Physical Education
104 free lessons in The School on Ai Quran, from Early Years to GCSE.
Early Years
- Climbing and using equipment safely
- Ways my body moves
- Balance and being still
- Throwing, catching and kicking
- Getting ready to move
- Jumping, hopping and skipping
- Playing games together
- Moving safely around others
- Feeling the beat of music
- Running well
- Rolling and bouncing a ball
- Stretching our bodies
- Dodging and chasing
- An obstacle course
- Hitting a ball
- Moving with a partner
Key Stage 1
- Agility, balance and coordination
- Team games and fair play
- Moving to music
- Staying safe, including near water
- Moving safely in a space
- Dance: telling a story with movement
- Running, jumping and landing safely
- Throwing and catching a ball
- Chasing, dodging and tagging games
- Aiming at a target
- Working as a team: passing and encouraging
- Warming up before you play
- Using games equipment safely
- What to do if you get hurt
- Dance with a partner: copying and mirroring
- Watching and describing a performance
Key Stage 2
- Athletics: run, jump, throw
- Swimming and water competence
- Tactics in invasion games
- Outdoor adventure and problem solving
- Throwing, catching and striking
- Gymnastics: balance, shape and control
- Dance: movement patterns and performance
- Defending: marking, tracking and intercepting
- Attacking: creating and using space
- Net games: the shared ideas
- Striking and fielding: the shared ideas
- Comparing performance and personal best
- Pacing: why even effort beats starting fast
- Relay changeovers: timing without looking back
- Breathing technique: why rhythm matters more than holding your breath
- Static vs dynamic stretching: when to use each
- Canon and unison: performing together in different ways
- Floating and buoyancy
- Trust and communication activities: leading a blindfolded partner safely
- Warming up and cooling down: why the order matters
- Coordination: combining two skills at once
- Dance from a stimulus: turning an idea into movement
- Water safety beyond the pool
- Pacing and timing a route
- Small-sided games: why fewer players means more touches
- Core stability: why a strong middle helps everything else
- Levels and pathways: using the space around you
- Building a shelter: teamwork under a practical constraint
- Officiating and fair play: being your own referee
- Interval training: work and rest in a pattern
- Reading your own effort: the talk test and perceived exertion
- Performing to an audience: nerves, focus and presence
Key Stage 3
- Outdoor and adventurous activity
- The body during exercise
- Components of fitness and how to train
- Analysing and improving performance
- Rules, officials and competition
- Warming up and cooling down
- Muscles, bones and joints in movement
- Training principles and progression
- Nutrition and hydration for activity
- Leadership and coaching others
- The heart, lungs and blood vessels
- Energy for exercise: an introduction
- Growth, development and physical activity
- Circuit training: designing a circuit
- Strength training safely as a teenager
- Flexibility: how to actually improve it
- Recovery, sleep and avoiding overtraining
- Strengths, weaknesses and a performance profile
- Observing a game tactically
- Video analysis and technology in coaching
- Inclusive sport and adapting rules
- Competition structures: seeding and fixtures
- Respect in sport, on and off the pitch
- Talent pathways and the relative age effect
GCSE
- Movement analysis: levers, planes and axes
- Classifying skills and choosing practice
- Guidance and feedback
- Health, fitness and wellbeing
- Diet, energy and performance
- Injury prevention and recovery
- Sport in society and staying active for life
- Anatomy and physiology
- Sports psychology and performance
- Periodisation and the principles beyond FITT
- Somatotype and body composition
- The information processing model
- Types of movement at the joints
- Legal ergogenic aids and supplements
- Fitness testing and training zones
- Drugs in sport and sporting ethics
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