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Physical Education Core

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Syllabus

What you’ll cover in Physical Education Core.

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Year 1

5 topics
Career Pathways in Physical Activity and Sports
  • Explain various career pathways in the physical education and health enterprise.
    • Identify and discuss career pathways in physical education and health and the professional attributes and mind sets required for practice.
    • Identify role models in Ghana and beyond in various careers in physical education and discuss their contributions to the society and sports development in general.
Traditional Dances
  • Explain traditional dance as physical and recreational activity.
    • Explain the concepts of traditional dance as physical and recreational activities for improving skill and health-related fitness.
    • Perform a traditional dance as physical and recreational activities for improving skill and health-related fitness (e.g. Agbadza).
    • Perform a traditional dance as physical and recreational activities for improving skill and health-related fitness (e.g. Kpanlogo).
    • Perform a traditional dance as physical and recreational activities for improving skill and health-related fitness (e.g. Adowa).
Gymnastics
  • Perform basic gymnastics activities to improve skill and health-related fitness.
    • Perform floor activities in gymnastics for improving skill and health-related fitness (forward roll).
    • Perform floor activities in gymnastics for improving skill and health-related fitness (backward roll).
    • Perform floor activities in gymnastics for improving skill and health-related fitness (handstand).
Organized Sports Participation
  • Demonstrate the ability to use foundational skills in performing organised team sports (e.g., football, handball, etc.)
    • Identify the types of basic skills in football and apply them in a game of football (passing and receiving in football).
    • Identify the types of basic skills in football and apply them in a game (dribbling in football).
    • Identify the types of basic skills in football and apply them in a game of football (shooting in football).
    • Identify the types of basic skills in handball and apply them in a game handball (Chest pass in handball).
    • Identify the types of basic skills in handball and apply them in a game of handball (Overhead pass in handball).
    • Identify the types of basic skills in handball and apply them in a game handball (Shooting in handball).
    • Identify the types of basic skills in basketball and apply them in a game of basketball (dribbling in basketball).
    • Identify the types of basic skills in basketball and apply them in a game of basketball (lay up in basketball).
Health and Wellness
  • Discuss health and wellness and their importance in everyday life.
    • The pillars of health and how they influence life (Concept of health).
    • Wellness, healthy and unhealthy lifestyle (Concept of wellness and healthy lifestyle).
    • Identify and explain the determinants of health.
    • Describe the wellness continuum and discuss the barriers to accessing health services.
    • Identify the components of wellness and how they influence life (physical, social, intellectual/mental and emotional wellness).
    • Identify the components of wellness and how they influence life (spiritual, environmental, occupational/vocational and financial wellness).

Year 2

4 topics
Sports Participation
  • Demonstrate the ability to use basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., table tennis, netball, etc).
    • Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., table tennis Service and reception in table tennis).
    • Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., table tennis forehand and backhand strokes in table tennis).
    • Apply the basic skills acquired in a game of table tennis.
    • Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., netball footwork and chest pass).
    • Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., netball shooting).
    • Apply the skills acquired from the previous lessons in a game situation.
    • Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., volleyball underarm serve and digging reception in volleyball).
    • Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., volleyball reinforcement of underarm serve and digging reception in volleyball).
Health and Wellness
  • Discuss human diseases and the importance of their understanding for health and well-being.
    • Explain the concepts of human diseases.
    • Discuss the classification of human diseases.
    • Discuss vaccination and immunisation as a form of disease prevention.
    • Discuss the concepts of menstrual health and hygiene.
    • Discuss the concept of first aid and the common items needed for a successful first aid application.
    • Apply the knowledge of first aid principles to real-life scenarios and adapt responses based on the situation.
    • Explain stress and its common sources.
    • Explain ways of preventing and managing stress.
  • Explain the concepts of disease prevention.
  • Explain menstrual health and hygiene.
  • Explain the concept of first aid.
  • Explain the concept of stress and its effects on health and well-being.
Traditional Games
  • Demonstrate the understanding of the backgrounds of traditional games in Ghana and their significance to health and well-being.
    • Identify various traditional games and discuss their origins and importance.
    • Identify the basic skills in performing arm wrestling and tug of war.
    • Identify the basic skills in performing the African Cloth Parachuting or sail.
  • Demonstrate the ability in performing African cloth parachuting or sail.
Long Distance Events
  • Demonstrate the ability to use basic skills in race walking.
    • Identify the basic skills in race walking and apply them.

Year 3

4 topics
Sports Participation
  • Demonstrate the ability to use basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., pickleball, tennis, etc.).
    • Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., pickleball Service and reception in pickleball).
    • Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., pickleball Forehand and backhand strokes in pickleball).
    • Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., pickleball footwork and movement on the court in pickleball).
    • Apply the skills acquired from the previous lessons in a game situation.
    • Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., tennis introduction to tennis).
    • Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., tennis forehand and backhand strokes in tennis).
    • Apply the skills acquired from the previous lessons in a game situation (tennis).
Health and Wellness
  • Discuss skin, skin care and importance of its understanding for health and well-being.
    • Discuss the concept of the human skin, its care and grooming.
    • Discuss ICT negative practices and their health implications.
    • Discuss the concept of sports injuries and how they manifest.
    • Discuss and practice preventive measures relating to sports injuries.
    • Discuss substance use, its causes and risk factors.
    • Discuss the consequences of substance use.
    • Discuss the concept and types of rehabilitation.
    • Discuss Principles, factors affecting and hindrances to rehabilitation.
  • Discuss the implications of ICT negative practices and their health implications.
  • Explain the concepts of injuries.
  • Explain the concepts of sports injuries.
  • Explain the concept of substance use.
  • Explain the concept of rehabilitation.
Traditional Games
  • Demonstrate the ability in performing chaskele.
    • Identify the basic skills in performing chaskele.
    • Identify the basic skills in performing Tumatu (hopscotch) and ampe.
  • Demonstrate the ability in performing Tumatu (hopscotch) and ampe.
Recreational Activities
  • Demonstrate the ability to incorporate recreational activities into daily lives by identifying, stating their benefits and participating in them.
    • Discuss the different types of recreational activities in Physical Education.
    • Participate in a variety of recreational activities and reflect on experiences.
    • Explain the benefits of engaging in recreational activities.
    • Create a personal plan to guide regular participation in recreational activities.
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