What is GCSE Physical Education all about?
PE will offer you the opportunity to develop your skills in a wide range of sports and activities and help you improve your own performance. You will learn about exercise, how the body works to help you exercise and then through training how performance can be improved. Will I enjoy this course? The course is practically based and involves participating in a range of practical activities as well as developing the knowledge to improve your own ability in these activities. For pupils who enjoy sport this will therefore be a very enjoyable course. How does it follow on from what I have learned before? You will have already been taught a variety of different activities in your PE lessons. This course will help you to build upon these basic skills. You will develop the analytical skills necessary to look at and improve your own performance. What about exams? There is one exam at the end of the course, which will test your knowledge and understanding of the theory element of the course. The
