Physical Education

In Nanyang Girls’ High School, the Physical Education department consciously makes use of movement as the primary medium to reach and teach the whole child through the following three modes:

education in movement;

education through movement; and

education about movement.

Our syllabus aims to equip our students the skills, knowledge and values to pursue a lifelong of active and healthy living.  To achieve this, our students will go through the following programme:-

• Fundamental movement and sports skills through track and field events and broad-based sports programme focusing on the use of thematic approach of Games Concepts in Lower Secondary;

• Interest-driven sport specialisation in Upper Secondary

• Progressive learning of health and fitness principles and outdoor education across the 4 years

Students as the centre of our syllabus

We aim to equip the girls with the fundamental movement and sports skills in Lower Secondary years that would serve them well in their partaking of active lifestyles. In Upper Secondary, the design of our PE syllabus then takes into consideration the changing profiles and lifestyles of our students as they transit from their teenage years to adulthood. As such, sports offered in Upper Secondary (e.g. dance, tennis, table tennis etc) are popular activities in our local context that our students might possibly pursue in the future. In addition, our Upper Secondary girls also take ownership in their learning by taking up the sports they are interested in for their elective sports modules.

Outside of their PE lessons, our students go through a variety of events that allow them to enjoy physical activities in competitive settings; and to bond within and across classes; and to even interact and compete with the parents of Nanyang Girls’ High as well. These include our sports meet, cross-country run, staff-student games and inter-class games.

Students with a special interest in using sports as a platform for service and learning can sign up to participate in the Play Inclusive event, organized by Special Olympics Singapore. This initiative is part of the Student Inquiry Assignment (SIA) programme within the Secondary 3 curriculum. Through this event, students collaborate with peers from Tanglin APSN, training and competing together, fostering a meaningful bond through sports.

Range of physical activities offered

Sec 1

• Fundamental Movement Skills through Track & Field

• Fundamental Sports skills through Netball 

• Outdoor Education

  • Sense of place: Connecting with the school and outdoors

  • Orienteering 1

  • Leave no trace: Environmental management during outdoor activities

Sec 2

• Thematic approaches through games-concepts:

  • Net-barrier Games: Badminton, volleyball and pickle ball

  • Invasion-territorial Games: Frisbee and soccer

• Outdoor Education

  • Outdoor Cooking 1

  • Sense of place: Knowing my neighbourhood

  • First aid lesson: Sprains, Strains & RICE / Burns & Scars

Sec 3

• Team Sports focused

  • Softball, basketball and handball

• Strength and conditioning through weights training

• Self-Defence & Cycling

• Outdoor Education

  • Orienteering 2

  • Outdoor cooking 2

  • Knots & lashes

  • Packing for expedition

  • Understanding safety in the outdoors

Sec 4

• Team Sports focused

  • Floorball, soccer

• Elective Modules

  • Dance

  • Tennis

  • Table Tennis

Health and Fitness (Sec 1 – Sec 4)

Progressive Health & Fitness Lessons in preparation for NAPFA and pursue of active and healthy lifestyle through adulthood