Sec 2 PE Personalized Curriculum

Name of Team	PE Department
Title of Project	Sec 2 PE Personalized Curriculum
Facilitator	Lance Teo
Team Leader	Lance Teo
Secretary	-
Members	James Ong Sean Yeoh Lim Ting Fang
Initiated on (date)	5/1/15
Completion date	20/9/15
Objectives/Targets	1.    To develop students’ motor skills and equipping them with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to pursue and enjoy a physically active and healthy lifestyle. 2.    To design a curriculum that provides students the opportunity to experience games in a student-centered and contemporary manner
Implementation Process	The Sec 2 PE PC was planned such that the cohort goes through the following each Semester respectively: 1.    Learning the rules and basics of territorial (i.e. basketball and frisbee) and net-barrier games (i.e. pickleball and badminton) 2.    Inter-class Games (ICGs) conducted during banded PE lessons – Story format that progresses throughout the Semester In Semester 1, the students were taught the basic rules, skills and concept four different sports as above-mentioned. In Semester 2, each class had to then sign up participants in the four sport tournaments according to their strengths. The objectives of the story-based ICGs are three-pronged: 1.    To apply learnt skills from Semester 1 and to hone the game concepts / strategies against their opponents 2.    To bring out SEL competencies when the students manage their class teams as well as the tournaments 3.    To increase the students’ intrinsic motivation for self-improvement in the sport and their understanding of their game concepts The format of the story-based ICGs included challenging game tasks / quests which bred resilience in and bonding amongst the students in trying to accomplish them. The variables planted in the ICGs also allowed more opportunities for weaker teams to succeed, hence encouraging them to not give up when they were playing against stronger teams. Lastly, as the ICGs were student-centric, the students’ awareness of game was heightened when each member had a role to fulfill (e.g. umpire, scorekeeping, coach, etc).
Extent of Improvement/ Targets met	The Sec 2 PE PC was planned in alignment to the school calendar. It was to culminate with the EOY Sec 2 Post Examination ICGs. A survey was implemented at the end of the year to garner feedback on the new curriculum. The survey results are as follows: 1.    78.8% was able to apply the skill and concepts taught in Semester 1 into their games and quests in Semester 2. 2.    90.6% felt that the format of lessons encouraged the to improve my skills. 3.    69.6% found that the storyline created is interesting and this motivated them to try harder during lessons. 4.    79.3% felt that the quests and games prompted them to think and reflect on the skills/concepts taught and evaluate their own performance Looking ahead, it is the department’s plan to refine and improve on the Sec 2 PE PC for future implementation.