This course focuses on the development of a healthy lifestyle and participation in a variety of enjoyable physical activities that have the potential to engage students’ interest throughout their lives. Students will be encouraged to develop personal competence in a variety of movement skills and will be given opportunities to practice goal-setting, decision-making, social, and interpersonal skills. Students will also study the components of healthy relationships, reproductive health, mental health, and personal safety.
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 net-focused sports, such as volleyball, students develop knowledge and skills related to movement competence and personal fitness that provide a foundation for active living. In addition to physical volleyball skills, students are trained in volleyball tactics and strategies. Through the gym-focused activities and the classroom-focused health and wellness content, students build their sense of self, learn to interact positively with others, and develop their ability to think critically and creatively.
This course enables students to further develop the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices now and lead healthy, active lives in the future. Through participation in Basketball Focus activities, such as individual skill development, team skills, tactics, and basketball-focused training, students enhance their movement competence, personal fitness, and confidence. Through the health and wellness classroom component, 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.
This course assists students in developing fitness goals, and helps them learn the fitness skills and knowledge to meet these goals. A wide range of activities are used to achieve this such as weight lifting, calisthenics, yoga, and running, to name a few. In addition, students will receive classroom-focused education on fitness, and a number of other wellness topics, such as nutrition, mental health, and healthy relationships. Equipped with these skills and knowledge students have the ability to develop into healthy and active members of our community.