Sierra Leone Primary Class 2 Syllabus - Physical and Health Education

Term 1

• The Meaning of Physical and Health Education (PHE):
• Demonstrate activities illustrating the meaning of PHE (e.g., exercising).
• Demonstrate "fair play" during games.
• Discuss the importance of exercise and physical activities.
• Organize teams to play games.
• Fundamental Movement:
• Demonstrate non-locomotor skills (e.g., twisting, stretching, bending).
• Demonstrate locomotor skills (e.g., cartwheel, forward roll, wheelbarrow, frog-jump).
• Discuss the benefits of movement activities.
• Games:
• Demonstrate skills in minor games (e.g., football, balance ball, chairball).
• Play team games with simple rules.
• Discuss the benefits of playing games.
• Hygiene:
• Demonstrate hygiene practices (e.g., handwashing).
• Discuss how to maintain a clean environment (school, classroom, compound).
• Identify cleaning objects (e.g., broom, soap, dustbin, duster, towel, cutlass).

Term 2

• Foods and Nutrition:
• Identify energy-giving foods (e.g., rice, cassava, bread, fufu).
• Identify body-building foods (e.g., meat, chicken, egg, beans, sesame).
• Identify protective foods (e.g., vegetables, garden eggs, onion, orange, pawpaw, milk).
• Discuss ways to prevent food spoilage.
• Water:
• Identify community water sources.
• Wash the body after play and exercise.
• Discuss water purification methods (e.g., filtration, sedimentation, boiling).
• Accident/First Aid:
• Prevent and treat play-related wounds.
• Administer first aid for poisoning.
• Administer first aid for diarrhea.
• Athletics:
• Demonstrate running in lanes for short distances.
• Demonstrate running in team events (e.g., relays).
• Perform jumps (e.g., standing jump, high jump).
• Demonstrate throwing implements (e.g., improvised shots).

Term 3

• The Human Body:
• Name the main parts of the human body.
• Discuss the functions of body parts.
• Identify common diseases associated with body parts.
• Drugs:
• Explain what drugs are.
• Discuss drug uses (cure, relief).
• Discuss safe drug storage at home.
• Rest and Sleep:
• Discuss the need for rest and sleep after exercise.
• Discuss the benefits of rest and sleep.
• Disease:
• Identify HIV, EVD, and COVID-19 as diseases affecting humans.
• Discuss the spread and prevention of EVD and COVID-19.