| Division: Primary |
Subject: Health & Physical
Education |
Strand: Fundamental Movement
Skills |
Overall Expectations
| Grade 1 |
Grade 2 |
Grade 3 |
By the end of Grade 1, students will:
- perform the basic movement skills required to participate in physical activities: locomotion/travelling (e.g., galloping, running), manipulation (e.g., throwing, catching), and stability (e.g., jumping, landing);
- demonstrate the principles of movement (e.g., in various directions, alone, with others, at various speeds) using locomotion/travelling, manipulation, and stability skills.
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By the end of Grade 2, students will:
- perform the basic movement skills required to participate in physical activities: locomotion/travelling (e.g., skipping, hopping ), manipulation (e.g., throwing, bouncing), and stability (e.g., balancing, twisting);
- demonstrate the principles of movement (e.g., at various levels, in relationship to equipment, using different body parts) using locomotion/travelling, manipulation, and stability skills.
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By the end of Grade 3, students will:
- perform the basic movement skills required to participate in physical activities: locomotion/travelling (e.g., dodging, chasing), manipulation (e.g., striking, hitting), and stability (e.g., balancing on equipment, performing rolls);
- demonstrate the principles of movement (e.g., in various body shapes; using sudden, sustained, fast, or slow movements) using locomotion/travelling, manipulation, and stability skills.
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Virtues & Themes: Possible Connections
Theological Virtue: Faith
Faith gives us a new way... -of seeing: seeing God, ourselves and everything around us, -of believing: what Christ has taught us in the Gospels and handed on to us through His Church. |
Faith gives us new ways of seeing and believing. The gift of our bodies has been given to us to glorify God. We give glory to God our Creator when we develop our physical talents, together with all our other gifts. Our joyful play and movement is a reflection of God's own joy, in Whose divine image we are made. |
Theological Virtue: Fortitude
A person of fortitude practices patience when meeting obstacles while working to do what is right, even when others criticize them or remain silent. |
It is not easy to try to do new things. But this is the way we learn and grow in life. Practicing the virtue of fortitude in gym class may involve learning to be courageous in trying new movements, and learning new ways to play. Fortitude also involves standing up for classmates, especially if others make fun of them. Practicing fortitude in gym class will help us become comfortable with challenges and obstacles in other parts of life. |
Catholic Character Theme: Stewardship
Stewardship is about caring for the gifts God has entrusted to us. We are called to be good stewards of our talents, our bodies, our souls, our communities and of God’s creation. |
The glory of God is the human person fully alive in Christ. (St. Irenaeus) To be fully alive requires that we develop our physical abilities along with the rest of our selves. As we begin to run, hop, skip, jump, dodge, balance, hit and strike, we are learning to use the bodies God gave us in new ways. In this manner, we can learn to enjoy each other’s company through games, sport and dance for a lifetime of joyful social activity. |
Catholic Character Theme: Community
The Holy Spirit unites us as a community, and gives each of us gifts to help one another grow as followers of Jesus. When the friendship, love and kindness of Jesus are present in our schools, then we are truly living as a community. |
It is not good for us to be alone. (Gen 2, 18) God made us for community. The fundamental movement skills we develop will help us to interact joyfully with one another through different forms of recreation. The joy we share through play, sport and recreation builds the sort of friendships, fairness and kindness that make our school community stronger. By fostering fundamental movement skills, we are investing in our community -here in the school, and beyond, in the future. |
Catholic Character Theme: Discipleship
Discipleship is about following Jesus and striving to live his Gospel. We find discipleship wherever we see the Kingdom’s love, justice, friendship and prayer in our Catholic schools. |
As we learn new movement skills, we find new ways to be with one another in play and recreation. This gives us new opportunities to live the Gospel of Jesus –through fair play, kindness, inclusion, and patiently helping others who need assistance with skill development. |
Support Resources
| Journey Activities |
| Grade 1 |
Grade 2 |
Grade 3 |
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N/A |
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Curriculum Frameworks
http://www.eoccc.org/onlinefw/onlineframeworks.html |
Grade 1
Framework 1. Theme: Community and the Common Good
Framework 2. Theme: Peace
Framework 3. Theme: Mystery, Wonder & Awe
Framework 4. Theme: Stewardship for Creation
Framework 5. Theme: Love & Justice
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Grade 1-2
Framework 1. Theme: Community and the Common Good
Framework 2. Theme: Peace
Framework 3. Theme: Mystery, Wonder & Awe
Framework 4. Theme: Stewardship for Creation
Framework 5. Theme: Love & Justice
Framework 6. Theme: Hope
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Grade 2
Framework 2. Theme: Peace
Framework 4. Theme: Stewardship for Creation
Framework 6. Theme: Hope
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Grade 2-3
Framework 1. Theme: Community and the Common Good
Framework 2. Theme: Peace
Framework 3. Theme: Mystery, Wonder & Awe
Framework 4. Theme: Stewardship for Creation
Framework 5. Theme: Love & Justice
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Grade 3
Framework 2. Theme: Peace
Framework 4. Theme: Stewardship for Creation
Framework 5. Theme: Love & Justice
Framework 6. Theme: Hope |
Grades 3-4
Framework 1. Theme: Community & The Common Good
Framework 4. Theme: Stewardship for Creation
Framework 5. Theme: Love and Justice
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