Why is PE important?

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In Hillgrove Secondary School, we strongly believe in providing students with an enriching and memorable PE experience throughout their 4 or 5 years of education in the school. Some of the benefits of participating in PE are...

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• Students can learn valuable lessons about accepting responsibility for their personal development leading to greater self-discipline and understanding the importance of exercising for a lifetime. 

 

• Regular physical activity is the best antidote to eliminate obesity and maintain an acceptable body weight.

 

• Students learn the fundamental motor skills that enable them to develop the competence that creates confidence and leads to safe and successful participation in a wide range of sports.

 

• PE promotes opportunities for students to be creative, cooperative and competitive and to face up to different challenges both as individuals and in groups.

 

• A good workout helps ease stress, tension and anxiety and will result in better attention in class. Movement is also associated with enhanced brain functioning.

 

• Many activities taught in PE require students to work in teams to solve problems. These opportunities are excellent for developing both leadership and cooperation skills.

 

• Sports activities help to foster new friendship. Confidence in one’s physical abilities encourages youngsters, and later adults, to socialise more easily and fit into a variety of situations.

 

• Students learn to develop the notion of fair play, honest competition, good sportsmanship and dealing with both success and defeat.

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Reflections:

• Name two physical benefits of exercise?

 

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• How can regular physical activity affect your academic peformance?

 

 

 

• What are some of the important life skills and values taught through your PE lessons?