The curriculum is focused on acquiring and developing skills. Students become increasingly efficient, effective and versatile in their movement. They experience this skill development through fundamental movement and games which allow:

• opportunities for the development of the skilful use of the body
• the ability to remember, repeat and refine actions and to perform them with increasing control, coordination and fluency
• for a range of activities designed to challenge and improve the ABC of PE (agility, balance and coordination)

Students focus on acquiring and developing further, can perform more complex skills, and select and apply them appropriately. They begin to gain knowledge and understanding in a range of activity areas. The PE programme provides opportunities to:

• develop an increasing ability to select, link and apply tactics and compositional ideas
• develop fluency and consistency in their performance
• improve observation skills and the ability to describe and make simple judgments on their own and others’ work, and to use their observations and judgements to improve performance (improving and evaluating).
• ensure the development of an understanding of the effects of exercise on the body and an appreciation of the value of safe exercising (knowledge and understanding of fitness and health).

In Milepost 3 (Grades 4-6) students continue to develop complex skills with greater success and focus on improving accuracy and consistency.  Knowledge and understanding deepen as we look further into activities and introduce more complex tactics. Students will learn the key rules in a range of sports and widen their understanding by taking part and comparing similar sports.