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P.E. assessment.

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Fresta · 19/06/2018 18:59

Please can you tell me how your school reports your childs progress assessment in P.E. ? How do they make judgements about the child? What criteria do they use to make an assessment?

Mighty pissed off with my childs assessment report - it's always the same- not reaching expected standard but top marks for effort- she is a great swimmer and dancer out of school!

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Gretol · 20/06/2018 18:35

I know what she is assessed in, but how exactly? How do they decide what football skills a 12 year old should have or how good they should be at hocky? What is the criteria?

They go to university and train as PE teachers is how they know Smile

Gretol · 20/06/2018 18:32

Also - dd has PE homework which they also use to assess them. Dd is working at the highest level because she has a good understanding of nutrition, anatomy, skills etc. Does your dd have PE homework?

Gretol · 20/06/2018 18:25

All the skills I've mentioned will be ones they are looking at. If you are concerned then I suggest asking the teachers where she could improve and practice at home. Or perhaps join a more team based sport involving eye hand coordination (it's possible to be a brilliant swimmer and a good runner but have very poor catching and throwing skills - I have one of these!)

Gretol · 20/06/2018 17:50

Skills in sport are very straightforward to assess. Do you even know what sports she is doing? If it's rounders and netball for example, the skills needed are very different to swimming.

She will be assessed on her ability to throw, catch, her spatial awareness, her ability to work in a team, her focus, her fitness.

Sugarhunnyicedtea · 19/06/2018 20:21

My son is an 8.8 (year 8, GCSE level 8) this means he should achieve an 8 in year 11 at GCSE. However, when they did football and basketball he was an 8.9.
Ask the school how they assess, I only know how our school do it

lljkk · 19/06/2018 20:01

There are 2 bands at DC school... higher and lower but I think it's based more on competitive spirit than actual ability. They gave them 4-5 tests: one was running (endurance), another was coordination, must be one for strength & who knows what else. Roughly 50% go into each band, with room for overlapping ability b/c DS is in the lower ability band but tends to be the best there at endurance and can beat almost all of the very best kids in the other band. DS doesn't give a damn about winning.

TeenTimesTwo · 19/06/2018 19:34

For DD, they give a trajectory GCSE banding. She also got a top grade for effort, plus a trajectory of grade 2-3 (ie a fail).

Given this is only PE (sorry PE teachers) you seem mighty upset?

PatriciaHolm · 19/06/2018 19:33

Does this help?

www.afpe.org.uk/physical-education/wp-content/uploads/NCfinalprogressionmapoverview-1.pdf

Schools can measure attainment/progress any way they like, there is no national scheme any more.

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Fresta · 19/06/2018 19:31

Those TES level descriptors are so woolly -you couldn't look at a child playing a sport and decide which level they fit into- I don't think they are relevant to the current curriculum either as levels are not used now.

DDs school has colour bands for assessment and she is always assessed as 'not age appropriate' despite being fit, active and having no special needs or co-ordination problems.

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Fresta · 19/06/2018 19:27

I know what she is assessed in, but how exactly? How do they decide what football skills a 12 year old should have or how good they should be at hocky? What is the criteria?

Also, how does your school report their attainment- do they get a level, a banding, etc?

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Sugarhunnyicedtea · 19/06/2018 19:20

They are assessed on their attainment in the sport or sports they do in school
My DS has done cricket and athletics this term. It doesn't matter how skilled he is in football because that isn't being played.
Do the school offer swimming and dance? If not then she won't be assessed in either of those

TeenTimesTwo · 19/06/2018 19:14

I guess you could register and download this: www.tes.com/teaching-resource/level-descriptors-1-8-for-p-e-6027453

If they did a term of swimming at DD's school I'm sure her assessment would jump too! Smile

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Fresta · 19/06/2018 19:09

I know what skills are needed for team sports, but who says what is and isn't an age appropriate level? What is the criteria?

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Fresta · 19/06/2018 19:07

Dance is part of the National Curriculum.

Schools have freedom to choose the sports they teach and swimming could well be included if they wished.

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TeenTimesTwo · 19/06/2018 19:03

No idea, I don't care about PE and DDs have bottom 1% coordination skills.

That said, it won't be assessed on swimming and dance if they aren't done in school.

It will be assessed on skills needed for whatever sports they've been doing won't it? e.g. Throwing, catching, running, jumping, team game awareness etc.