AQA A-Level & GCSE PE: High-Impact Strategies for Extended Questions

Course Code: T0441 Price range: £149.00 through £249.00

ABOUT THIS COURSE

The extended questions are considered as the most demanding aspects of AQA examinable PE, requiring students to combine detailed knowledge with coherent application and AO3 analytical and evaluative skills. This brand-new course is designed for teachers who want to develop students' confidence and expertise through well-developed pedagogy to meet the requirements of the highest mark bands.

Relevant to both A-Level & GCSE AQA specifications, the course explores effective approaches to teaching and embedding consistent dissection of the extended questions, structuring effective answers, and the development of critical and independent thinking. Drawing on current best practice and classroom and examining experience, delegates will gain practical strategies, resources and classroom activities that can be implemented immediately to improve students' written responses and maximise examination success.

The course is split into two sections, the morning is focused on GCSE approaches and the afternoon dedicated to A-Level. Delegates can choose to book for either or both. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Teachers preparing to teach examinable PE at GCSE, A-Level or both
  • Novice teachers looking to strengthen their practice
  • Experienced teachers looking to refresh their practice with a new perspective
  • Teachers using AQA GCSE and A-Level specifications

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

  • Gain a clear understanding of the assessment requirements for GCSE and A level PE extended question writing
  • Discover effective approaches to teaching students how to move beyond knowledge and description to produce well balanced and applied critical responses
  • Learn how to introduce and scaffold analytical and evaluative thinking, enabling students to develop stronger reasoning and more independent interpretations
  • Develop strategies to help students construct coherent, well-structured responses that meet the demands of the highest mark bands
  • Gain practical approaches to narrowing the attainment gap and supporting students of differing abilities to make sustained progress
  • Examine effective methods of providing constructive feedback that promotes reflection, redrafting and long-term improvement
  • Understand the characteristics of high-performing answers and how to help students achieve the highest marks without overwriting
  • Take away a range of classroom activities, resources and teaching ideas that can be implemented immediately.

PROGRAMME

10.00am: GCSE PE Session 1 - Teaching Students to Think Like Examiners: Mastering AO3 Extended Answers
  • Understanding assessment requirements for AO3 in 6/9-mark questions
  • Teaching students to justify, discuss, analyse and evaluate
  • Reviewing trends in GCSE exam series – what can we pass onto students to empower and reassure
  • Use previous data to inform current practice at embedding AO3 skills into lesson delivery
  • Building confidence through low-stakes writing
  • Modelling and scaffolding effective answers
  • Embedding extended questions across the two-year course
11.00: Break
11.15am: GCSE PE Session 2 – From Good to Outstanding: Developing High-Band GCSE Extended Answers
  • Building critical thinking and independent interpretations
  • Reviewing high band answers for 6- and 9-marks questions
  • Encouraging academic resilience and using model answers to inform teaching and support all students
  • Strategies for stretching the most able while supporting weaker students
12.30: Lunch
1.00pm: A-Level PE Session 1 – Constructing Top-Level Analysis and Evaluation
  • Understanding assessment requirements for analyse and evaluate
  • What distinguishes level 5 responses for 8- and 15-mark questions?
  • Deconstructing 8- and 15-mark questions and identifying key concepts as everyday practice
  • Modelling the planning process explicitly
  • Building analytical and evaluative arguments
  • From plan to response, demonstrating analytical thinking on how to approach the blend of the assessment objectives
2.15pm: Break
2.30pm: A-Level PE Session 2 – Securing Level 5 Performance Through Feedback and Refinement
  • Marking efficiently without creating excessive workload
  • Whole-class feedback strategies
  • Identifying the highest-impact areas for improvement
  • Reviewing level 5 answers for 8- and 15-marks questions in a relevant teaching section
  • Characteristics of A/A* responses
  • Using focused targets (one or two at a time) to avoid cognitive overload
  • Redrafting and improvement cycles
  • Key takeaways for immediate classroom implementation
3.30pm: Depart    
A-Level - Code: T0441

AQA A-Level & GCSE PE: High-Impact Strategies for Extended Questions

Jackie Brookes 1 e1744295110656

COURSE LEADER

Jackie Brookes is an experienced teacher of 16 years, including 5 years as an AST and lead practitioner focusing on whole-school teaching and learning. Her results at all levels are consistently above the national average. She has taught all aspects of A Level and BTEC and specialises in active teaching and learning approaches, along with physiology, where her engaging ideas help students grasp challenging concepts. She is fully involved in the examination and moderation process at GCSE, BTEC and A Level with two exam boards, and is proud of her work supporting teachers and students nationally with the demands of GCSE and A Level qualifications.

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