Review of PDHPE Day 2

The obvious benefits of physical exercise are improved circulation and utilization of oxygen, detoxification and stimulation of the digestive and lymphatic systems. For someone to be willing and able to undertake physical exercise they would need to be an attitude conducive to this. If you encourage a student to run when they have been told that they always hurt themselves when they run – are you helping them by encouraging them? The attitudes would be taken from parents, relatives, peers, society, teachers etc and so to change these attitudes you may meet some resistance and undermining of your objectives.

The importance of Phys Ed in K-3, like anything introduced into school, shows the child options to select from in the smörgåsbord of life. Since knowledge becomes wisdom through experience, unless they experience this subject through the activity they will never gain their wisdom. The wisdom would be their own personal view based on their already gained background. The FMS provides the basic skills that can be combined and used in many different sports and activities.

Gallahues (1996) postulated the three fundamental movement skills and defines them as:
* Stability (body): Static balance, bending, stretching, stopping, rolling etc.
* Locomotion (body): Walking, running, skipping, hopping, leaping, climbing etc. (or any combination)
* Manipulative (object controlled): Throwing, catching, kicking, bouncing, striking etc.

The BOS PDHPE syllabus provides guidelines, outcomes and outlines for planning, designing and implementing different programs and lessons for a variety of learning experiences. It covers the eight strands as:

* Active Lifestyle
* Dance
* Gymnastics
* Growth and Development
* Games and Sports
* Interpersonal Relationships
* Personal Health Choices
* Safe Living

It also provides the five different skills as:

* Communicating
* Decision Making
* Interacting
* Moving
* Problem Solving

And then incorporates the six values and attitudes as:

* A sense of own worth and dignity
* Respect the right of others to hold different values and attitudes from their own
* Enjoy a sense of belonging
* Accept responsibility for personal and community health
* Willingly participates in regular physical activity
* Commit to realising their full potential