounders, Hockey, Rounders and Cricket, as well as other individual sports such as Badminton, Table Tennis, Tennis, Dance, Cross Country and Athletics.
To date, the sports teams have had several successes to celebrate in a range of sports. For example, the Under 14 Boys Basketball team were successful in winning the Lancashire Basketball Cup in 2023. Furthermore, in 2022, the Year 7 Boys Football reached the final of the Preston Cup played at Deepdale, and Under 13 Girls got to the semi-final of the Utilita Cup. Pupils benefit from the incredible dedication of our staff in providing extra-curricular activities and pupils are encouraged daily to take part in after school sports.
Our PE department also host annual sports days, Primary School competitions where our Sports Studies and GCSE PE pupils will help run these days.
Every year more and more people take up sport and physical education is an extremely important part of society, so having access to outstanding facilities, exceptional teaching and independent learning ensures that pupil’s reach their highest potential.
Physical Education is not just a way of satisfying a pupil’s athletic flair, the skills learnt in this subject help to develop independent thought and can open the door to exciting career and recreational opportunities as they progress through their education.
Group | Sport 1 (4 weeks, 8 lessons) | Sport 2 (4 weeks, 8 lessons) | Sport 3 (5 weeks, 10 lessons) |
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Girls | Netball | Badminton | Football |
Boys | Basketball | Handball | Rugby |
Mixed | Handball | Fitness | Badminton |
Group | Sport 1 (4 weeks, 8 lessons) | Sport 2 (4 weeks, 8 lessons) | Sport 3 (3 weeks, 6 lessons) |
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Girls | Hockey | Handball | Dance |
Boys | Football | Table tennis | Hockey |
Mixed | Table tennis | Hockey | Football |
Group | Sport 1 (4 weeks, 8 lessons) | Sport 2 (4 weeks, 8 lessons) | Sport 3 (4 weeks, 8 lessons) |
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Girls | Rounders | Athletics | Tennis |
Boys | Athletics | Tennis | Cricket |
Mixed | Tennis | Athletics | Softball |
At Corpus Christi we believe that all pupils should be equipped with and supported in developing a high level of reading and literacy capability, as is required by each subject discipline. To achieve this, Heads of Department should agree clear expectations for how subject knowledge and understanding will be demonstrated through oracy and literacy. This will allow all teachers to ensure that pupils show a deep understanding of their subjects using appropriate subject vocabulary. This is modelled by teachers and explained to pupils to continually reinforce the expected standard.
Heads of Department must ensure that appropriate reading strategies are implemented to meet the demands of their subjects. The strategies adopted must be informed by the demands of the intended scheme of work, pupils’ reading ages, and the key principles of the Corpus Christi approach to ensure pupils are supported in developing their reading, literacy, and oracy across the curriculum. Reading is differentiated across the curriculum to meet the needs of different ability groups, not only to support access to the curriculum but to also develop fluency and deepen understanding.
At Corpus Christi, we believe that high quality summative assessment must primarily enable pupils to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding acquired throughout the implementation of the planned curriculum. Subsequently, this will allow teachers to measure the progress made by pupils through the curriculum, in relation to learning outcomes set out in schemes of work. In measuring the extent to which pupils have acquired knowledge and a secure understanding, teachers will be able to identify gaps in learning, to inform future teaching and planned interventions.
At Corpus Christi, all assessments must be suitably challenging whilst meeting the needs of all pupils. Suitable points for summative assessment are chosen by each Head of Department ensuring that they are embedded into the planned curriculum. Assessments are differentiated to ensure all academic groups can demonstrate their understanding and have the opportunity to make outstanding progress through the curriculum. It is the responsibility of each teacher to ensure their classes are suitably ready for assessments and all content has been covered thoroughly, considering the needs of all pupils.
This course is ideally suited to those who have a particular talent or enthusiasm for physical activities and are capable of pursuing a theoretical course of study in anatomy, physiology and exercise, sporting issues within our society and education involvement within our society.
The practical section of the course focuses on the development of performance in a number of the following sports: Badminton, Trampolining, Athletics, Cricket, Football, Gymnastics, Dance, Rock climbing.
The theoretical component is divided into two separate exams, both worth 30% of the overall GCSE; the content is taught over the two years.
Assessment involves a 40% practical performance in three different sports chosen from their best practical marks. The practical mark includes an assessed piece of coursework based on the strengths and weaknesses of one of their chosen sports.
The two exams involve a mixture of multiple choice/objective test questions, short answer questions and extended answer questions.
Cambridge National Sports Studies
For further information regarding the Physical Education curriculum please contact:
Mr Addison-Jones, email: nadd@ccc.lancs.sch.uk or telephone school reception: (01772) 716912.