Mr Imrie Standard Grade PE Blog

Unfortunately, Mr Imrie and his Standard Grade class are no longer working together in 4th year, so this blog has officially closed. It will be left LIVE so pupils can continue to access the resources.

Mr Imrie’s PE wiki can be accessed here

Mr Imrie’s new PE blog can be accessed here.

For the test on 20th February you will need to make sure you fully revise the following sections -

• Aspects of Fitness
• Warm-up/down
• Principles of training
• Methods/types of training
• Body structure
• Joints
• Oxygen Transport System

It is advised that you use all your PE resources to help you study this includes the PE wiki , the blog – including podcasts, powerpoints, and previous posts, your red folder and your PE book (pages 37 – 72)

You can also access online Revision Notes and Revision Tests here.

Good luck.

If you need to ask any questions, please feel free to reply to this post. I will check for comments regularly before the test.

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The test date remember is Wednesday 31st of October.

The test will cover everything we have completed in the Activities section. This will include the following key areas:

• Nature and purpose.
• Creativity.
• Tactics.
• Rules.
• Adaptation.
• Roles and Responsibilities.
• Personal and Physical Qualities.

I advise you to use the following to help you revise -

1. The blog – I will check the blog everyday from now to your test, to ask a question simply leave a comment to this post, you do not have to leave your name on this occasion. Or come and see me in the PE department.
2. Your folder – read through and fully understand the blue section of your folder that we have worked through in class. This also includes your homework sheets.
3. The class notes on the blog. Download and save them or print them out. You also have your jotter for taking notes in class.
4. The purple Standard Grade text book – pages 18 – 36.
5. Click HERE to take you to the 3 online tests that we have been doing through the blog in class. There are also study notes here.

Good luck!

The class notes (and if needed the homework) for today’s class can be downloaded for your own use from the sidebar of the blog.

In today’s class we will be discussing Tactics, physical and personal qualities.

TASK 1 – For the following below, describe in detail an attacking tactic you could use to help you to win the activity and also a defensive tactic.
(a) An individual activity.
(b) A team activity.

TASK 2 – Click HERE and complete the online revision test on Formal and Unwritten Rules

Homework sheet 3 – To be completed and handed in by Monday 8th October. See pages 23 – 27 of text for help and revision.

It is now possible to download homework sheets from the sidebar of the blog. This will enable you to print off the relevant homework sheet should you lose it or forget to take it out your red folder.

Please note that you should still aim to use the sheet provided in your folder.

Today’s class involves a short power point presentation on ACTIVITIES and how the following issues can affect your performance in certain activities – equipment, rules, safety, scoring.

You will need your jotters today for doing paired tasks.

Download Wed 25/09/07 class notes

TASK = Working in pairs, (or finish individually for homework- see below) write a short paragraph on what you and your partner think makes a “good sports-person.” Think about your conduct and behaviour when you are participating in an activity. (p.31 of your PE textbook will offer further help). Remember to leave both your names.

Homework = download notes from the blog and get up to date with all blog tasks.

Hi class,

Your work for today is listed below and is to be completed in this order.
Do not forget to take a note of the homework!!

Task 1
Make sure you have completed a comment for the 2 previous blog sections titled Introduction and Rules. Remember you need to start your comment with your name. (This task was set as a homework task so most of you should have completed it. Please note that some have added a comment for Rules but it will not show yet as the rest would copy).

Task 2
For two of the activities in the pictures opposite, write a short paragraph about that activity stating the following information about it-

1. Is it an individual or team activity?
2. Is it directly competivite / indirectly competitive/ or a non competitive activity? Why?
3. Does it have an objective or subjective scoring system? Explain what this means?
4. Explain how being creative could help you in this activity?
5. What Physical Quality would be a benefit to this activity and why?

Task 3
Click on the link below and complete the interactive test online to check your knowledge on Activities.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/gigaquiz?path=pe/activities/nature_and_purpose_test&infile=nature_and_purpose_test

HOMEWORK (to be completed and handed in by Tuesday 25th September.)

• Task 1 and Task 2 above
• Homework sheet 10 (located at the back of your red folder at the back of room D16, remember to take this sheet home!

Thanks Mr Imrie.

This block we are studying ACTIVITIES through badminton and fitness. We now know that badminton is a directly competitive activity that can be played individually (singles) or in a team (doubles).

Please post me 2 formal rules and 1 unwritten rule of badminton.