PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AIMS 2

Physical Education Department Aims

The Physical Education Department Aims to offer students experiences, which will enable them to enjoy different forms of activity through performing, planning, evaluating and working with others. Physical Education is primarily concerned with physical capabilities but the associated aspects of knowledge and understanding are also vital components for all children. Additionally the development of personal skills within a social setting can be enhanced by participating in an appropriate and sensitively designed Physical Education programme. The PE curriculum delivered at Castleford High School enables students to learn purposeful physical activities that will lead to their own positive physical, social, mental and emotional growth and encourage a lifelong commitment to an active and healthy lifestyle.

Core Aims:

To help promote physical fitness that will improve the quality of life
To learn and adopt acceptable moral and social standards
To develop maximum physical potential according to each individuals ability.
To help prepare students to see the role of leisure in their future
To develop a working knowledge of safe practice
To promote the development of movement co-ordination and the acquisition of a range of motor skills.
Develop the capacity to express ideas in dance forms
Develop the ability to appreciate the aesthetic qualities of movement
Develop the capacity to maintain interest and to persevere to achieve success
Foster self-esteem through the acquisition of physical competence and poise
Develop self-confidence through understanding the capabilities and limitation of oneself and others

The government suggests:

The importance of physical education

Physical education develops pupils' physical competence and confidence, and their ability to use these to perform in a range of activities. It promotes physical skilfulness, physical development and a knowledge of the body in action. Physical education provides opportunities for pupils to be creative, competitive and to face up to different challenges as individuals and in groups and teams. It promotes positive attitudes towards active and healthy lifestyles. Pupils learn how to think in different ways to suit a wide variety of creative, competitive and challenging activities. They learn how to plan, perform and evaluate actions, ideas and performances to improve their quality and effectiveness. Through this process pupils discover their aptitudes, abilities and preferences, and make choices about how to get involved in lifelong physical activity.