San Marino Scuola Media Curriculum (Physical Education)

Physical Education

The Physical Education curriculum emphasizes the development of students' physical literacy, promoting self-awareness, and fostering a healthy lifestyle. It encourages students to explore their physical potential through various activities, understand the importance of movement, and develop a lifelong appreciation for physical activity.

Competencies at the end of Scuola Media:

• Relationship with space, time, and movement: Students refine their fundamental movement skills, enhance coordination, and learn to manage their energy levels effectively in various situations and roles.
• Body language: Students explore movement, gestures, imitation, rhythm, and voice through activities like drama and clowning. They also experience self-expression through dance.
• Games and Sports: Students apply their motor skills and tactical understanding in individual and team sports, demonstrating respect for rules and fair play. They also learn to design and organize games and take on refereeing roles.
• Health and Wellbeing: Students develop an understanding of practices that contribute to their physical and mental wellbeing, focusing on nutrition, prevention, and risk assessment. They gain awareness of their motor skills and limitations, learning to adapt their movements accordingly.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Relationship with space, time, and movement: Students develop fundamental movement skills, including combinations, and apply them in sports. They improve body control in static and dynamic situations, adapt body segments for balance, and utilize temporal and rhythmic structures in motor actions. They also learn to apply acquired skills to new situations, manage exertion, and practice warm-up, breathing control, cool-down, and muscle relaxation techniques. Students explore the local environment through hiking, participate in physical activities in natural settings, and learn to navigate using maps and compasses.
• Body language: Students use body language to express ideas, emotions, and stories creatively, both individually and in groups. They learn to interpret the body language of others and create movement sequences and dances using rhythmic and musical bases.
• Games and Sports: Students adapt motor skills to various game situations, develop game strategies, collaborate with teammates, and respect rules, roles, individuals, and outcomes. They learn to manage competitive situations with self-control and fair play, understanding the rules for officiating.
• Health and Wellbeing: Students learn basic first aid and how to interact safely with others and the environment. They develop skills in using spaces and equipment safely, understand fundamental principles of nutrition and personal hygiene, and recognize the benefits of physical activity for improving fitness. They also consolidate a culture of motor skills and sports as a healthy lifestyle.

Methodologies:

The curriculum employs practical exercises, both individual and group-based, utilizing available equipment. Activities are progressive and adapted to the class's level, starting with simplified executions and gradually increasing precision and complexity. Students are encouraged to manage parts of the lesson independently, such as warm-ups and refereeing. The curriculum is adaptable based on student responses and scheduling constraints, promoting personalized solutions and active participation. Interdisciplinary connections are emphasized.