Elementary Physical Education

Brevard Public Schools’ elementary physical education program provides a balanced, standards-based curriculum for students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Lessons focus on age-appropriate movement skills, physical fitness, and healthy lifestyle habits. Teachers use the Elementary Physical Education Curriculum Guide, Adapted Physical Education Resource Guide, and Best Practices Brochure—aligned with Florida’s Next Generation Sunshine State Standards—to plan instruction. FITNESSGRAM is the district’s official physical fitness assessment tool. 

• Elementary: Section 1003.455, F.S., requires 150 minutes of physical education each week for students in grades K-5. A minimum of 30 consecutive minutes is required on any day that physical education instruction is provided.

F.S. 1003.455 (3)

Each district school board shall provide 150 minutes of physical education each week for students in kindergarten through grade 5 and for students in grade 6 who are enrolled in a school that contains one or more elementary grades so that on any day during which physical education instruction is conducted there are at least 30 consecutive minutes per day. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, the equivalent of one class period per day of physical education for one semester of each year is required for students enrolled in grades 6 through 8. Students enrolled in such instruction shall be reported through the periodic student membership surveys, and records of such enrollment shall be audited pursuant to s. 1010.305. Such instruction may be provided by any instructional personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2), regardless of certification, who are designated by the school principal. 

Dr. Wendy Smith, Director, Elementary Programs 

  Smith.wendy@brevardschools.org

321-633-1000 ext. 11340

Danielle O'Reilly, Content Specialist

K-12 Health/PE, Driver Education, and JROTC

oreilly.danielle@brevardschools.org

321-633-1000 ext. 11387