Physical Education

Grade 9 Physical Education is a full year course with students attending PE every second day. The aim of the curriculum is to provide students with planned and balanced programming to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for physically active and healthy lifestyles. Physical Education activities include team and individual activities and there is a strong emphasis on individual fitness development. Health related topics include: fitness planning, addictions awareness, healthy relationships and reproductive health.

This compulsory full-credit course is designed to help youth explore a wide range of activities that include both individual and team concepts. Students will be given the opportunity to identify activities that they would enjoy and incorporate into an active lifestyle in their futures. Students will study topics related to fitness management and planning, nutrition, first aid, substance use and abuse prevention, reproductive health and social issues in sport.

Active Healthy Lifestyles (General) 11 – PHER3F This compulsory full-credit course is designed to help youth take greater ownership of their own physical fitness, to encourage them to seek out activities that interest them, and to engage in active lifestyles now and in the future. Students will study topics related to fitness management, mental health, substance use and abuse prevention, and the social impact of sport. The focus of this content will be on health and personal planning. These topics will make up the core 25% in-class component of the course content. For the remaining 75% of the course, students will be required to develop and implement, on their own time, a personal physical activity plan as part of a physical activity practicum. Students will be introduced to safety and risk management planning to minimize the associated risks of the activities they have chosen. As part of earning a credit for this course, students will be required to submit a personal fitness portfolio containing elements such as a fitness plan, physical activity log, and journal entries. Students will be graded for completion of the course with a Complete or Incomplete designation.

Parents/guardians will be required to review and verify their child’s physical activity plan and sign a Parent Declaration and Consent Form acknowledging their approval of the chosen activities and acceptance of the responsibility for risk management, safety, and supervision.

This compulsory full-credit course is an extension of the Active Healthy Lifestyles 11 course designed to help youth take greater ownership of their own physical fitness, to encourage them to seek out activities that interest them, and to engage in active lifestyles now and in the future. Students will study topics related to fitness management, nutrition, sexual health, social/emotional health, and personal development. The focus of this content will be on health and personal planning. These topics will make up the core 25% in-class component of the course content. For the remaining 75% of the course, students will be required to develop and implement, on their own time, a personal physical activity plan as part of a physical activity practicum. Students will be introduced to safety and risk management planning to minimize the associated risks of the activities they have chosen. As part of earning a credit for this course, students will be required to submit a personal fitness portfolio containing elements such as a fitness plan, physical activity log, and journal entries. Students will be graded for completion of the course with a Complete or Incomplete designation.

Parents/guardians will be required to review and verify their child’s physical activity plan and sign a Parent Declaration and Consent Form acknowledging their approval of the chosen activities and acceptance of the responsibility for risk management, safety, and supervision.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION Department Staff

To contact via email, please use the following prefix followed by @wsd1.org

• Bruce Sirrell bsirrell Dept Head

• Alyson Gysel agysel

• Lynn Pelland lpelland

• Tim Shynkaruk tshynkaruk

• Chrissy Wach cwach

• Joel Charriere jcharriere