Health and Physical Education / Foundation / Movement and physical activity / Moving our bodies

Curriculum content descriptions

experiment with different ways of moving their body safely and manipulating objects and space (AC9HPFM02)

Elaborations
  • suggesting and testing different ways to move in a playing space or different ways to use equipment and objects, and making judgements about which are most effective and which movements and equipment they prefer
  • persisting with challenges and demonstrating resilience while moving their body in a range of situations
  • participating in games that require them to be aware of personal safety in relation to game boundaries, rules and safe use of equipment
  • manipulating equipment in a range of different movement situations and tasks, including in minor games, imaginative play and when practising fundamental movement skills
  • demonstrating spatial awareness when moving around and through indoor and outdoor (natural) environments confidently and safely
General capabilities
  • Personal and social capability Personal and Social capability
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Fundamental movement skills,  Movement sequences,  Problem solving

Online

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