Physical Education

The Health and Physical Education Department offers a broad range of courses to appeal to various student’s interests as they strive for a healthy active lifestyle. In the games-based PPL courses, students will participate in invasion/territory, net/wall, striking/fielding as well as target games to enhance their physical literacy skills and movement competence. In our personal fitness focused PAF courses, students will have the opportunity to work more independently on achieving and enhancing each component of their fitness. They will spend a significant amount of time in our weight room and gyms working with various types of fitness equipment (free weights, medicine/small balls, resistance bands, sandbags, stability balls, agility ladders, bosu balls, sleds, ropes, and the infamous tractor tire). We are very fortunate to have a pool at JPCI, and as such, swimming classes are integrated into each HPE course (except PPZ3C, PLF4M and PSK4U courses). All classes swim once a week.

*Please note that due to COVID, our weight room and pool facilities are not in use.

The goals of the health and physical education program are as follows. Students will develop:

• The living skills needed to develop resilience and a secure identity and a sense of self, through opportunities to learn adaptive, management, and coping skills, to practise communication skills, to learn how to build relationships and interact positively with others, and to learn how to use critical thinking and creative thinking processes;

• The skills ad the knowledge that will enable them to enjoy being active and healthy throughout their lives, through opportunities to participate regularly and safely in physical activity and to learn how to develop and improve their own personal fitness;

• The movement competence needed to participate in a range of physical activities, through opportunities to develop movement skills and to apply movement concepts and strategies in games, sports, dance, and various other physical activities.

• An understanding of the factors that contribute to healthy development, a sense of personal responsibility for lifelong health, and an understanding of how living healthy, active lives is connected with the world around them, and the health of others.

The knowledge and skills acquired in health education and physical education form an integrated whole that relates to the everyday experiences of students and provides them with the physical literacy and health literacy they need to lead healthy active lives.

Source: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/health9to12.pdf

EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH ON WHY EVERY STUDENT SHOULD CONTINUE TAKING A PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSE BEYOND GRADE 9:

1. Participaction - Fast Facts on the Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour of Canadian Children and Youth

2. Government of Canada - Children and physical activity

3. Psychology Today - Physical Activity Improves Cognitive Function

Courses offered:

• Games-Based Courses: PPL1O, PPL2O, PPL3O, PPL4O

• Personal Fitness Focus Courses: PAF1O, PAF2O, PAF3O, PAF4O

• Aquatics: PAQ2/3/4O

• Health For Life: PPZ3C

• Recreation and Healthy Active Living Leadership: PLF4M

• Introduction to Kinesiology: PSK4U

EXTRA-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES: (on hold due to COVID)

• *Daily Intramurals @ Lunch: Monday – Volleyball, Tuesday: Soccer Wednesday: Badminton, Thursday: Basketball, Friday: Floor Hockey

• * Fitness Club: our fitness room is open everyday at lunch for students to workout. Proper athletic clothing and shoes are required.

• *Fitness Friday Workouts afterschool in the small gym! Come and workout with your friends and teachers…all are welcome!

• *Learn to Swim lunchtime classes with our lifeguard – see Alicia

• * Athletic Council -see Mr. Savinetti

TOP 10 REASONS TO TAKE A HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSE

10. LEARN HOW TO STAY IN SHAPE SO THAT YOU LOOK AND FEEL GOOD.

9. LEARN SKILLS TO BE BETTER AT SPORTS AND LIFE.

8. DEVELOP ALL AREAS OF YOUR FITNESS (STRENGTH, SPEED, POWER, AGILITY, ENDURANCE).

7. LEARN TEAMWORK, SPORTSPERSONSHIP AND LEADERSHIP.

6. GET SWEATY, MOVE BETTER AND HAVE FUN DOING IT!

5. LEARN NEW AND EXCITING GAMES AND SPORTS (SPIKEBALL, FROLF, TCHOUKBALL).

4. LEARN HOW TO CRUSH THE BEEP TEST!

3. REALIZE THE EFFECT THAT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY HAS ON YOUR GRADES.

2. NO EXAMS IN PPL, PAF AND PAQ COURSES!

1. LEARN EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO LEAD A HEALTHY ACTIVE LIFESTYLE FOREVER!