COURSE Description
Course Title: Healthy Living and Individual and Small Group Activities
Course Code: PAI2O
Grade: 10
Course Type: Open
Credit Value: 1.0
Prerequisite: None
Curriculum Policy Document: Health and Physical Education, The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 to 12, 2015
Department: Physical Education
Course Developer: Kydan Educational Services
Development Date: 2017-2018
Course Description: This course enables students to further develop the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices now and lead healthy, active lives in the future. Through participation in a wide range of physical activities, students develop knowledge and skills related to movement competence and personal fitness that provide a foundation for active living. Students also acquire an understanding of the factors and skills that contribute to healthy development and learn how their own well-being is affected by, and affects, the world around them. Students build their sense of self, learn to interact positively with others, and develop their ability to think critically and creatively. This course will build upon skills developed in grade 9 and focus on a variety of individual, dual, and small group activities, such as skating, stick handling, passing, shooting, battle drills, and spatial awareness skills on a more complex level.