Motivating pupils with tailormade pathways

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Part 3
Motivating pupils with tailor-made pathways
Jay Tostevin Peacehaven Community School
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Opened in September 2001 to serve the needs of
pupils aged 11 to 16 in the local East Sussex
community.
Proportion of pupils eligible for free school
meals broadly in line with the national average,
although the school is in an area with
significant levels of social deprivation. Pupils
from ethnic minority backgrounds speaking English
as an additional language is low. School has a
special facility to support pupils with speech or
communication difficulties and has a higher than
average proportion of pupils with special
educational needs. The school has gained
Sportsmark Award and Ofsted report rated
provision in PE as very good.
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Why are we doing this work?

• culmination of thinking started with the revision
  of the national curriculum
• findings from QCA information gathering
• emerging framework for recognising achievement
• willingness of the awarding bodies to embrace
  development
• the need to improve what is available to young
  people especially in light of the national
  strategy

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New School Blank Canvas!
Establish a high quality curriculum from the
outset?
Key Stage 3 curriculum working well?
Objective - to maintain pupils interest in, and
positive attitudes towards PE throughout key
stage 4.
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What did happen?
In a questionnaire given to all 180 year 10
pupils at the end of the year

• 82 per cent said that they enjoyed PE more than
  in key stage 3

• 12 per cent said that they did not enjoy PE more

• 6 per cent said that they felt the same about PE.

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Where we started!
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What do young people learn in PE?
Four Aspects

• acquiring and developing skills

• selecting and applying skills, tactics and
  compositional ideas

• evaluating and improving performance

• knowledge and understanding of fitness and health

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4 Sporting Pathways

• Wanted to develop 4 sporting pathways
• Followed through 14-16
• Continued post 16
• Leads to lifelong participation (emphasis)

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Task
Putting yourself in the position I was in..
What 4 pathways/routes would you identify and
choose to develop?
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4 Sporting Pathways

• Competitive
• Individual Performance
• Social Recreation
• Leadership JSLA

Not something totally new post 16 continuation
(life long learning) and pupil consultation is
the key.
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A well-designed PE and sport curriculum
focuses on young people and what they want to
achieve
provides authentic contexts in which to learn
links their learning in school to their own lives
both now and in the future
is seen as useful as well as interesting and
exciting
builds competence and confidence
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Designing the routes

• Seek the views of the students
• Do they know what they want
• Seek the views of PE staff
• Do we know what they want/need.
• Individual needs SEN/GT etc.
• Pathways beyond school.

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The Consultation Process part i

• What type of participant?
• Year 9 feedback for learning sessions.
• Letters sent home
• Individual Mentoring Discussions
• Pupil Questionnaire/Audit

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• Key Stage 4 Core PE
• Physical Education is a compulsory part of the
  curriculum until students leave us at the end of
  Year 11. However, engaging in a fit and active
  lifestyle continues to be important beyond your
  childs school years.
• Therefore, PCS is developing a programme that
  students can opt into based on their own
  individual involvement in fitness and sport and
  how they see this involvement continuing into
  their adulthood.
• Students will need to consider the following
  three statements and decide which most suits
  their motivation towards PE.
• Competing Performing To perform in sport,
  challenge or dance type activities to reach as
  high a level of performance as possible.
• Promoting health well being To take part in a
  variety of physical activities for physical and
  social satisfaction, health and growth.
• Developing personal fitness To take part in
  physical fitness activities to improve body image
  and self-esteem.
• JSLA Junior Sports Leaders Award - A national
  qualification in leadership and coaching.
• We will be seeking the views of students
  regarding the types of activities they would be
  keen to pursue within these programmes via the
  Sports Council next term.
• Some activities will inevitably incur a small
  charge for use of other facilities or qualified
  coaches and we would like your views regarding
  this. Obviously, there will always be a range of
  activities available on site that do not incur a
  cost of any sort.
• Please would you complete the attached slip and
  return it to the school office as soon as
  possible. The more replies we receive the easier
  it will be for us to reach a decision that
  reflects your views.
• Childs Name...
• I would / would not be happy to pay a small fee
  for some activities in order to enhance the
  provision of PE at Key Stage 4. (Please delete as
  appropriate)
• Parent / Guardian Signature..

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• Key Stage 4 Core PE
• We would like you to complete this questionaire
  so that we know the types of activities you would
  like to be able to do in core PE in years 10 and
  11. This is nothing to do with GCSE PE. At this
  stage, you are not opting for anything, we are
  just gathering information to help us to decide
  what to offer so some of your choices may not
  even run.
• Read the three statements below and think about
  which one best suits you. Please tick the
  statement that you feel describes how you want to
  participate in PE.
• Competitive To perform in sport, challenge or
  dance type activities to reach as high a level of
  performance as possible.
• Individual Performance To take part in physical
  fitness activities to improve body image and
  self-esteem.
• Social Recreation To take part in a variety of
  physical activities for physical and social
  satisfaction, health and well being.
• Leadership To undertake a leadership
  qualification and help coach in the community.
• PLEASE TICK YOUR TEN FAVOURITE CHOICES WHERE YOU
  SEE THE TICK SYMBOL. THEN NUMBER IN THE NEXT
  COLUMN WHICH OF THESE ARE YOUR TOP 3 CHOICES, - 1
  BEING YOUR FAVOURITE.
• These activities may cost money to take part
  in.

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The Consultation Process part ii

• Routes are designed
• Year 9 Assembly
• GCSE Option Booklets sent home
• Year 9 Option evening parents and students

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KEY STAGE 4 CORE PE CURRICULUM
The programme covers both years 10 11. Each
activity runs for one module however, the order
of activities may be subject to change.
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KEY STAGE 4 CORE PE CURRICULUM
Rugby
The programme covers both years 10 11. Each
activity runs for one module however, the order
of activities may be subject to change.
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Curriculum Content

• All routes focus on where students are heading,
  now, 6 months, 1 year, leave school.
• Competitive Sport Education Model
• Individual Performance Fitness, Shows
• Social Rec Real life situations
• JSLA work with feeder schools, tournament
  organisation

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What difference did we make?

• Pupils enthusiasm was excellent
• 100 per cent participation.
• They came to lessons on time and with kit,
• Talking about what they were going to do.
• Their commitment to the courses they chose was
  high.
• Allowing pupils to choose courses and pathways
  had a major effect on the quality of their
  participation.
• Wanted to be there.
• The standard of work from some of the JSLA pupils
  was described by the local primary schools as
  very good. Both their commitment and the quality
  of their leadership were of a high standard.

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Measuring the Impact

• We collected information to show the success of
  this work by
• observing pupils in lessons
• videoing pupils performance
• Interviewing students
• taking attendance registers.

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Things to think about..

• what are the current strengths / weaknesses of
  your 14-19 curriculum?
• what would your priorities be for change?
• Specific Objectives
• Strategies
• Signs of Success
• Evidence
• what, if any, are the constraints?