Pearson Edexcel

BTEC Level 1/2

First Award in Sport

2019-21

What are BTEC’s?BTEC is Edexcel’s brand for work-related qualifications based on the National Occupational Standards required in industry.

BTEC stands for Business and Technology Education Council

Recognised by schools, colleges, universities, employers and professional bodies across the UK and in over 100 countries world wide.

BTECs based on mix of mandatory and optional modules selected by the school to suit local contexts and expertise.

General Information

Vocational qualification at level 2 study.

Equivalent to 1 GCSE grades 9 – 4.

Lead into work or Higher Education

Combination of theoretical and practical assessment

4 Units – 3 Internally assessed.

- 1 Externally assessed

What do I study?

2 Core units & 2 Optional Units

Yr 10

–Unit 1 Fitness for Sport and Exercise

–Unit 2 Practical Sports Performance

Yr 11

–Unit 5 The Sports Performer in Action

–Unit 3 Applying the Principles of Personal Training

Unit 1 – Fitness for Sport and Exercise

Learning Aims

–Know about the components of fitness and principles of training

–Explore different fitness training methods

– Investigate fitness testing to determine fitness levels

External assessment to be a computer based examination scheduled for June 2020. 75 minutes duration and 60 marks

Unit 2 - Practical Sports Performance

Learning Aims

–Understand the rules, regulations and scoring systems for selected sports

–Practically demonstrate skills, techniques and tactics in selected sports

–Be able to review sports performance.

Assessment will be a combination of written work and some video evidence of you performing.

Unit 3 – Applying the Principles of

Personal Training

Learning Aims

– design a personal fitness training programme

– know about the musculoskeletal system and cardiorespiratory system and the effects on the body during fitness training

– implement a self-designed personal fitness training programme to achieve own goals and objectives

– review a personal fitness training programme.

Assessed through a combination of videoed practical work and written work.

Unit 5 – The Sports Performer in Action

Learning Aims

–Know about the short-term responses and long-term adaptations of the body systems to exercise

–Know about the different energy systems used during sports performance

Assessed through a series of written tasks.

Assignment Work

Units 2, 3 and 5 are assessed internally through assignment tasks that are mainly written in nature.

There are usually 3 assignments per unit, made up of a number of smaller tasks.

Assignments will be designed so that students produce work that meets compulsory assessment criteria.

Some tasks will therefore target pass criteria, other tasks target merit criteria and finally there will also be a small number of distinction criteria.

Assignment Work – Cont.

Students can use their notes, textbooks, resource sheets and the internet to complete assignment work (and we want them to!); they do not have to rely on memory.

Students will be fully prepared and supported by their teachers before they undertake these tasks.

Assignment Work – Cont.

There is no set amount of time that students are limited to on these tasks HOWEVER there are clear deadlines for them. Students can work on them in school and in their own time but the work must be their own. They are usually completed on a computer.

If work does not meet the assessment criteria at the first attempt students will be given a second chance to achieve.

Assignment Work – Example criteria

from unit 5.2A.P1 Describe ways in which the musculoskeletal system responds to short-term exercise.

2A.M1 Explain responses of the musculoskeletal system to short-term exercise.

2A.D1 Using three different sports activities, compare and contrast how the musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory systems respond and adapt to exercise.

There are actually 5 pass, 5 merit and 2 distinction criteria for the whole of this unit.

Assignment Work – Cont.

The great thing about the assignment work is that it builds up points towards the final grade along the course so that results are not dependent on one final exam performance.

They allow for students to off set a possible poor exam performance with over achievement on the internal assessments to ensure success on the course overall.

Assignment Work – Cont.

Students are successful at assignment work if:

They are able to manage their time well.

They are organised with all the preparation work and resources provided so that they have what they need to hand when the assignment goes live.

They are in school for all the preparation and completion sessions.

They recognise the importance of these tasks and prioritise them.

External Exam.The exam is a challenging test which traditionally students find difficult.

They are allowed ONE re-sit if the first result is not satisfactory. This may incur a charge to parents.

Students entitled to access arrangements for a specific educational need are able to have the same provision for this on-line exam.

Students do not sit the same set of questions as other students in the same cohort but will have a paper that is made up from a bank of different questions.

GradesThe grades for the course as a whole range from unclassified, level 1 pass, level 2 pass, merit, distinction and distinction*

Each individual unit is assessed at either unclassified, level 1 pass, level 2 pass, merit and distinction. (There is no D* on individual units).

To get a pass on a unit ALL pass criteria must be achieved. To get a merit, all pass and ALL merit criteria must be achieved. To get a distinction, all pass, all merit and ALL distinction criteria must be achieved.

GCSE comparison

GradesGCSE comparison

Unclassified = GCSE grade U

Level 1 Pass = GCSE grades 1 - 4

Level 2 Pass = GCSE grade 5;

Merit = GCSE grade 6;

Distinction = GCSE grades 7/8;

Distinction* = GCSE grade 9

Who should take this course

Any student with a love of sport and the areas associated with sport performance regardless of their sporting ability.

Any students who is prepared to work hard for the whole two years.

Any student who will be happy performing physically in a mixed gender environment.

Who should NOT take this

courseAny student who thinks that this will be a chance just to play football (rugby, basketball…) constantly in lessons.

Any student who thinks this is an ‘easy option’ choice.

Any student who doesn’t like writing. It is a course with a small amount of practical but much more writing

Additional Note:The course underwent minor changes for the cohort starting in 2018 so if you have another child who studied it a few years ago it is slightly different now. There is no leadership unit and unit 3 (applying the principles of personal training) is a compulsory unit that we now have to deliver.

The exam has also changed slightly so that it is longer, worth more marks and can only be re-sat once.

There is also a very small addition to the coursework task for one assignment in unit 2.