Health & Physical Education

The mission of the Elementary School Physical Education Department is to provide students with a safe and positive environment in which they acquire a foundation of motor and manipulative skills.  Through this process, students will gain confidence in their ability as movers and experience the enjoyment and value that can come from physical activity.  Students will learn how to successfully sustain a physically active lifestyle within the community.

Topic Overview

• Movement Concepts and Skills

• Fitness Components (cardio, strength, flexibility, endurance)

• Personal Responsibility

• Social Responsibility

• Game Concepts, (strategies, tactics)

• Wellness Lifestyle

During our students’ middle school grades, our mission is to create a safe and supportive learning environment. The middle level curriculum offers unique units of instruction that provide diversity and the opportunity for experimentation in physical environment. The department builds on the foundation of motor and manipulative skills introduced at the elementary level. Through a variety of activities, students will apply these skills to real sport and recreational activities to establish and maintain physical fitness, participate in a variety of physical activities and maintain personal health. Focusing on these goals will prepare them to progress to the commencement level.

Topic Overview

• Cooperative Games

• Fitness Concepts (cardio, strength, flexibility, endurance)

• Individual Activities

• Recreational Games

• Personal Responsibility

• Social Responsibility

• Team Sports

Oceanside High School’s physical education department fosters opportunities for enjoyment and positive social interaction in a safe and non-threatening learning environment while introducing fitness based activities. 

The curriculum is designed to allow all students the opportunity to meet or exceed New York State Learning Standards.  Students will be exposed to a variety of learning experiences in which they will acquire skills necessary to sustain regular, lifelong physical activity.  At the commencement level, these skills will empower students to make informed choices and critical decisions when creating an individualized path to a healthy and active lifestyle. 

Topic Overview

• Net Activities &Wall Activities

• Fitness and Wellness

• Cooperative and Outdoor Activities

• Non-Traditional 

• Team Sports

                          Skills 

           Functional Knowledge 

The seven personal and social health skills that students need to know and be able to do to be safe, healthy, and achieve the NYS and National  Standards.  

• Self-Management Relationship  

• Management  

• Stress Management  

• Communication  

• Planning and Goal Setting  

• Decision Making  

• Advocacy 

Specific research-based health knowledge from nine essential content areas that students need to know to be safe, healthy and achieve the NYS and  National Standards.  

• Introduction to Health and Wellness

• Mental & Emotional Wellness

• Sexual Health/Sexual Risk/Interpersonal Relationships

• Violence Prevention

• First Aid/Safety and Injury Prevention 

• Physical Activity and Nutrition  

• HIV/AIDS Sexual Risk    

• Family Life/Sexual Health  

• Tobacco Alcohol and Other Drugs    

• Unintentional Injury Violence Prevention  Other Required Health Areas 

                                                                                       Skill Pedagogy 

Scientifically research-based skill methodology, which when integrated into learning experiences and  curricula, enable students to achieve the NYS and National Standards. 

 Skills 

     Functional Knowledge 

The seven personal and social health skills that students need to know and be able to do to be safe, healthy, and achieve the NYS and National  Standards.  

• Self-Management Relationship  

• Management  

• Stress Management  

• Communication  

• Planning and Goal Setting  

• Decision Making  

• Advocacy 

Specific research-based health knowledge from nine essential content areas that students need to know to be safe, healthy and achieve the NYS and  National Standards.  

• Introduction to Health and Wellness

• Mental & Emotional Wellness

• Sexual Health/Sexual Risk/Interpersonal Relationships

• Violence Prevention

• First Aid/Safety and Injury Prevention 

• Physical Activity and Nutrition  

• HIV/AIDS Sexual Risk

• Disease Prevention    

• Family Life/Sexual Health  

• Tobacco Alcohol and Other Drugs    

• Unintentional Injury Violence Prevention  Other Required Health Areas 

                                                                      Skill Pedagogy 

Scientifically research-based skill methodology, which when integrated into learning experiences and  curricula, enable students to achieve the NYS and National Standards.