Physical and Health Education 10

Core Competencies

Communicating
 
Collaborating
Critical and Reflective Thinking
 
Creative Thinking
Personal Awareness and Responsibility
 
Positive Personal and Cultural Identity
 
Social Awareness and Responsibility

Students are expected to know the following:

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Big Ideas

Big Ideas

Understanding our strengths, weaknesses, and personal preferences helps us plan and achieve our goals
  • Sample question to support inquiry-based learning
    • How does my sense of self affect my ability to reach my goals?
.
Trying a variety of physical activities
  • Sample questions to support inquiry-based learning
    • What role does participating in physical activities play in lifelong health and well-being?
    • How does participating in a variety of physical activities increase the likelihood that I will continue to have an active lifestyle?
can increase the likelihood that we will be active throughout our lives.
Healthy choices
  • Sample questions to support inquiry-based learning
    • What influences affect my physical, emotional, and mental well-being?
    • How is my overall well-being influenced by my choices?
influence, and are influenced by, our physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
Personal fitness
  • Sample questions to support inquiry-based learning
    • How might participating in physical activities maintain and improve my fitness level?
    • How will learning about the various benefits of different physical activities help me to develop my personal fitness?
can be maintained and improved through regular participation in physical activities.

Content

Learning Standards

Content

proper technique for movement skills
movement concepts

include:

  • body awareness (e.g., parts of the body, weight transfer)
  • spatial awareness (e.g., general spacing, directions, pathways)
  • effort awareness (e.g., speed, force)
  • relationships with others and objects
and strategies

plans and/or ideas that will help a player or team successfully achieve a movement outcome or goal (e.g., moving into space away from an opponent to receive a pass)

ways to monitor and adjust physical exertion levels
  • could include:
    • using heart rate monitors
    • checking pulse
    • checking rate of perceived exertion (e.g., a five-point scale to self-assess physical exertion level)
health benefits of physical activities
individual and dual activities
  • activities that can be done individually and/or with others; could include:
    • jumping rope
    • swimming
    • running
    • bicycling
    • Hula Hoop
, rhythmic activities
  • activities designed to move our bodies in rhythm; could include:
    • dancing
    • gymnastics
, games
  • types of play activities that usually involve rules, challenges, and social interaction; could include:
    • tag
    • parachute activities
    • co-operative challenges
    • Simon Says
    • team games
    • traditional Aboriginal games
, and outdoor activities
training principles, including the FITT principle
  • a guideline to help develop and organize personal fitness goals based on:
    • Frequency – how many days per week
    • Intensity – how hard one exercises in the activity (e.g., percentage of maximum heart rate)
    • Type – the type of activity or exercise, focusing on the fitness goal (e.g., jogging for cardio endurance)
    • Time – how long the exercise session lasts
, SAID principle

Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand: the body will react and respond to the type of demand placed on it (e.g., a student’s flexibility will eventually improve if he or she participates in regular stretching activities)

, and specificity

The types of exercises chosen will determine the kinds of fitness improvements (e.g., a student who wants to improve his or her flexibility levels would perform stretching exercises).

healthy sexual decision making
  • using consent (including sexual consent)
  • knowing and respecting personal and family values, knowing boundaries and being able to communicate them
  • being aware of what to do in risky situations
potential short- and long-term consequences of health decisions, including those involving physical activity, healthy eating, sleep routines, and technology
sources of health information
  • could include:
    • medical professionals
    • websites
    • magazine and TV advertisements
    • retail stores (e.g., vitamin/supplement stores)

basic principles for responding to emergencies

  • basic principles include:
    • following safety guidelines
    • having an emergency response plan
    • knowing how to get help
including Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) learning

ELABORATIONS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

strategies to protect themselves and others
  • strategies include:
    • knowing their right not to be abused
    • the importance of giving and receiving consent
    • being assertive
    • avoiding and reporting potentially unsafe situations (e.g., identifying gender-based violence)
    • using the Internet safely by identifying tricks and lures used by predators (online and offline)
    • cultivating an awareness of intimate partner violence and potential risk factors (e.g., imbalances in the relations such as age, economic status, and being under the influence of alcohol or drugs)
    • not stopping and talking to/ helping someone if they do not want to or feel it may be unsafe
    • developing an awareness of abusive and harmful behaviours, including those comprised in sexual harassment, abuse, and dating violence
from potential abuse, exploitation, and harm in a variety of settings
consequences of bullying, stereotyping, and discrimination
physical, emotional, and social aspects of psychoactive substance
  • could include:
    • alcohol
    • tobacco
    • illicit drugs
    • solvents
use and potential behaviours
signs and symptoms
  • could include:
    • problems sleeping
    • restlessness
    • loss of appetite and energy
    • wanting to be away from friends and/or family
of stress, anxiety, and depression
influences of physical

how students’ bodies are growing and changing during puberty and adolescence (e.g., identifying changes to body and self-concept)

, emotional

how students’ thoughts and feelings might evolve or change during puberty and adolescence (e.g., managing impulses and intense feelings) 

, and social

how students interact with others and how their relationships might evolve or change during puberty and adolescence (e.g., recognizing that personal boundaries may change over time and ongoing consent is required; demonstrating situational awareness and responding to social cues – such as changes in mood)

changes on identities and relationships<
strategies for goal-setting and self-motivation
Some of the learning standards in the PHE curriculum address topics that some students and their parents or guardians may feel more comfortable addressing at home. Detailed information about opting for alternative delivery can be found on the Ministry policy website.

