The Ontario

Curriculum –
Health and
Physical
Education
(Grade 1-8)
FALSAFA • The health and physical education curriculum is
H based on the vision that the knowledge and
skills students acquire in the program will
benefit them throughout their lives and enable
them to thrive in an ever-changing world by
helping them develop mental health and well-
being, physical and health literacy, and the
comprehension, capacity, and commitment they
will need to lead healthy, active lives and
promote healthy, active living
OBJEKTI • Students will develop:

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• the social-emotional learning skills needed to foster overall health and well-being,
positive mental health, and the ability to learn, build resilience, and thrive;

• the skills and knowledge that will enable them to enjoy being active and healthy
throughout their lives, through opportunities to participate regularly and safely in physical
activity and to learn how to develop and improve their own personal fitness;

• the movement competence needed to participate in a range of physical activities,

through opportunities to develop movement skills and to apply movement concepts and
strategies in games, sports, dance, and various other physical activities;

• an understanding of the factors that contribute to healthy development, a sense of

personal responsibility for lifelong health, and an understanding of how living healthy,
active lives is connected with the world around them and the health of others.

• The knowledge and skills acquired in health education and physical education form an
integrated whole that relates to the everyday experiences of students and provides them
with the physical literacy and health literacy they need to lead healthy, active lives.
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