Ercall Wood Academy

At Ercall Wood Academy, we recognise the importance of PE and the role it has to play in promoting long term, healthy lifestyles. The intent of our PE curriculum is to provide access to all students to high quality PE and sporting opportunities. It is our intent for every student to succeed and achieve their potential as well as to lead physically active lifestyles. We strive to inspire our students through fun and engaging PE lessons that are enjoyable, challenging and accessible to all. We want our students to appreciate the benefits of a healthy and physically active lifestyle. Through the PE department at Ercall Wood Academy we have a multitude of experienced staff who have expertise in a range of sports. Through our teaching of PE, we will provide opportunities for our students to develop sporting values and transferrable life skills such as etiquette, fairness and resilience as well as providing them with opportunities to take part in competitive sport.

Beyond merely a subject, we believe that participation in sporting activity is a key element of developing a school in which students are proud of the community in which they belong. For this reason, a great emphasis is placed upon additional sporting opportunities beyond the lesson within after-school clubs, inter-house and inter-school competition as well as directly trying to support the local clubs within the Telford & Wrekin area and our feeder schools. We believe this encourages our students to be active participants within their community, instil fundamental values and equip students to be life ready.

Students will experience a broad and balanced PE curriculum, which teaches our students the tactics and strategies needed to overcome opponents in direct competition through team and individual games and develop their technique and improve their performance in other competitive sports. They will take part in outdoor and adventurous activities which present intellectual and physical challenges and they will be encouraged to work in a team, building on trust and developing skills to solve problems, either individually or as a group. They will analyse their performances compared to previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.

 At the end of KS3, students will acquire and develop skills and learn how to select and apply these skills, including basic tactics into game situations.  In addition, students are encouraged to develop more consistent and intelligent skill performances and positive attitudes to participation in physical activity.

At the end of KS4, every student will cover 3 core sports throughout the year and in addition will be given a choice option of covering additional sports in line with their own interests.

In OCR Sports Studies, students will further develop their knowledge of sport by exploring 4 units. The units include an examination in Contemporary issues in sport, they will develop sports skills as a performer and official. They will also have the opportunity to deliver a sports session as part of sports leadership and they will take part in an outdoor activity as part of the Outdoor Activities unit.