Section 1 . 80 marks

The Health-Related Exercise/Training Programme to Improve Performance including Leading a warm-up/warm-down

For one of the activities assessed in Section 2, the following assessments are made.

Section 2      400 marks

All candidates have to select four activities from at least two of the groups shown below.

Area 1 . Game Activities

Association football, badminton, basketball, cricket, gaelic football,

Area 2 . Gymnastic Activities

Artistic gymnastics, compositional gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampolining.

Area 3 . Dance Activities

 Modern educational dance, folk dance, historical dance, theatrical dance, social dance, ice dance.

Area 4 . Athletic Activities

Athletics, cross country running, weightlifting.

Area 5 . Swimming Activities

 Life saving, personal survival, swimming.

Area 6 . Outdoor and Adventurous Activities

Canoeing, climbing, horse riding, mountain activities, orienteering, sailing, skiing, surfing.

Area 7 . Other Activities

Boccia, cycling, golf, judo, karate, rowing or sculling, taekwondo.

Assessment of Activities 

The assessment of activities is divided into five areas.

Achievement in each of the five areas is assessed using a scale of 1 -  10 marks.

For each activity, the following assessments are made.

Skill Area A  - Acquiring and Developing Individual and Group Skills

Skill Area B  - Selection and Application of Skills/techniques in the Game/Activity Situation

For two of the activities from different groups the following assessments are also made.

Skill Area C  - Understanding, Observing and Applying Rules and Conventions

Skill Area D  - Evidence of the ability to Analyse and take action to Improve their own and others. Performance

Skill Area E   - Adopting different roles in the activity 10

Total Assessment Maximum 480 marks

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