Physical Education
Discover how Mayflower Primary's PE programme builds physical skills, healthy habits, and core values in students through SwimSafer, outdoor camps, and Games Day.
Physical Education
The Physical Education (PE) programme aims to build a strong foundation for the development of broad-based physical competencies and opportunities for recreational participation as well as the development of 21st Century Competencies to better prepare our students to thrive in a fast-changing and highly-connected world.
Learning Outcomes
The goals of PE serve as a guide in the development of an individual who is able to demonstrate individually and with others the physical skills, practices and values to enjoy a lifetime of active, healthy living. Each of these goals is equally important and they interact with others in a well-planned programme that addresses the knowledge, skills and values desired for every student. The goals are:
Physical Education goals and learning outcomes
Goals | Outcomes |
|---|---|
Goal 1: | Movement Competence. Students are competent and confident to participate in a range of physical and outdoor activities. |
Goal 2: | Healthy Lifestyle Practices. Students have a personal commitment to healthy lifestyle practices in physical activity, nutrition, sleep, outdoor time and hygiene. |
Goal 3: | Safety Mindset. Students apply risk assessment to manage daily and physical activities with respect to self, others and the environment. |
Goal 4: | Core Values. Students make informed and responsible decisions with regard to personal behaviour and social interactions based on sound values-based judgements. |
Goal 5: | Enjoyment. Students enjoy and value physical activities and healthy living in a sustainable way. |
Teaching Approaches
In Mayflower Primary School, we base our PE curriculum on the intent of movement education to apply the four movement concepts to the three domains of learning (cognitive, psychomotor, and affective) integrating with the watered down aspects of teaching games for understanding (TGfU). The four movement concepts of body; space; effort and relationships with objects, people, and the environment emphasize the need for students to know basic movement concepts and be able to perform basic movement patterns. Thus, it is imperative to foster motor success and to provide students with a basic skill set that builds their movement repertoire, allowing them to engage in various forms of games, sports, and other physical activities. As they progress, the application of certain aspects of the TGfU model elevate students’ understanding and enjoyment of the sports and games.
The PE learning experience in Mayflower helps the lower primary students to focus on the mastery of fundamental motor skills such as locomotor, non-locomotor and manipulative skills with the application of movement concepts. Once the foundation is laid, the upper primary students progress on to the development of distinct skills to focus on more complex combinations and sequences of movements, with skills and concepts application in sports and games.
Key Programmes
SwimSafer
Swimming is one of the learning areas in the MOE PE syllabus for primary schools and the SwimSafer Programme is a national water safety programme introduced by the National Water Safety Council (NWSC) to teach swimming proficiency and water survival skills to children in a fun manner to minimize drowning incidences.
To ensure maximum participation in the SwimSafer Programme, the school has scheduled swimming to be taught at the Primary 3 level during curriculum time. Our objective is to help each and every child learn the basic swimming and water safety skills that will serve them throughout their lifetime.
The swimming lessons take place once a week for an hour. The students are grouped and instructed according to their level of proficiency so that all of them benefit from the programme.
Primary 5 Outdoor Adventure Camp
The department organises the annual Primary 5 outdoor adventure camp to provide students with hands-on learning experiences. Through the camp, we hope to
a) allow students to develop the qualities of teamwork and cooperation by interacting and working with their peers; and
b) experience adventure learning through challenging outdoor activities where they will build self-confidence and develop their character to become an Empowered Learner and Empathetic Leader.
Games Day
The department organizes Games Day with a carnival-like atmosphere to promote a healthy lifestyle among staff and students through fun-filled healthy activities specially designed by our PE Department. The PE teachers will prepare the students prior to the actual day and promote maximum participation. Games Day, serves as a good platform for students to practise the school core values and exhibit the traits of an Empowered Learner and Empathetic Leader.
CCA Leaders Camp
The CCA Leaders Camp is an annual workshop conducted for our CCA leaders in their respective CCAs. The objectives of the workshop are to engage students in their CCA experience as well as enhance their role as a leader.