At ISA, Elementary Physical Education focuses primarily on the enjoyment of being active and the health benefits that this brings. A broad and balanced physical education curriculum is intended to provide for pupils’ increasing self-confidence in their ability to manage themselves and their bodies within a variety of movement situations.

Grade K-2

Students engage in a broad range of activities that enable them to develop fundamental locomotive and gross motor skills, with play, cooperation and teamwork as the central focus.

Activities

• General movement and basic skills

• Trust and cooperative activities

• Ball handling and equipment skills (focusing on throwing and catching)

• Football skills

• Gymnastics and dance

• Water confidence and swimming

• Basic game activities

• Parachute activities

• Mini athletics

Grades 3-5

A balance of individual, paired and group activities; creative, co-operative, collaborative and competitive situations aim to cater for the strengths, needs and preferences of every pupil. Such activities, experienced within a range of areas of activity, aim to promote a broad base of movement, knowledge, skills and understanding. Sportsmanship and teamwork is a central focus of these lessons.

Activities

• Problem solving and team building activities

• Hockey

• Football

• Basketball

• Gymnastics and dance

• Swimming and water based activities

• Net and racket activities

• Athletics and orienteering activities

• Sailing - grade 4 field trip

• Striking and fielding activities