OCR A-Level PE: Mastering Paper 3 Socio-Cultural Studies in Physical Activity and Sport
ABOUT THIS COURSE
This new course provides teachers with advice and tips from an experienced teacher and examiner, to deepen their understanding of the course content for Paper 3 and how to answer questions to achieve high grades. Participants will develop their understanding of the specification, and challenges and pitfalls for that learner’s experience whilst tackling paper 3. Delegates will be given advice and guidance about sequencing, delivery methods, and resources that can support teaching, learning and assessment.BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
- Gain a thorough understanding of the course content for Paper 3
- Have an increased awareness of the challenges students experience when answering Paper 3 examinations, and take away advice and guidance to help their learners tackle these issues
- Have the opportunity to review sequencing, resources and teaching and learning approaches to Paper 3, and take away hints and tips to help raise learner attainment in this paper
PROGRAMME
Review of the 2024 Socio-Cultural Studies Exam
10.00am- Data analysis from the 2024 AS and A-Level examination series
- Review of the examiners report and advice from examiners
- Understanding the finer details of mark-scheme to know how marks are gained and lost
- Reviewing examples of good practice
3.1 Sport and Society
10.45am- Emergence and evolution of modern sport, mnemonics and plans to develop learners understanding and support retrieval of information
- Question analysis, common questions and approaches to answering these to maximise results
Break
11.30amContemporary Issues in Physical Activity and Sport, Ethics and Deviance in Modern Sport
11.45am- Keeping it lean! Key content to include, and mnemonics and plans to develop learners understanding and support retrieval of information
- Question analysis, common questions and approaches to answering these to maximise results
Achieving Level 3 Answers in Extended Answer Questions
12.15pm- Keeping it lean! Key content to include, and mnemonics and plans to develop learners understanding and support retrieval of information
- Question analysis, common questions and approaches to answering these to maximise results
Lunch
12.50Tackling Contemporary Issues in Physical Activity and Sport, Commercialism, Technology and Routes to Excellence
1.50pm- Streamlining essential content while incorporating memory aids and strategies to deepen learner comprehension and enhance recall
- Breaking down typical exam questions, exploring effective methods for answering them to optimize performance.
Break
2.30pmPlanning, sequencing and resourcing for success in socio cultural studies
3.15pm- Reflecting on current practice, curriculum design and resources
- Developing an action plan for implementing changes
A-Level - Code: T0285
OCR A-Level PE: Mastering Paper 3 Socio-Cultural Studies in Physical Activity and Sport
COURSE LEADER
Kate McDonnell has worked as a Head of PE for over 10 years in an Outstanding college. She is an experienced leader, overseeing a large Science and Sport curriculum area which achieves consistently outstanding results. Kate has achieved consistently outstanding results with her cohorts in A Level PE (ALPS 2, VA 1.18), and in 2024 her cohort achieved 100% A*-B grades. She also works as an examiner for OCR, and previously AQA, has authored several resources, and delivered revision conferences for students, and CPD courses for teachers nationwide.
As a practitioner, delivering the course every year to cohorts of students, Kate not only understands the A Level course and how to maximise learner outcomes, but can provide tangible, and realistic strategies to achieve this.