Curricular Competency

Learning Standards

Curricular Competency

Physical literacy

Refine and apply movement skills in a variety of physical activities and environments
Apply and refine movement concepts and strategies
What strategies can you use to gain some type of advantage in a game situation?
in different physical activities
Apply methods of monitoring and adjusting exertion levels in physical activity
Demonstrate safety, fair play, and leadership in physical activities
Identify and participate in preferred types of physical activity
  • could include:
    • indoor or outdoor activities
    • individual activities or activities with others
    • competitive or non-competitive activities
Identify and explain motivational factors
  • could include:
    • choice
    • social connections
    • competency
  • How does self-motivation influence my desire to participate in physical activity?
influencing participation in physical activities

Healthy and active living

Participate in physical activities designed to enhance and maintain health components of fitness
Which health components of fitness are influenced by the different types of physical activities that you participate in?
Explain how developing competencies in physical activities can increase confidence and encourage lifelong participation in physical activities
Plan ways to overcome potential barriers
What are some possible barriers to my participating in fitness and conditioning activities throughout the year? (Could include interests, perceived skill level, accessibility, choice, social connections.)
to participation in physical activities
Analyze and explain how health messages
  • How might health messages attempt to influence people’s behaviours?
  • How did the strategies you used to pursue your healthy-living goals influence the results?
might influence health and well-being
Identify and apply strategies to pursue personal healthy-living goals
Reflect on outcomes of personal healthy-living goals and assess the effectiveness of various strategies
Analyze how health-related decisions
could include decisions related to healthy eating, substance use, and sexual health
support the achievement of personal healthy-living goals
Propose strategies for avoiding and responding
  • How can you avoid an unsafe or potentially exploitive situation on the Internet, at school, and in the community?
  • Propose strategies for avoiding and/or responding to potentially unsafe, abusive, or exploitive situations
    • developing strategies for establishing boundaries in unsafe, abusive, or exploitative situations: 
      • saying how you feel
      • asking for what you need 
      • disagreeing respectfully
      • saying no without guilt
      • speaking up for yourself and others when safe to do so
      • removing yourself from an unsafe or uncomfortable situation
    • using a strong voice to set boundaries by:
      • saying “no,” “stop,” “I don’t like this”
      • calling out for help and getting away if possible
      • telling a trusted adult about an unsettling or dangerous situation until you get help
      • not giving out personal information (e.g., to strangers, on the Internet)
    • recognizing behaviours used by abusers or groomers (e.g., giving gifts, isolating a victim from their family, using guilt or blackmail to control)
    • cultivating an awareness of power imbalances and how they can impact issues of consent and boundaries 
    • developing an awareness of sexual harassment and intimate partner violence, including physical, sexual and emotional abuse
    • acknowledging that survivors of abuse are not to blame and deserve respect and that all people have the right to have their boundaries respected
    • recognize that survivors experience the results of abuse differently and it can show up differently from person to person
    • raising awareness on exploitative situations pertaining to consent and gender-based violence (e.g., human trafficking, coercion, deceit) and advocating for the safety of themselves and others
to potentially unsafe, abusive, or exploitative situations

Analyze strategies for responding

  • What can you do if you are being bullied or see someone else being bullied?
  • Analyze strategies for responding to discrimination, stereotyping, and bullying
    • cultivating an awareness of bullying, discrimination, and violence based on gender identity/ expressions, sexuality, race, religion, ethnicity, etc.
    • assessing the situation, avoiding, being assertive, reporting, seeking help
    • advocating for others.
to discrimination, stereotyping, and bullying

Develop skills

Could include:

  • communication skills
  • negotiation strategies
  • conflict resolution techniques
  • Develop skills for maintaining healthy relationships and responding to interpersonal conflict
    • contributing to a culture of consent:
      • understanding personal boundaries and respecting the boundaries of others (e.g., body boundaries, emotional boundaries)
      • ensuring affirmative consent (yes means yes) and obtaining permission before doing things
      • saying “no” and “stop” in respectful and assertive ways
      • understanding that healthy relationships include respecting boundaries, the ability to say no, hear/ accept no, respecting body language, etc.
      • developing assertive strategies (e.g., saying no, stating how you feel)
      • using and modeling a ‘yes means yes’ consent narrative
    • other strategies for maintaining healthy relationships could include:
      • open communication
      • listening
      • trust
      • maintaining mutual respect
for maintaining healthy relationships and responding to interpersonal conflict

Analyze the potential effects of social influences
  • could include:
    • social media
    • use of technology (e.g., gaming)
    • peer pressure
  • How can I manage my use of technology?
on health

Mental well-being

Evaluate and explain strategies for promoting mental well-being
How can I overcome challenges to my mental well-being?
Explore factors
What are some factors leading to the use of substances?
contributing to substance use
Create and evaluate strategies for managing physical, emotional, and social changes

How do the various changes you may be experiencing during adolescence influence your relationships with others?

  • Create and evaluate strategies for managing physical, emotional, and social changes during puberty and adolescence
    • developing strategies for managing growth and changing bodies during puberty
    • identifying how thoughts and feelings might evolve or change during puberty (e.g., romantic feelings replacing friendship and changing dynamics and boundaries within relationships)
    • considering how students interact with others and how their relationships might evolve or change during puberty
    • demonstrating a commitment to actively obtain consent prior to any touching or intimate activities
       
during puberty and adolescence
Explore and describe factors that shape personal identities
What are some social and cultural factors that influence your personal identity?
, including social and cultural factors
Describe the relationships between physical activities, mental well-being, and overall health