S1-S2 Physical Education Report Comments (Scotland)

Physical education covers movement skills and techniques across games, gymnastics, dance, athletics, swimming and outdoor learning; tactics and decision-making; fitness, warming up and training; analysing and evaluating performance; and teamwork, leadership, officiating and fair play.

Below are 13 sample sentences for S1-S2: two strengths and one next step for each of the 4 comment levels (Secure / Consolidating / Developing / Beginning), plus a tip for families. They are a small selection from the 288 physical education sentences in the full pack. Copy one, then add a detail only you know about the student.

Jump to: Secure · Consolidating · Developing · Beginning · Writing tips

Student name Pronouns

Fills in the name and pronouns on this page. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Secure S

Strengths

[Name] explains the rules of newly learned games clearly to others and helps the group adapt them so that everyone can join in and enjoy the activity.
[Name] measures heart rate accurately before and after exercise and explains precisely what the changes show about how the body responds to activity.

Next steps:

[Name] should take turns leading warm-ups for the class, explaining each part clearly so that others understand why it matters.

Consolidating C

Strengths

[Name] contributes sensible ideas in group challenges, such as planning a short dance or solving an outdoor task, and generally helps the group agree a plan.
[Name] knows the purpose of each part of a warm-up and can lead a short, safe warm-up for a small group with occasional guidance.

Next steps:

To build on this, [Name] could practise giving clear instructions when leading a small group, checking that everyone understands.

Developing D

Strengths

In group challenges, [Name] is learning to share ideas and listen to others, and at times helps the group settle on a plan.
Growing in understanding of the rules, [Name] can help to officiate small-sided games with some guidance from the teacher.

Next steps:

[Name] could use the key points for each new skill, recorded in [his/her/their] jotter or displayed in class, to check every attempt.

Beginning B

Strengths

When working alongside the teacher, [Name] is beginning to suggest one idea in a new group activity and listen as the group agrees a plan.
Joining in with each part of the warm-up by copying a demonstration, [Name] is beginning to learn why a warm-up comes before activity.

Next steps:

Checking one key point on the picture cards after every attempt at a new skill will help [Name] see what to change.

Support at home

Encouraging your child to try a lunchtime or after-school club at school gives extra practice and a chance to meet pupils with similar interests.

How to write physical education comments for S1-S2

Name the activity and the skill: passing accurately under pressure in basketball, linking movements in a gymnastics sequence, or pacing a run. A named skill shows parents and carers what the pupil can do.
Describe decision-making as well as technique, such as choosing when to pass or finding space in a game. A next step such as looking up before receiving the ball is concrete and easy to practise.
Note how the pupil works with others: encouraging teammates, applying the rules fairly or taking a turn to lead a warm-up. These are part of the learning in PE, not only behaviour.

Watch out: Avoid comments on a pupil's body, weight, appearance or natural sporting talent. Describe skills, decisions and understanding shown in lessons, so every pupil gets a next step they can work on.

The four levels describe how secure, accurate and independent the learning is in what has been taught, never a CfE level. Secure suits detailed, accurate work applied to unfamiliar tasks; Consolidating suits a sound grasp with occasional guidance; Developing suits sometimes, or with a model or worked example; Beginning names what is starting to show and the support that helps. Show the level through the work rather than writing the level word.

What Physical Education covers

In these comments, physical education covers these behaviours:

applies movement skills and techniques with control across a range of activities
uses tactics, strategies and decision-making in games and activities
understands fitness, warming up, training and how activity supports wellbeing
analyses and evaluates performance to improve
works with others, leads, officiates and shows fair play

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