Anyone been asked to assess riding for GCSE?

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I have been asked to assess a local girl's riding for her GCSE PE. I have actually done this before but just wondering whether anyone else has? The info from the school was very sketchy - I had to look up the criteria/mark scheme online as they didn't send anything!

She rode a dressage test and then we had a discussion to cover the other bits, about risk assessment, knowledge of rules etc. Her riding was videoed and I am going to include a covering letter outlining the discussion we had. Just wondering whether anyone else has ever done it, and if so did you do anything differently? Also, have you ever been contacted by the exam board?

I'm probably making too much of this, but as it is a formal qualification I feel it should be done properly!!
 
My sister done it. She had to just walk, trot, canter, jump 2ft 3" and gallop. She discussed a riders risk assessment and equipment and also the fitness of the rider. Do not think that the exam board followed it up.
 
My daughter had to be assessed We had to video her jumping a course of SJ between 3 and 3f 6 inches, ride a novice dressage test plus ride a made up routine (novice/elementary standard) and then discussed BD rules, also talk about a fittening programme (to a PE teacher who didn't ride). She scored 10 out of 10. The exam board didn't follow it up.
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hi ya
i am a qualified pe teacher and i have students undertake the horse riding for GCSE pe. we do the edexcel board. I ask the instructor to confirm they can jump at the height the student says and/ or rides at a certain dressage test level. As i also ride i watch the video/ dvd and assess it. the exam board choose a sample of videos to wtach and these might also include non riding ones such as climbing, kayaking etc

hope this helps, shout if i could help

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Ah, thanks all. toptw - that's really useful, it's a different board but sounds like we should have covered everything then.
 
I was assesed, by someone who didn't even ride!
I had to walk, trot, canter, flying changes (:O) while cantering a figure of 8, sitting trot, shoulder in and leg yield! And i did a short course of 3.3ft-3.6ft...i don't think half of that is in the specification!
I have the full specification if you still need it for AQA? not sure if you can get the full thing on the net...
 
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I was assesed, by someone who didn't even ride!
I had to walk, trot, canter, flying changes (:O) while cantering a figure of 8, sitting trot, shoulder in and leg yield! And i did a short course of 3.3ft-3.6ft...i don't think half of that is in the specification!
I have the full specification if you still need it for AQA? not sure if you can get the full thing on the net...

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Snap! My pe teacher knew nothing about riding.
I did the same as you re jumping and the flatwork, to be honest I think they would have been happy with rising trot and a cross pole!
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I have the full specification if you still need it for AQA? not sure if you can get the full thing on the net...

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Thanks but it's WJEC. The mark scheme I found on their website was vague - didn't actually say the candidate had to be able to do x, y and z
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The WJEC is a pain in the rear end. Our school uses that board for english but refused to use it for anything else. I can see if one of my PE teachers has a specifiaction as I think they used to use WJEC (before it got confusing).
 
I have assessed a friend's daughter who I used to teach. The first instructor they asked gave her a very mean 6 - I think that instructor was going along the lines of a dressage test rather than GCSE sport, as 6 was for someone who could walk, trot and just about canter a circle!

This lass could jump 3'3 and above, and had brought the pony on herself from a green youngster, so I reassessed her, and after reading the syllabus, I felt she was a good 10. I had to fill in a form and put my qualification and I wrote a short piece about her riding ie sympathetic, good correct position (I seem to remember that anyway!). No-one ever queried it.

My daughter also did riding for her GCSE, and the school teacher came out and watched each pupil ride at their home or yard. She gave all the girls a 10, as they could do everything on the syllabus, although there was quite a range of abilities between them. Her opinion was that they were all at or above the required level for a 10. She didn't know a walk pirouette from a shoulder-in, but she did want to see the jumps up to a decent height so it was thorough, although she didn't actually walk in the school and measure them and managed to be chatting to me as daughter stuffed up her first walk pirouette (did a turn on the forehand instead
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I'd say read the requirements for that particular exam board, and if they meet the standard for a 10, then it should be a 10! Each exam board differs, and some allow them to either do flat work or jumping, and some require video evidence, but it is quite acceptable to give a 10, unlike a dressage test where you have to be exceptional!
 
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I'd say read the requirements for that particular exam board, and if they meet the standard for a 10, then it should be a 10! Each exam board differs, and some allow them to either do flat work or jumping, and some require video evidence, but it is quite acceptable to give a 10, unlike a dressage test where you have to be exceptional!

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Thanks - that was the bit I was struggling with I think. I have not been able to find anything that gives the actual requirements for this exam board - in the mark scheme/guidelines it is lumped in as an 'adventurous activity' - which details the requirements for hill walking, skiing and lifesaving but nothing for riding.

She is a good little rider with a VERY green horse - so not able to do dressage 'tricks' (
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