Grade 9 Healthy Active Living

This course equips students with the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy

choices now and lead healthy, active lives in the future. Through participation in a wide

range of physical activities, students develop knowledge and skills related to movement

competence and personal fitness that provide a foundation for active living. Students also

acquire an understanding of the factors and skills that contribute to healthy development

and learn how their own well-being is affected by, and affects, the world around them.

Students build their sense of self, learn to interact positively with others, and develop

their ability to think critically and creatively.