Physical Education (PE)

Aims of Physical Education

The Physical Education Department at the British School Manila aims to educate students through the medium of sport and physical activity. Students will experience a wide variety of activities in which they will be challenged physically and mentally in a number of roles.  Whilst the focus is on developing the students’ physical competence in all areas the PE programme offers opportunities for students to be creative and to face different challenges as an individual, small group or team member. Through this process, students discover their aptitudes, abilities and preferences and thus are able to make choices about how to get involved in lifelong physical activity.  Activities for primary students include swimming, games, dance, gymnastics and athletics / fitness.  It is the aim of the Department to begin by exposing students to a range of activities and structured play during the early stages, building up to more specialised sports, structures and strategies as they move across the School.

All students from Nursery through to Year 9 have one swimming lesson per week as well as two land-based PE sessions.  The two PE sessions tend to be split into one games and one ‘aesthetics’ session.

Foundation Stage (nursery & foundation):

In Foundation, Nursery students have PE lessons with their class teachers where they learn basic yet fundamental skills such as spatial awareness, sharing, movement patterns and rhythms through playing fun games and simple dance choreography.

Reception students do one lessons of PE with their class teachers where they build on previous skills learnt in Nursery.  They also have one specialist lesson with the PE Department where we introduce them to more competitive yet fun situations, introduce more equipment and expose students to a larger environment with slightly more structured play and complex movement patterns.  Lessons are 30 mins in duration.

Key Stage 1 (Years 1 & 2):

In Key Stage 1, PE is taught twice a week and delivered by the PE Department.  One lesson is 40 mins (games) and the second is for 30 mins (aesthetics / fitness).  Activities include dance, gymnastics, ball skills, mini games and fitness.  The children also have a swimming lesson each week for the entire year with our full time and highly qualified swimming coaches.

Key Stage 2 (Years 3 – 6):

In Key Stage 2, students have 2 lessons delivered by the PE Department.  One games lesson (1 hour) and one aesthetics / fitness lesson (40 mins) - as well as a 40-minute swimming lesson per week.  Students are taught the basic skills, techniques and rules in small sided and modified games of basketball, netball, football, volleyball, tee-ball, rugby and short tennis, as well as athletics & fitness, gymnastics and dance.

Tournaments and Competitions:

The main event is participation in the annual U11 FOBISSEA Games.  This tends to happen in late May / early June.  It is open to all students from Years 3 – 6 with the final squad of 36 participating pupils being selected after a series of trials which are held in late January.

We are part of the RIFA football league which sees boys and girls across the primary school participate from October – February in 5-7 a-side games against local schools around Manila.

In recent years we have participated in the annual Phuket football tournament, played in a local rugby leagues and competed against the International School Manila and Cebu International School in a range of friendly matches.

As part of the ASA programme in the School, students can get involved in many sporting activities including fencing, taekwondo, badminton, hockey, football, rugby, athletics, ballet and hip hop to name but a few.  See the ASA section of the web page for full listings.

Key Stage 3 (Years 7 – 9):

Physical Education at Key Stage 3 continues to enrich the student’s knowledge and content seeks to broaden the students’ understanding of how to observe and analyse performance, warm up safely and the importance of health related exercise.  Students participate in:

   

Assessment:

Students are assessed at Key Stage 3 in accordance with the National Curriculum end of Key Stage levels of attainment through a process of diagnostic, formative and summative assessment.  Students’ effort is also recognised and graded according to their attitude, punctuality, attendance, organisation and physical willingness to be involved in class.    

Key Stage 4 (Years 10 & 11 - GCSE Physical Education)
Content:

Students at Key Stage 4 undertake the Edexcel GCSE physical education programme.  All students at BSM undertake the short course programme. Candidates will engage in a range of practical activities offering two for assessment. The students will be required to show advanced skills within the context of the activity and demonstrate their abilities in increasingly challenging situations.  Students learn to observe and analyse skills and suggest training methods and practices that could improve overall technique and performance.

Practical activities available include:

Students also have the opportunity to participate and later be assessed in activities they may do out of school such as horse riding, karate and various others.

In addition to practical application within the PE environment students also learn theoretical principles underpinning physical activity and sport.  In the short course the theoretical components are broken in to two sections:

Section A – Exercise and Training

Section B - Safety Aspects and Risk Assessment in Physical Activity

Within these sections students will learn about factors that affect participation and performance such as methods of training, diet, health, drugs in sport and sports injuries.

The GCSE full course requires students to undertake an extra two sports for assessment from different areas and also a third section of the theory programme.

Section C – Applied Anatomy and Physiology

Students wishing to be considered to undertake the full course will do so in consultation with the PE department to determine their suitability to meet the rigorous challenges of the programme.

Assessment:

The following is a summary of the scheme of assessment for the short course programme

The following is a summary of the scheme of assessment for the full course programme

Key Stage 5 (Years 12 & 13 - IB Diploma)

Although PE is currently not formally assessed at IB Diploma level it is still a compulsory part of the Year 12 and 13 programme.  Students will participate in activities which offer a wide variety of opportunity to engage in sport in a more collegiate environment.  Amongst others activities include ultimate Frisbee, flag football, circuit training, table tennis and aerobics.  It is hoped students will develop an appreciation toward the benefits of continued participation in physical activity promoting lifelong attitudes towards health and fitness.

Assessment:
There is no formal assessment for physical education at IB Diploma level.  However, students are able to work toward gaining credit for the ‘action’ component of the IB CAS programme in certain activities where they take charge of the class, plan and deliver lessons to their fellow students.
 
Extra Curricular Activities

Members of the Faculty and external coaches work to implement a full extra curricular programme.  Students from Years 7 to 13 can engage in activities from aerobics to volleyball and badminton to water polo throughout the week.

As well as catering for mass participation in physical activities, teachers and coaches also run organised and selected teams.  Teams in basketball, badminton, football, swimming and volleyball run weekly or in seasons and compete in regular tournaments in Manila and across the Philippines after school and at weekends.

BSM is affiliated to a number of associations and compete in their competitions.  Currently BSM compete in the FOBISSEA Games at U13 and U15 level in athletics, swimming, basketball and football.  At the senior age category the school competes in the ISAC tournaments in basketball, football and volleyball.  The School is also a member of the RIFA football league and competes seasonally in the full spectrum of age categories from Years 7 to 13.