Health and wellbeing includes experiences and outcomes for personal and social development, understanding of health, physical education and physical activity, and contributions from home economics.
It also includes approaches and activities such as physical activity and nutrition, planned by pre-school settings, schools or colleges to promote the health and wellbeing of their learners and the wider community.
Children and young people need to experience what it feels like to develop, enjoy and live a healthy lifestyle.
They also need to learn ways of dealing with the many new and challenging situations they will experience throughout their lives.
A healthy lifestyle supports physical, social and emotional wellbeing, and underpins successful learning.
Concerns about the health, diet and activity levels of Scotland’s children and young people, social inclusion and inequalities in health emphasise the importance of a focus on health and wellbeing throughout education, starting in the early years.
Learning through health and wellbeing enables children and young people to:
- experience positive aspects of healthy living and activity for themselves
- develop the knowledge and understanding, skills, abilities and attitudes necessary for their physical, emotional and social wellbeing now and in their future lives
- make informed decisions in order to improve their physical, emotional and social wellbeing
- apply their physical, emotional and social skills to pursue a healthy lifestyle
- make a successful move to the next stage of education or work
- for some, open up opportunities to excel in sport or to pursue careers in health and leisure industries.
Physical Education
What will I learn?
The National Physical Education course focuses on the developing and improving of practical and performance skills through physical activities. The main purpose of the Course is to encourage the learner to improve their own personal performance and to develop their understanding of the links between physical activity, physical performance and physical health. Learners will: take part in physical activities in order to develop a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle, improve practical performance through participation in physical activities and develop knowledge and understanding of factors which impact on physical activity and physical health.
What will I do?
Teachers will use a wide range of approaches to develop your knowledge, understanding and skills: whole class direct and interactive teaching: individual, paired and group activities; use opf ICT; and use of school’s library will all be features of your learning experience.
Self peer and teacher assessment will be used to ensure you understand what is required and receive appropriate feedback on how to improve. At National level, pupils must pass all of the unit assessments to achieve an overall course award. These assessments take place during class time throughout the year.
