GCSE PE
Lesson 1: Introduction to GCSE
Starter activity
Find a partner, who you know you can work well
with
Pair up with a different pair, making sure you have
2 boys and 2 girls wherever possible
Make a list of key questions that you have about
GCSE
Make a list of expectations that you have of the
teacher
Learning
Challenges
➔ Organise your folder and checklist
➔ Understand Bloom’s Taxonomy
➔ Understand flipped learning and
importance of home learning
➔ Confirm access to Moodle
➔ Understand Growth Mindset
➔ Decide upon possible activities for
assessment
➔ Share expectations, questions and
answers
Activity 1
Collect the following for your folder:
● Checklist of topics
● Bloom’s Taxonomy
● Growth Mindset
● GCSE practical proforma
Extension
Discuss on your tables
which activities might be
your strongest for
assessment.
Divide the activities into
possible lesson activities
and activities that you
do in your own time.
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Info
Bloom’s Taxonomy is a
hierarchy of learning
with simple learning at
the bottom and complex
learning at the top.
Your learning
challenges will usually
use this language to
give you an idea of how
challenging the learning
will be.
What is Flipped
Learning?
Info
Flipped Learning is a model of
learning where lesson content
and home learning are
reversed.
You complete preparatory
work for homework (simple
learning) before completing
the complex learning in class.
What is
Growth
Mindset?
Activity 2
Discuss on your tables which activities might be your
strongest for assessment.
Divide the activities into possible lesson activities and
activities that you do in your own time.
Hand in your activities with your name on them!
Expectations
● Challenge and believe in yourself
● Complete your home study and
ask for help early if you cannot
meet a deadline
● Get actively involved in all
lessons and activities
● Develop a growth mindset (if you
haven’t already!)
● Always feed back to the teacher
to improve the quality of your
learning
What are your
expectations?
Plenary
What questions do you have about GCSE PE?
Learning
Challenges
➔ Organise your folder and checklist
➔ Understand Bloom’s Taxonomy
➔ Understand flipped learning and
importance of home study
➔ Confirm access to Moodle
➔ Understand Growth Mindset
➔ Decide upon possible activities for
assessment
➔ Share expectations, questions and
answers
Home Learning
● List and remember the 4
types of bones
● List and remember the 6
functions of the skeleton
This should be completed in
your books (title: applied
anatomy and physiology) by
next lesson
These slides along with the
textbook page required will be
on Moodle