The Report of the Review Group on Physical Education
Annex B
National Priority Performance Measure |
Performance Measure 5.1E (Primary & Secondary) |
Context |
National Priority 5 | To equip pupils with the foundation skills, attitudes and expectations necessary to prosper in a changing society and to encourage creativity and ambition |
Outcome | Pupils are equipped with the necessary foundation skills, attitudes and expectations to prosper in a changing society |
Coverage | Primary and secondary schools |
Definition | Range of activities offered to pupils that encourage health related levels of physical activity |
Target to be set? | No |
What You Need to Do
1. You are invited to report on the range of activities offered to pupils at, and through, your school that encourage them to be physically active for at least an hour a day.
2. Your education authority will be working towards the implementation of the recommendations outlined in let's make Scotland more active and Sport 21 2003-2007 Shaping Scotland's Future. They will advise you of any local strategy they have or are putting in place for progressing these reports.
Further Information
3. Health-related levels of physical activity for children and young people mean being active for an hour a day on most days of the week. Currently, about a third of all school-aged pupils in Scotland do not achieve these levels. Attitudes and practices related to physical activity can be influenced by the whole school environment. Schools are ideally placed to have a major impact on a child's level of physical activity and should promote opportunities for children to be active at this level. These would include:
- physical education programmes within the context of the 5-14 curriculum
- access to a wide range of physical activities such as team and individual sports, dance, swimming, exercise to music, outdoor activities
- encouraging children and young people to design and implement their own physical activity/fitness plans
- active break times which encourage children and young people to "play"
- promoting opportunities for active travel to school through walking and cycling
- school sponsored extra-curricular provision such as sports clubs and youth coaching schemes
- encouraging and supporting links with the home and the broader community that encourage children and young people to access a wide range of activities
- encouraging children and young people to be active in daily tasks in and around the school, such as using the stairs.