Our Goals

Our curriculum is organized around the following goals that guide instruction and assessment for our students as movers, shakers, and connectors.

• Explore various ways to move your body to discover activities that you enjoy to stay active. NNPS Profile: Creative Thinking
• Apply knowledge of anatomy and physiology to improve motor skills and movement concepts. NNPS Profile: Citizenship
• Analyze data and use goal-setting skills to identify appropriate choices to enhance well-being. NNPS Profile: Critical Thinking
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills to make healthy decisions that reduce health risks, enhance the health of oneself, and promote a safe and healthy community. NNPS Profile: Citizenship and Collaboration
• Demonstrate socially responsible behavior, respect for themselves and others, and the environment in thoughts, words, and actions. NNPS Profile: Citizenship and Communication

Our Instructional Approach

• Helps students develop and display responsible personal and social behaviors (respect for self and others, teamwork, inclusivity, proper etiquette).

• Selects learning strategies that increase student knowledge, develop motor skills, adopt healthy behaviors, enhance fitness, build self-efficacy and emotional intelligence, and demonstrate respect for others.

• Uses varied, ongoing assessments to monitor student progress, understanding, and skills.

• Design assignments that encourage students to develop critical thinking skills and creatively express their thoughts and options about healthy practices.

• Creates deliberate practice tasks that are age-appropriate, support the goals and objectives of the physical education and health curriculum, and can be linked to concepts in other content areas.