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How to get a 50 in PE
« on: May 15, 2017, 05:36:31 pm »
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Hey PE students! Fantabulous subject, I am hoping y’all are enjoying it so far.  ;D If you’re looking for a 50 in PE, here are some quick tips on how you can achieve your goals!

There are no secrets in achieving a 50 — simply hard work and dedication. PE is not a particularly difficult subject. If you make sure you know the course inside out and don’t take any short cuts... provided that you put the effort in, you are basically guaranteed a very high score.


But if you’re looking for legit tips - these are four simple (and proven effective) tips I used before every PE SAC in Year 12:

Ask for help if there is a concept you do not understand.
PE is a content heavy subject and teachers will have to move quickly through the course as you'll find there is simply not enough time in the school year to finish everything. This is why you need to utilise the time outside of class effectively. You could either...
1. Go home and spend hours researching and flipping through text books only to slightly grasp the idea. OR...
2. You can set a 15-20 minute appointment with your teacher to discuss in depth any concepts you find difficult to comprehend.
As a unit 3&4 student you are the #1 priority for your PE teacher so don’t be afraid to bother them with questions you need clarified.

How do you make sure nothing in the SAC/exam can surprise you? By understanding E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G in the course.

Make mind maps!
Just like the human body, all of the chapters in PE are connected, and mind maps are a visual guide which help you interrelate each AOS and better understand the whole course in its entirety. Try and make mind maps for each topic without looking at your notes; this will reveal any gaps in your knowledge and tell you exactly what you need to work on before the SAC/exam.

Utilise study groups.
Find a few other students that want to achieve the same goals as you in VCE PE and create a study group. Meet up however many times a week you want, or even just once or twice the week before a SAC to discuss the topics that you still don’t understand. There will be others who don’t understand it as well, and perhaps there will be some who have a pretty solid grasp on the topic and can explain it to the rest of the group. If you’re the person who knows what’s going on, study groups can still be extremely productive as it’s proven that teaching others is the most effective way to retain knowledge and information... What does this mean for you? Revising for the exam will be a breeeeeze!

Ask your teacher for feedback on practice SAC and exam papers.
Teachers do not have time in class to go over exactly what is needed in your responses for full marks. While worked solutions do exist, they are not the most descriptive things and many students lose marks not because they lack the knowledge but because they simply didn’t jot down enough information in their response for full marks. Your teacher is the one marking your SACs. If you’re looking for the A+, ask them for feedback on your responses (particularly the 3+ mark ones) that you’re not confident with.


As you will learn in the later chapters, sleep is often viewed as the single most important factor for optimal performance (both physiologically and psychologically). Don’t work yourself too hard that you burn out before the exam. Remember to sleep, socialise, and partake in regular PA::) Good luck on all your endeavours, and all the best for VCE PE!  :D

Gisele xx
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Re: How to get a 50 in PE
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2017, 05:50:20 pm »
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Thanks! I've been looking forward to one of these :)

Could you provide some detail of your personal approach to time management for the exam and also how you approached 3+ markers?

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Re: How to get a 50 in PE
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2017, 06:42:13 pm »
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Really great thread, gisele - thank you! ;D

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Re: How to get a 50 in PE
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2017, 08:16:00 pm »
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Re: How to get a 50 in PE
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2017, 08:45:18 pm »
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Thanks! I've been looking forward to one of these :)

Could you provide some detail of your personal approach to time management for the exam and also how you approached 3+ markers?

No problem  :)

Time management for the exam- lots of practice exams are key! It's one thing to know what you're talking about, another to be able to put it into words on a page. Also, if you're stuck on a question, don't spend ages staring at it. Circle the question, and move on to the next one (I probably did this ~10 times in my actual exam). Just make sure you don't forget to come back to it lol  ::)

With 3+ mark questions, basically... 3 marks = have 3 distinct points in your response. 4 marks = 4 distinct points and so on.

For example...
Q: why a redistribution of blood flow is needed during exercise. [3 marks]

1. Remember blood carries O2 and nutrients. At rest not much O2 is needed in the muscles.
2. During exercise, O2 demand increases (due to increase intensity, muscle contractions, oxidise glycogen and fats, oxidise H+, etc....)
3. This results in vasodilation of blood vessels surrounding the muscles & increased blood flow to active muscles to meet the increased O2 and nutrient demand
Note: with these kinds of questions, assessors are also looking for use of key words like "vasodilation" not just "widening of blood vessels"

Hope this helps  ;D
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Re: How to get a 50 in PE
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2017, 05:37:45 pm »
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Hey i also do PE this year and i really want to do well! the only issue is my teacher has never taught the subject before and really dosent know what his on about :/ what do you suggest i do about this?!

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Re: How to get a 50 in PE
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2017, 06:13:59 pm »
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Hey gisele,

One more question that I think would benefit everyone very much:
What did you do for questions that asked you to make a (slightly subjective) call? What I mean is questions like "identify the most appropriate measure of physical activity in this situation" or "identify the primary cause of fatigue in this event"

Thanks again!

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Re: How to get a 50 in PE
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2017, 06:25:00 pm »
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Absolutely brilliant thread, great work Gisele! :)

I wholeheartedly agree with your advice to use your teacher as much as possible, both to clear up concepts that you don't understand and to get feedback on SAC's and practice exams. It's amazing how many students (particularly in PE, I found) have an attitude where they are against their teacher, instead of working with them.

