FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS

The lower primary program (Kindergarten to Year 2) focuses on the development and progression of Fundamental Movement Skills. Students are explicitly taught movement skills and participate in a range of physical activities and games to develop competence and confidence in these skills which they can later apply to more advanced sports.

The fundamental movement skills to be developed through Health and Physical Education include:

• locomotor and non-locomotor skills — rolling, balancing, sliding, jogging, running, leaping, jumping, hopping, dodging, galloping and skipping
• object control skills — bouncing, throwing, catching, kicking, striking.

The development of Fundamental Movement Skills in Kindergarten and Pre-Primary is critical and these skills can also be practiced at home.