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Health and Physical Education (HPE)
Health and Physical Education is oered to all pupils at the primary level. The key emphasis of the
curriculum is to provide pupils with knowledge and skills to empower them to take care of their
own health and the health of others, as well as the environment. Pupils are provided with an
understanding of good health practices and habits pertaining to nutrition, physical exercises and
hygiene, thus, contributing to their positive physical growth and health. It is expected that upon
successful completion of the HPE Grade 4 programme, pupils will be able to:
• Describe ways to prevent diseases caused by germs
• Perform controlled balances, locomotor and non-locomotor movements with accuracy using
dierent body parts
• Manipulate objects of dierent shapes & sizes with control using dierent body parts and
equipment combined with other basic movement patterns
• Participate in activities for an extended period of time (5-6 minutes) to promote endurance and
health-related tness
• Adopt safe practices to prevent accidental injuries at school and before and after physical activities
• Identify acceptable ways of dealing with bullying and teasing
• Dierentiate between safe and unsafe uses of the Internet
• Plan balanced meals
• Distinguish between healthy and unhealthy eating habits
• Identify non-food substances in the environment that can be harmful to the body
A note to teacher
This book contains a variety of activities for children to learn and to probe further so as to enrich
themselves.
All activities are simple, need very little resources and are related to everyday life context. The
activities proposed will help learners to discover and investigate concepts for themselves in an
engaging way.
It is expected that teachers use the integrated approach as well as infuse concepts such as
intercultural values, inclusion, safety and scientic knowledge while they are teaching them.
Assessment is in-built throughout the units. At the end of each unit, an evaluation sheet is
provided to check whether learning outcomes have been met. The progress sheet can be lled in
by the pupils under the guidance of the Educator.
We sincerely hope that this workbook will help and encourage our pupils to learn and practise
good health habits, thus keeping them t and healthy.