The PE curriculum contributes greatly to enabling our students to lead a healthy lifestyle with an interest and active participation in physical and aesthetic activities, which is one of the Seven Learning Goals of Primary and Secondary Education. It helps students develop lifelong learning capabilities to be self-directed learners and foster their whole-person development. It also enables them to achieve the aim of the education for the 21st century through all-round development in the domains of ethics, intellect, physical development, social skills and aesthetics.
Physical education, which is “education through the physical”, is essential for helping students achieve whole-person development. The Physical Education (PE) curriculum provides quality physical education to nurture students to be responsible citizens and contributing members of society, the nation and the world. The overall aims of the PE curriculum are to help students:
- develop motor and sports skills and acquire knowledge through physical activity, and cultivate positive values and attitudes for the development of a habit of doing exercises;
- acquire good health, physical fitness and body co-ordination through leading an active and healthy lifestyle;
- promote desirable moral behaviour, co-operation in communal life, ability to make decisions and appreciation of aesthetic movements; and
- become responsible citizens who contribute to the building of an active and healthy community.