You're also spot-on that there is no cheat way to nail P.E. - you can't bludge through it and still get a really high score. The good news is that so many students treat it as a bludge (well, they did in my school, anyway) that if you do take it seriously you're a great chance of getting a high score :)

The one piece of advice I would add to this is that I found chapter summaries really useful, purely because there is quite a lot of content, but most of it isn't super-difficult :)
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Re: How to get a 50 in PE
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2017, 07:06:04 pm »
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Awesome tips!!
Going into this year I wanted to do really well in PE and so far i haven't done that well with my first 2 SAC marks being 62% and 53%.
I was wondering what are some ways about going revising and remembering content for sacs and particuarly the exam (other than mind maps and study groups) . In class I am answering questions correctly out loud but when it comes to writing the answer, my marks tend to drop significantly.

Thanks Heaps!!

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Re: How to get a 50 in PE
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2017, 10:18:13 pm »
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Was just wondering what you averaged for your sacs and the resultant Ga scores you received? I'm looking for a plus 40 and so far I'm averaged around 90-95%.

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Re: How to get a 50 in PE
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2017, 06:07:16 pm »
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Hey i also do PE this year and i really want to do well! the only issue is my teacher has never taught the subject before and really dosent know what his on about :/ what do you suggest i do about this?!

Hi Matilda! Hmm I see... It might be worth a shot asking your teacher for help anyway. You might be surprised! Some teachers aren't so great when teaching a class but are great 1-on-1 if you have specific questions. You could perhaps find a tutor for PE. I found study notes really helpful. Otherwise, this PE question thread might prove useful!

Hey gisele,

One more question that I think would benefit everyone very much:
What did you do for questions that asked you to make a (slightly subjective) call? What I mean is questions like "identify the most appropriate measure of physical activity in this situation" or "identify the primary cause of fatigue in this event"

Thanks again!

Questions like this, you've just got to read the question carefully.
"Identify the most appropriate measure of physical activity in this situation"
--> think about the specific situation. e.g. if a company wants to measure the PA of all of its 300 employees, it would not be practical to distribute 300 diaries/logs to all the employees.
(a) - because it would not be practical for the person analysing the data to go through 300 diaries (remember: diaries are meant to be quite in-depth, it would take ages to go through each person's PA diary/log)
(b) - could be quite expensive for 300 employees
More appropriate measures could be: pedometers, recall surveys... (note: questions like these can have multiple answers, but there are some, i.e. diaries or direct observation in the previous example, that are clearly wrong)

"Identify the primary cause of fatigue in this event?"
Again - think: what the specific context of this event? Quick tip though: think about the intensity and duration of the event. What would the primary cause of fatigue be?
Consider a beep test: even though it is an aerobic event, glycogen depletion would not be the primary cause of fatigue. Why? Because the duration of the test is in no way long enough for glycogen stores to deplete.

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Re: How to get a 50 in PE
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2017, 06:34:36 pm »
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The one piece of advice I would add to this is that I found chapter summaries really useful, purely because there is quite a lot of content, but most of it isn't super-difficult :)

Thanks howey, I 100% agree with this! Chapter summaries work absolute wonders :)

Awesome tips!!
Going into this year I wanted to do really well in PE and so far i haven't done that well with my first 2 SAC marks being 62% and 53%.
I was wondering what are some ways about going revising and remembering content for sacs and particuarly the exam (other than mind maps and study groups) . In class I am answering questions correctly out loud but when it comes to writing the answer, my marks tend to drop significantly.

Thanks Heaps!!

Sounds like your primary issue is just finding it difficult to transfer thoughts and knowledge into words on a page. A lot of people struggle with this. My advice would be to practise, practise, practise. Do plenty of practice SACs before your actual one, and make sure to get feedback on your responses. And as aforementioned in my previous post, if the question is worth 2 marks = 2 distinct points, 3 marks = 3 distinct points. Remember your key words. Another tip: I usually split my sentences via the amount of marks available, to make sure that all my points are distinct (i mean... if you can fit 3 points into one sentence, they probably are not 3 distinct points)  ;D

Was just wondering what you averaged for your sacs and the resultant Ga scores you received? I'm looking for a plus 40 and so far I'm averaged around 90-95%.

Hey there! Congratulations on your amazing average so far :D My average was about the same. I ended up getting A+ for SACs and an A+ in the exam. You are well on your way to a 40+ and beyond :)

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« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2017, 06:40:36 pm »
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Re: How to get a 50 in PE
« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2017, 06:02:42 pm »
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Hello,
I was wondering if you have any resources, or tips/information for doing a netball games analysis?
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Re: How to get a 50 in PE
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2017, 06:45:42 pm »
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Hello,
I was wondering if you have any resources, or tips/information for doing a netball games analysis?
Thanks

Hey :)

Is this for part A of the training program SAC? In terms of game analysis, I think all schools do it differently so do you have a question in particular? I'm not sure about your school, but you might have to do a direct observation of a game of netball. The whole point of game analysis is to enable you to determine what fitness components you should train. If you make a table with all the key movements (might look something like: sprint, jog, walk, jump, chest pass...) and note down every time the player does that action within a specified time period, and count it all up at the end, that should tell you:
1. The work to rest ratio (for netball this might be 2:1 meaning the aerobic glycolysis system should be the one you train, and you should design your training method to replicate this W:R ratio for specificity e.g. long interval training with work = 2 rest =1)
2. The most important/most used muscles during the game (train those obv)
3. The most important fitness components (might be: aerobic capacity, muscular power, muscular strength - but depending on your analysis it might look different)