This is a course taught in school that focuses on developing physical fitness and the ability to perform and enjoy day-to-day physical activities with ease.

This is "education through the physical".

It aims to develop students’ physical competence and knowledge of movement and safety, and their ability to use these to perform in a wide range of activities associated with the development of an active and healthy lifestyle.

It also develops students’ confidence and generic skills, especially those of collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking and aesthetic appreciation.

Through carefully selected physical education activities, an individual who participates actively will develop and maintain good health and high level of physical fitness.

Participation in Physical Education activities provides opportunities for the acquisition and practice of desirable social traits necessary for adjustment to happy living and to the social life in general.

The informal nature of physical education offers opportunities for the development of expression and emotional traits needed for emotional mastery.

Through participation in Physical Education activities the individual develops his mental capacities as he learns the mechanical principles of underlying movement.

It is about experiencing and developing a range of fundamental movement skills that will improve co-ordination, locomotion, control, balance, and manipulation.