Wellbeing: Physical Education

PE

 

SPEX

 

HEALTH

 

Seminar

 

Course Offerings

Beyond the Game: Leadership, Competition + Cooperation

Credits 0.5

Beyond the Game is a dynamic PE course that goes deeper than physical skills—it’s about building leadership, fostering teamwork, and mastering the art of cooperation through competitive and collaborative activities. Students will participate in team sports, group challenges, and strategy-based games designed to develop communication, problem-solving, and resilience. This course empowers students to lead, support, and succeed together—skills that matter both on and off the field.

TEAM SPORTS - Basketball, Touch Rugby, Soccer, Netball, Volleyball

GROUP CHALLENGES - Trust Activities, Problem Solving, Physical Puzzles

LEADERSHIP - Peer Coaching, Student Led Tournaments, Game Management

This course can be repeated.

This innovative physical education course is designed to develop students’ skills in teamwork, collaboration, and leadership through engaging group activities. With a focus on fostering competency, autonomy, self-respect, and curiosity, the course creates a safe, inclusive, and accessible environment where every student can thrive. Students will explore the principles of group dynamics through team sports, novel games, cooperative challenges, and movement-based activities. These experiences will help build physical skills, enhance communication, and strengthen problem-solving abilities. Emphasis will be placed on creating mutual respect, empowering individual contributions, and cultivating a curiosity for trying new activities and working with diverse groups. By the end of the course, students will gain confidence in their ability to lead and contribute meaningfully within a team, develop a deeper understanding of their own strengths, and appreciate the value of collective effort.

Go Solo: Building Skills 4 Life

Credits 0.5

Go Solo is a dynamic PE course designed to help students discover and master a variety of individual activities that promote lifelong fitness and personal growth. From precision-based sports, recreational games, and lifestyle activities, this course emphasizes self-improvement, resilience, and healthy habits. Students will learn how to develop skills that enhance physical and mental well-being—empowering them to thrive beyond the classroom.

Activities to expect:

RACQUETS - Pickleball, Table Tennis, Tennis, Badminton

TARGETS - Golf, Archery

CHALLENGE - Climbing, Martial Arts, Dance

ENDURANCE - Cycling, Rowing, Fitness Racing

This course can be repeated.

This innovative physical education course is designed to develop students’ skills in teamwork, collaboration, and leadership through engaging group activities. With a focus on fostering competency, autonomy, self-respect, and curiosity, the course creates a safe, inclusive, and accessible environment where every student can thrive. Students will explore the principles of group dynamics through team sports, novel games, cooperative challenges, and movement-based activities. These experiences will help build physical skills, enhance communication, and strengthen problem-solving abilities. Emphasis will be placed on creating mutual respect, empowering individual contributions, and cultivating a curiosity for trying new activities and working with diverse groups. By the end of the course, students will gain confidence in their ability to lead and contribute meaningfully within a team, develop a deeper understanding of their own strengths, and appreciate the value of collective effort.

Move 2 Thrive: Building Habits 4 a Stronger Life

Credits 0.5

This PE course is designed to help students to build lifelong habits that improve overall wellbeing. Through active learning and practical strategies students will explore the pillars of health; movement, stress management, sleep habits and nutrition. The focus is on creating sustainable routines that enhance energy and performance. By the end of the course the students will have the tools to move better, feel better and live better.

Activities to expect:

MOBILITY + RECOVERY - Breath Work, Meditation, Nutrition, Sleep Hygiene, Stretching

STRENGTH - Circuits, Callisthenics, Functional Training

MOVEMENT - Hiking, Group Classes, Yoga, Fitness

Physical Education 9

Credits 0.5

Grade 9 PE introduces students to a wide range of activities that encourage an exploration of the connection between physical activity and lifelong health and health-related fitness. The course provides an introduction to strength principles and the skills, techniques and safety necessary to engage in strength-related exercise. Through a variety of sports, students demonstrate basic strategies and an understanding of rules that shape different games. Students develop interpersonal skills such as cooperation, communication and conflict management. Students are able to develop a holistic approach to being physically active through engaging in and learning about different activities that promote wellbeing.

Physical Education 10

Credits 0.5

The Grade 10 PE course is designed to highlight the cooperative nature of sport and explore the key concept of what it means to be an effective team member working with others towards a shared objective. In this course, students will have the opportunity to participate in traditional and non-traditional sports, improve upon their fundamental motor skills, and investigate various strategies and tactics needed to be successful in a team sport. Communication, effort, and cooperation with others will be the focus of each lesson. In addition, a focus on safe game-play and adaptability will allow students to create variations in their games that will allow them to modify or extend these activities. What it means to be active and the health related benefits of movement will be discussed and explored. 

Physical Education 12

Credits 0.5

This course is a full year and rotates on the A/B schedule inside the Wellbeing Block. Students who choose this option will have their PE class inside of the Wellbeing Block, forgoing the time to work on Senior Project.

The Grade 12 PE course allows students to develop a balance between their social, mental and physical well-being. Students will consolidate their skills and game knowledge through sports and activities with a focus on developing interests that they can pursue at college. Within the fitness and conditioning units they will develop bespoke training plans that will foster positive habits that will enhance their quality of life. Through peer teaching they will be reflective, grow socially as leaders, be positive supporters, and develop interpersonal skills. The ultimate goal is for students to be properly equipped with the knowledge and skills and to have developed health related interests to continue to be successful. Students should be monitoring and recording their physical activity because they wish to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Strength Lab: Build Power, Speed + Resilience

Credits 0.5

This advanced PE course is designed for students who want to take their fitness to the next level through structured strength and conditioning. Emphasizing proper technique, progressive overload, and functional training, students will develop power, speed, and endurance while learning how to train safely and effectively. The course integrates mobility work, performance tracking, recovery and support strategies to build a strong foundation for lifelong health.