GCSE Personal Exercise Plan (PEP) - Guidance

LESSON OBJECTIVES To know and understand what the controlled assessments for GCSE PE are. To know and understand what is required for the Personal Exercise Programme. To start the first part of the PEP – Introduction, and fitness tests.

INTRODUCTION A controlled assessment is a form of internal assessment where the control levels are set for each stage of the assessment process: task setting; task taking and task marking. This has replaced the coursework element of GCSE PE and has to be undertaken under a supervised condition with controlled access to resources within the centre or outside the centre and involve research with limited supervision.

INTRODUCTION Your controlled assessment will be...... your practical sports (2 or 4 sports) and... Your analysis of performance (incl. PEP) The controlled assessment is worth 60% of your final grade. Practical sports = 48% A of P = 12%

ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE The PEP is part of the mark for A of P which is now including the PEP worth 12%. A mark out of 4 is given for each of the areas of the A of P: Rules, regulations and terminology Observe and analyse performance Evaluate performance Plan strategies, tactics and practices Plan a Personal Exercise Programme (PEP)

SETTING YOURSELF A TARGET FOR THIS COURSEWORK It is important you know what grade you are at now, what you want to get and how to get that grade. You are going to do this for your A of P grade. Read page 170 and have a go at the apply it task on page 171. Work with your teacher to decide what grade you should be achieving.

TIMESCALE AND ORGANISATION Verbal A of P = Jan – Feb 2011 PEP = SEPT – NOV 2010 Theory lesson will be the theoretical aspects of the PEP and the practical will be the training sessions linked to what you have learnt in the theory lesson. For both lessons you will be in theory groups. Your first lesson of the week will be theory followed by your practical in your second lesson.

TIMESCALE AND ORGANISATION You will receive a folder with a marking sheet for all your controlled assessment. Your PEP will be handwritten on A4 paper and you will put your work into your folders at the end of each lesson. Your teacher will collect in your PEP after every lesson. (YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE YOUR WORK HOME TO DO) HAND IN DEADLINE: MON 15TH NOV

REFERENCING AND PLAGIARISM This MUST be your own work. If you take any information directly from a source you must quote it and reference your work. If you take information and put it into your own words you still must reference this. If you copy from others you will FAIL this coursework.

PERSONAL EXERCISE PROGRAMME Your task is to plan a Personal Exercise Programme to improve your fitness and performance in your MAIN SPORT as a performer The criteria for FULL marks for you PEP is.... “Students will produce a clear and ample evidence of a well-designed Personal Exercise Programme which shows improvement in their personal fitness over a 6 week period, taking their performance to a higher level. Students work will show sound grammar, spelling and punctuation and appropriate technical language will be used accurately.”

WHAT IS A PEP? What do you think it is? “The personal exercise programme (PEP) is a training plan to implement the strategies, practices, or tactics that will improve performance. It must be well-designed (planned), performed (by you), and monitored (recorded) over a six-week period. It must then be evaluated, with comments on how it benefited you and suggestions on how to develop it further.” Edexcel 2009

STARTING THE PEP It is important that you complete all your work set in the lesson as you can not take your work home to complete it has to be completed in lesson time. Be aware of spelling, grammar and punctuations as you get marked on this. Make sure your work is neat and tidy, how something looks gives a good first impression.

CONTENTS OF YOUR PEP Front cover Contents page Introduction to PEP Assessing fitness levels Goal setting and SMART targets Principles of training, reversibility and FITT principle Methods of training Training session plans and evaluations Assessing end fitness levels Graphical evaluations and Conclusions

FRONT PAGE/COVER This is the only part of your PEP you can do at home! It needs to include your name, PERSONAL EXERCISE PROGRAMME, your theory lesson teacher and your main sport/activity you are going to do your programme on. Make it look pretty!! Pictures colour etc. DEADLINE: next weeks lesson Mon 13th Sept. Write this in your homework diary.

CONTENTS PAGE You will do this as you go along. This will include everything in the contents we went through plus anything else you feel you would like to add to your PEP to get the best possible grade.

INTRODUCTION Using the information we have gone through produce an introduction to your PEP. Explain what a PEP is. How long you will complete you PEP for. What are the aims of your PEP Your main Sport you are looking at improving your fitness in for this PEP. A bit of information about this sport. You could include some information about yourself.... E.g. How old you are, what are your main sports, how often do you exercise what exercise do you enjoy taking part in.

FITNESS TESTS Why is it important to undertake fitness tests before planning and undertaking a Personal Exercise Programme? In pairs/small groups list all the different fitness components you could test for. Using the text book in your small groups find the fitness tests that you could use to assess the level of fitness for each fitness component.

ASESSING FITNESS LEVELS You will assess your fitness levels in your practical lesson this week. The fitness tests you will complete are: Cooper 12 min test. Hand grip strength test. Harvard Step Test. 30m sprint test. Sergeant Jump test. Standing broad jump.

ASESSING FITNESS LEVELS For your PEP describe each of the tests you will be undertaking. Include what you have to do for the fitness test, what fitness components they assess and a diagram of the test if possible. Leave a space to write your result for these fitness tests and a space for HR before test, after test and recovery 1,2 and 3 mins after exercise (this only needed for cardiovascular fitness tests) You could do this in a form of a table.

FINALLY... Remember it doesn't matter where your fitness level is now. You are looking to improve it over the next 6-8 weeks so its important you get a correct indicator of where you are. Work hard and you should all achieve FULL marks for this piece of coursework. Don't worry how others get on this is a PERSONAL THING!!!! Watch this youtube clip and think about this message..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obdd31Q9PqA Make sure you don't have excuses!!!