• Encourages learners to understand how physical activity contributes to health and wellbeing across life.  

• Includes practical assessment in sports or physical activities and opportunities like coaching and personal training.  

• Places emphasis on knowledge of health-related behaviours and how decisions affect themselves and others.  

• Assessment includes practical performance and a digital exam focused on understanding principles of PE and health.  

Unit 1  

Principles of Physical Education and Health  

• Digital examination:  

• 1 hour 30 minutes (80marks) 

• 40% of qualification  

• Marked by WJEC  

Overview of unit  

The purpose of this unit is to:  

• demonstrate and apply knowledge and understanding of the factors that contribute to participation in sport and physical activity  

• develop learners’ understanding of how sport and physical activity has an impact on health and wellbeing  

• reflect on and analyse performance factors and how they can be developed.  

This unit will focus on:  

• health, wellbeing, sport and physical activity  

• the factors that impact on levels of activity and the relationship with physical, social, and emotional health and wellbeing such as:  

• diet and nutrition  

• exercise physiology  

• psychological aspects  

• the socio-cultural influences on participation and performance 

Unit 2  

Performance and Personal Training  

• Non-examination assessment  

• 60% of qualification (120marks):  

• 20% – Performance 1  

• 20% – Performance 2 or Coaching  

• 20% – Personal Training (of self) Internally assessed by the centre, externally moderated by a visiting moderator  

Overview of unit  

The purpose of this unit is to: 

•  demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the range of skills and techniques required for sport and physical activity  

• demonstrate application of tactics, strategies and/or compositional ideas within the context of the full activity  

• demonstrate application of the skills and principles of planning, organising, communicating and reflecting  

• demonstrate confidence, resilience, creativity, effectiveness and efficiency when performing (including coaching) and training.  

This unit will focus on:  

• performing effectively by developing skills and selecting and using tactics, strategies and/or compositional ideas as a performer and/or coach  

• developing and implementing a personal training activity by analysing needs, planning, monitoring and reflecting  

• thinking critically and reflectively about their own performance and practice, and that of others.  

The unit will be assessed via practical non-examination assessment. This unit must be taken in the final year of the course. There will be three parts to this assessment:  

1. Perform in one sport or physical activity from the approved list (20% of qualification) 

2. Perform in a second sport or physical activity or provide coaching in a sport or physical activity from the approved list (20% of qualification)  

3. Plan, implement and evaluate a personal training activity (of self) over 8-10 weeks for a sport or physical activity from the approved list (20% of qualification) 

Unit 1  

Principles of Physical Education and Health  

• Digital examination:  

• 1 hour 30 minutes (80marks) 

• 40% of qualification  

• Marked by WJEC  

Unit 2  

Performance and Personal Training  

• Non-examination assessment  

• 60% of qualification (120marks):  

• 20% – Performance 1  

• 20% – Performance 2 or Coaching  

• 20% – Personal Training (of self) Internally assessed by the centre, externally moderated by a visiting moderator  

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