COURSE Description
Course Title: Healthy Active Living Education
Course Code: PPL1O
Grade: 9
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: Health
Course Developer: Kydan Educational Services
Development Date: 2015-2016
Course Description: This course equips students with 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.