Strand: Developing Concepts and Skills for Physical Activity

 

3.1 Students perform movement skills and sequences to meet the requirements of different physical activities and tasks.

3.2 Students observe rules and demonstrate an awareness of others in play and simple games.

3.3 Students describe what it means to be fit and demonstrate activities that promote health-related fitness.

3.4 Students suggest how people and the availability of facilities influence choices relating to physical activities.

 

Movement skills to meet the requirements of different physical activities and tasks:

·       throw for speed, distance, accuracy and height

·       move to catch different-shaped objects

·       balance on different body parts on/off apparatus to show stability

·       float and use sculling actions to conserve energy for survival in water

·       perform set body actions in time to rhythmic or musical accompaniment

 

Movement sequences to meet the requirements of different physical activities and tasks:

·       dribble and throw for distance or for accuracy using a shoulder pass

·       show flow by smoothly linking locomotor, rotational and balance skills

·       run and jump for distance

·       strike or serve a ball and run to a designated marker or base

·       mount a beam, perform a balance to show flexibility, and dismount

·       enter water, tread water, swim and exit

 

 

Awareness of others and observing rules in play and simple games:

·       move into spaces to receive the object of play from team members

·       dodge to avoid contact with others in non-contact games

·       communicate with others to coordinate play

·       project the object of play into spaces away from opponents

·       cooperate with team members to score runs

·       respond to officials’ decisions

·       position themselves in anticipation of the movements of others

 

 

What it means to be fit:

·       being able to participate in everyday activities without getting tired

·       being able to recover breath quickly after exertion

·       being able to relax the mind and the muscles

·       feeling happy and energetic

·       getting along with others

 

Activities that promote health-related fitness:

·       walking, jogging, swimming, dancing, cycling and walking up stairs promote heart and lung fitness and muscular strength

·       stretching promotes joint mobility

·       climbing and swimming promote fitness

 

 

How people influence choices relating to physical activity:

·       through encouragement

·       by recommendations or advice

·       by provision of equipment or apparel

·       by provision of opportunities to be spectators

·       through role modelling

·       by rewards offered by others

·       through personal involvement

 

How availability of facilities influences choices relating to physical activity:

·       ease of access encourages increased use

·       availability of facilities increases choices

·       non-availability limits choices

·       cost of equipment limits choices