At half time in a match you to improve your skill level or
listen to your coach to find your understanding.
Ideas for students
out how to improve your Following your teacher’s
performance and work out advice and instructions
how you are going to win in should be a key part of your
the second half. strategy towards achieving
your goal. Short Term Target
GCSE PE works along similar
lines. You need to Think about your role within
In your next practical lesson make a
communicate with your the team; are you making a
deliberate point of working with a
teacher and listen to the positive contribution to the
advice they offer. Work as a class, assisting your class
partner or group that you would not
team to stop each other towards achieving their
normally play with. You could work
making mistakes and just potential. Or are you the
like on the pitch don’t pupil whose attitude or
with somebody from a different
criticise others but behaviour costs your team
friendship group. Coaching others
encourage them to work in a mates victory in their exam?
manner that helps the team. will help you analyse their
Good luck with your studies
In your teacher’s ‘game plan’ this year, work as a team in
performance in order to improve
every lesson is structured to class and achieve the grade
weaknesses in performance.
make you a better student, you deserve!
Class Discussion
Medium Term Target
Af
ter a practical session, or
As a target for a future practical
towards the end of a bloc
lessons, in pairs discuss one
k of lesson deliberately pair yourself
activity and write do
against a player you know is better
positiv
wn something
e that your par
ac
hiev
ed/contributed in an aspect
tner has than you. Don’t be afraid of losing,
of your GCSE PE lessons. Then
instead learn from the experience
write do
wn something constr
that they could work on to imuctiv
and rise to the challenge. Analyse
e
This second comment should beprov
e.
what you can learn from your
encouraging rather than insulting
partner in order to improve your
or neg
ativ
e. Is there a theme in the
comments? What could the class do
own performance.
as a whole to help ev
er
y pupil
to im
Both comments could be read to the
prov
e?
class as par
t of an Anal
Pe
rfor
mance practise or ev
ysis of
as a point of ref
en used
student’s P
erence in a
ersonal Ex
Long Term Target
ercise Plan.
Throughout this year experiment
with new skills and techniques that
will improve your performance.
Working as a GCSE PE team creates
an environment where students are
less afraid of making mistakes in
front of their peers. It takes time to
develop but the benefits are well
worth waiting for!
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