PHE (Physical Health Education)

Physical Health Education is delivered by specialist Primary PHE teachers and through activities that are progressive, challenging and enjoyable. These lead to achievement and success, which in turn promote physical and mental well being and an enhanced sense of self-worth and confidence.

Physical Health Education offers opportunities for children to:

• become skillful and intelligent performers;

• acquire and develop skills, performing with increasing physical competence and confidence, in a range of physical activities and contexts;

• learn how to select and apply skills, tactics and compositional ideas to suit activities that need different approaches and ways of thinking;

• develop their ideas in a creative way;

• set targets for themselves and compete against others, individually and as team members;

• understand what it takes to persevere, succeed and acknowledge others' success;

• respond to a variety of challenges in a range of physical contexts and environments;

• take the initiative, lead activity and focus on improving aspects of their own performance;

• discover their own aptitudes and preferences for different activities;

• make informed decisions about the importance of exercise in their lives;

• develop positive attitudes to participation in physical activity.