{"id":487,"date":"2026-01-06T13:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/kilwinningacademy\/?page_id=487"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:08:13","slug":"health-and-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/kilwinningacademy\/faculties\/health-and-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Health and Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>Miss Lyall &#8211; Faculty Head<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Physical Education allows pupils to engage in a diverse range of challenging learning experiences contributing to their physical, social, emotional and mental development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aims of the Department<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt wp-image-665 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/kilwinningacademy\/uploads\/sites\/21394\/2026\/03\/17135657\/3D114761-4B07-4F8A-9932-A10589EAA831_-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"244\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/kilwinningacademy\/uploads\/sites\/21394\/2026\/03\/17135657\/3D114761-4B07-4F8A-9932-A10589EAA831_-removebg-preview.png 228w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/kilwinningacademy\/uploads\/sites\/21394\/2026\/03\/17135657\/3D114761-4B07-4F8A-9932-A10589EAA831_-removebg-preview-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Physical Education we aspire to fulfil the following aims for all pupils:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop their knowledge and understanding of human movement by engaging in a range of physical activities.<\/li>\n<li>Improve their physical performance.<\/li>\n<li>Develop social skills and promote acceptable standards of behaviour and positive attitudes to others. These life skills are also transferable to all other areas of the curriculum.<\/li>\n<li>Develop powers of analysis and the ability to solve problems.<\/li>\n<li>Develop attitudes and habits that will encourage participation and enjoyment in physical activity<\/li>\n<li>To prepare pupils for SQA courses and ensure that all pupils reach their potential.<\/li>\n<li>To promote courses which recognise the range of individual needs and different abilities at each stage of the pupils\u2019 development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone size-full wp-image-668\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/kilwinningacademy\/uploads\/sites\/21394\/2026\/03\/17140548\/22BC2FD5-4A2B-4F8F-A8BD-489C39319076_-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"118\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kit Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt  wp-image-671 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/kilwinningacademy\/uploads\/sites\/21394\/2026\/03\/17140748\/8C7C4050-67B9-4837-9E6C-554EB9BA03A8_-removebg-preview-243x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"181\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/kilwinningacademy\/uploads\/sites\/21394\/2026\/03\/17140748\/8C7C4050-67B9-4837-9E6C-554EB9BA03A8_-removebg-preview-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/kilwinningacademy\/uploads\/sites\/21394\/2026\/03\/17140748\/8C7C4050-67B9-4837-9E6C-554EB9BA03A8_-removebg-preview.png 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>All pupils are required to attend with appropriate kit at all times. If pupils are injured or unable to participate, a parental note is required as well as full kit to allow pupils to still be involved in the lesson.<\/p>\n<p>If a pupil arrives without kit then the department will provide appropriate clothing for the pupil to wear for the lesson. The departmental kit is maintained to the highest standards and washed on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/div>\n<table style=\"height: 175px\" width=\"475\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Name of Subject<\/th>\n<th>Qualification Level<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Physical Education<\/td>\n<td>N3, N4, N5 Higher, Advanced Higher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sports Development<\/td>\n<td>Level 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sports Leader<\/td>\n<td>Level 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Food and Fashion Technology<\/td>\n<td>N4, N5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Health &amp; Food Technology<\/td>\n<td>N4, N5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hospitality<\/td>\n<td>N4, N5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miss Lyall &#8211; Faculty Head Physical Education allows pupils to engage in a diverse range of challenging learning experiences contributing to their physical, social, emotional and mental development. Aims of the Department In Physical Education we aspire to fulfil the following aims for all pupils: Develop their knowledge and understanding of human movement by engaging &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/kilwinningacademy\/faculties\/health-and-wellbeing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Health and Wellbeing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9712,"featured_media":0,"parent":436,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-487","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/kilwinningacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/kilwinningacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/kilwinningacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/kilwinningacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9712"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/kilwinningacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/kilwinningacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/kilwinningacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/487\/revisions\/555"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/kilwinningacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/kilwinningacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}