GCSE video help

[Limbo1]

Looking for some guidance. Just reviewed my daughter's GCSE video. She is doing Show Jumping and the exam board is AQA. She is showing all the competences required but her walk, trot and canter are very short sections, quarter of an arena. Do you think this matters?

Also she thinks all the training video needs to be from the same day/session but I am not convinced.

We have no real guidelines from school and the YouTube ones I have seen are for eventing. Anyone gave any ideas?
Tia

 

[Parrotperson]

No expert but I think you’re right. Maybe show more trot/canter. A whole round of showjumping. Maybe try and show some progress she’s made.

What’s the GCSE in?

 

[[153312]]

Is for PE - specifically show jumping? Different days/sessions are fine but 1/4 of an arena isnt really long enough - there's no numerical specifier but they need to be able to assess all this:

Equestrian

www.aqa.org.uk

From an examiner's report: "For the higher scoring students, although drills can start simplistically, it is vital that the progression and challenge is incorporated quickly so that the true level of the performer can be seen".

 

[Wishfilly]

I don't have much experience of this, but I've helped our PE department out occasionally with people wanting to use riding for PE coursework.

If you search for "equestrian" here, you can see full details of what's assessed: https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/physical-education/gcse/physical-education-8582/scheme-of-assessment

Is the bulk of the video taken at competition? If so, you need to be aware that the skills part (which is 10 out of the 25 possible marks) is totally separate. For that, the course of jumps is only 1 out of 5 criteria. For criteria 4, students have to show basic school figures e.g circles, changes of rein, centre lines, figure of 8, serpentines etc- the expectation is that some or all of these would be done in walk, trot and canter. I'd say if she isn't showing at least a 20m circle in canter on each rein, then she's not showing all the competencies required and wouldn't be able to access top marks for this section. If you read the marking criteria, they are very interested in transitions, and maintaining position and effectiveness through transitions- if not many transitions are show, then it's hard to assess this effectively.

My understanding is it's quite difficult to get good marks for riding (and if you read the criteria, you'll see why) compared to a lot of other sports.

According to their criteria, AQA don't accept eventing for the competitive section, so the videos you're seeing may be for different exam boards which may have slightly different criteria.

Hopefully her PE teacher will at least be able to answer some questions on whether the video is long enough and shows everything needed.

 

[Winters100]

PE is now a GCSE? Wow. I must be really old fashioned because I just cannot imagine that!

 

[Tiddlypom]

No advice about the riding content, OP, but good luck for your daughter .

PE has been a GCSE for a good few years. Even my late 20s lads have full course PE, which was compulsory at their comp turned academy. They both took the full whack of meaty ‘proper’ GCSEs as well, it wasn’t just for the less academic puplis.

They found PE really quite interesting, there’s a fair bit of theory in it, though tbh they’d have both rather just been out playing their sports than sitting in a classroom. You choose your two sports, there were some students doing riding in their year groups. Mine did cricket and basketball.

 

[Maddie Moo]

PE is now a GCSE? Wow. I must be really old fashioned because I just cannot imagine that!

Yep! I did GCSE PE back in 2009! As TP says, there is also the theory side of it as well and it leads nicely into sports science at A-Level for those who choose that route. I loved learning the theory side, not only was it anatomy and physiology but we also looked at basic coaching techniques.

I also did riding as part of my GCSE PE assessment, I had to walk, trot, canter and jump a small course of fences. I also demonstrated some riding without stirrups as well as basic school movements like a 20m circle, 3 loop serpentine, figure of eight and changes of rein using both the short and long diagonal. We filmed over two sessions as I was at a RS so I had two riding lessons, one for the flat and then one for jump, but I rode the same pony for both.

 

[gryff]

I did my GCSEs in 1992 and I have a PE qualification. Was, even back then, 60% practical and 40% theory. A big chunk of anatomy and physiology, some biomechanics, business and sports psychology. It's a great qualification that sits nicely alongside science qualifications. Quite a few of my A level physics students study A level PE, and PE/Biology is also a great combination.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Quite a few of my A level physics students study A level PE, and PE/Biology is also a great combination.

That’s interesting .

When son no 1 went to a local sixth form college open evening before he had finalised which subjects to take for A levels there were definitely raised eyebrows when he mentioned both PE and Physics as possibilities. That was for 2010-12.

As it happened, he went down the more conventionally academic route of science/maths/history A and AS levels and ended up with a Physics masters, but he has very fond memories of GCSE PE.

 

[gryff]

That’s interesting .

When son no 1 went to a local sixth form college open evening before he had finalised which subjects to take for A levels there were definitely raised eyebrows when he mentioned both PE and Physics as possibilities. That was for 2010-12.

As it happened, he went down the more conventionally academic route of science/maths/history A and AS levels and ended up with a Physics masters, but he has very fond memories of GCSE PE.

That's bonkers. It's a great combination.
I did my PhD in Theoretical Physics 1998 - 2001. During this time, I took undergraduate seminars and always enjoyed taking the Sports Science classes. I loved the overlap between biology and physics that the biomechanics covered.
The PE A level now covers quite a lot of the forces and motion content that I teach at A level. Maybe not in the same depth. The optional content that I currently teach my Year 13 is the Physics of Sport, too, and it's great to have the overlap.

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

PE is now a GCSE? Wow. I must be really old fashioned because I just cannot imagine that!

There’s a lot of theory/writing/biology. I’ve spoken to Year 9 about options and told them I’m choosing them all for languages!

I assessed a student years back, she had to show a litter bit of handling then riding, she borrowed Beau.

 

[Wishfilly]

PE is now a GCSE? Wow. I must be really old fashioned because I just cannot imagine that!

PE has been a GCSE and indeed an A-level for a pretty long time. You can read about the subject content here: https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/physical-education/gcse/physical-education-8582/subject-content

There's a lot of great anatomy and physiology, as well as some psychology, theory about sports coaching and how to improve your performance. You learn about things like goal setting and how to give useful feedback, which is actually very valuable for people who may go on to coach a sport! How often do people on here say that they won't go to X "top" rider for a clinic because they can't clearly communicate what they do to a less able audience?

The syllabus at GCSE also covers things like sport in the media/sponsorship/performance enhancing drugs etc.

A lot of the things that someone learns could be applied to other contexts, e.g. coaching in a business context, but equally for someone trying to make a career out of sport, it gives them an idea about how they could go about that successfully! And yes, at GCSE and A-level it overlaps really nicely with biology! In fact, I know some people who teach both. For people who want to go on to be e.g. a physio, Biology + PE + one other is a pretty classic A-level combination now!