Socio-cultural studies with Contemporary Sporting Issues – Friday 25 June – 9.30-3.30

Anatomy & Physiology Wednesday 17 November 9.30-12.30 Outline: This event is for you if you’re starting out with A&P or have some experience and wish to increase your confidence with knowledge and delivery. A variety of teaching and learning strategies will be explored with regular reference to essential exam technique.  Innovative strategies for memorising challenging topic areas will be offered.   Focus:

• Energy for exercise – sorting it out / getting it clear

• • • adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
    • energy systems and ATP resynthesis
    • recovery

• Skeletal and muscular systems

• • • joints movement and muscles - shoulder and hip
    • analysis of movement

• Skeletal muscle contraction – structure and role of motor units / nervous stimulation of the motor unit
• Cardiovascular system

• • • Conduction System of the heart linked to cardiac cycle
    • Cardiac output

• Respiratory system

• • • Mechanics of Breathing and Gas Exchange

Timings: 9.30 – 10.45    Session one 10.45 – 11.00    Stretch break / refresh / discussion 11.00 – 12.15  Session two

• – 12.30     Chat will remain open

Tim Richardson Tim is head of academic PE & Sports Science at Lord Wandsworth College, Hampshire. He is a highly experienced A-Level PE Principal and Senior examiner with >20 years’ experience teaching A-Level PE. Tim is a subject expert and trainer for a leading exam board.

Exercise Physiology Tuesday 23 November 9.30-12.30 Outline: This event is for you if you’re starting out with Exercise Physiology or have some experience and wish to increase your knowledge and confidence It will equip you with a variety of tools to enable your students to engage with and apply their knowledge to some of the more challenging topic areas. A variety of teaching and learning strategies will be explored, as well as essential revision and examination technique.   Focus:

• Diet and Nutrition
  • the athlete v the sedentary person
  • energy intake, expenditure and balance
  • linked to strength and endurance
• Training methods and fitness components

• strategies to enhance students’ understanding
• exemplified through strength training

• Physiological adaptations - different training methods

• exemplified through aerobic training

• Periodisation of Training – planning a programme
• Injuries: Hard and Soft v Acute and Chronic
• Synoptic: explored via varied Exercise Physiology topic areas

• improving performance in the 20-mark question
• approaches for accessing the higher mark scheme level

Timings: 9.30 – 10.45    Session one 10.45 – 11.00  Stretch break / refresh / discussion 11.00 – 12.15  Session two 12.15 – 12.30   Chat will remain open Tim Richardson Tim is head of academic PE & Sports Science at Lord Wandsworth College, Hampshire. He is a highly experienced A-Level PE Principal and Senior examiner with >20 years’ experience teaching A-Level PE. Tim is a subject expert and trainer for a leading exam board.