Certificate in Primary School Physical Education Specialism Level 5

Who is this course for?

There are several different groups this qualification would benefit:

*On completion of the qualification these individuals will be PE specialists. You will still be required to be supervised by a QTS accredited teacher in your role in raising standards of PE teaching. This course does not qualify you to become a PE teacher.

**Coaches are still required to have a minimum of a Level 2 qualification in any of the sports and activities that they assist in raising the standards of PE teaching within.

What will I learn?

Teaching will cover 6 main topics:

• Developing your own ability as a primary school physical education specialist
• Understanding primary school physical education
• Principles of pedagogy in primary school physical education
• Planning for continuity and progression in primary school physical education
• Using assessment to impact on learning and progress in primary school physical education
• Teaching primary school physical education

How will I learn?

You will complete 45 guided learning hours with a tutor and 96 independent learning hours, including the completion of individual learning tasks.

The guided learning hours will take place over 1 half day and 5 full days. Your tutor will guide you through content which you will access through York St John University's online learning platform. There will be some flexibility on when this material can be accessed, although we recommend setting aside assigned days for study.

Although you will be expected to carry out some work within your own time, additional release time will be needed for some of the tasks, including a half day prior to the course to complete a pre-course task and a half day to complete final assessment tasks.

Assessment

Assessments will be a mixture of formal written assignments, group based tasks, and group discussions. You will also be required to arrange 2 observations of your PE teaching by a colleague or senior leader within your own school during the course.

Session times

The first day is a welcome event in which we will introduce you to the course. We will also cover some of the content in this session.

Following this, you will start each of the other 5 study days with an introductory session from 9.30am to 11.00am. Throughout the rest of each day, you will be provided with time to work through pre-recorded course materials and complete online tasks. You will finish each day with a round up session from 4.00pm to 5.00pm, in which the assessment task for that unit will be explained.

Dr Simon Kumar

Dr Simon Kumar is a lecturer and course lead on the Education Studies BA (Hons) and Education SEN and Mental Health BA (Hons) degrees. Simon has been a lecturer at York St John University since 2015, lecturing in Physical Education and Youth Sport, and more recently as a lecturer in Children, Young People and Education. He is also an experienced Leadership Skills Foundation and Centre Manager.

Simon has a varied background which includes serving in the British Armed Forces and working in areas such as the fitness industry, disability sports development, and for the English Cricket Board as a coach developer.  He is also a qualified primary teacher with experience of physical education teaching and school consultancy. 

To apply or to find out more about this course, please email the Business Development Office at business@yorksj.ac.uk or get in touch using our enquiry form.

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