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The course codes for the various possible focus courses that may be developed in each grade can be found on the ministry website.9 The course description for a focus course should start with the full course description given in this document for the HALE course for the particular grade, and end with a statement describing the types of activities that the course will focus on. For example, the course description for a Grade 11 Individual and Small Group Activities course (PAI3O) would use the description for the Grade 11 Healthy Active Living Education course (PPL3O), followed by a statement describing the focus activities – e.g., “The course will focus on a variety of individual, dual, and small group activities, such as golf, combatives, athletics, and curling”.
The intent behind focus courses is not to focus on a single sport – in other words, not
to offer a “hockey course” or a “basketball course” or a “tennis course” – but rather to give students the opportunity to experience a variety of physical activities as they acquire knowledge and skills related to healthy living. All focus courses must include the healthy living expectations and must integrate the development of living skills throughout
the course.
Focus courses are offered:
• to meet the interests and needs of students by providing a variety of health and
physical education courses that offer a wide assortment of physical activities;
• to increase the rate of students’ participation in physical activity and engage a wider number of students by responding to their interest in particular types of activities;
• to improve programming flexibility and broaden the range of options available
to students as they select courses to meet graduation requirements, allowing them to customize their individual pathways to better suit their interests and needs.
Courses and Prerequisites for Health and Physical Education, Grades 9–12
Grade
Course Name
Course Type
Course Code
Prerequisite
Healthy Active Living Education
9
HALE
Open
PPL1O
None
10
HALE
Open
PPL2O
None
11
HALE
Open
PPL3O
None
12
HALE
Open
PPL4O
None
Destination Courses
11
Health for Life
College
PPZ3C
None
12
Introductory Kinesiology
University
PSK4U
Any Grade 11 university or university/ college preparation course in science, or any Grade 11 or 12 course in health and physical education
12
Recreation and Healthy Active Living Leadership
University / College
PLF4M
Any health and physical education course
9. Notice that the codes start with the first three letters identified in the list above; followed by the number 1, 2, 3, or 4, representing Grade 9, 10, 11, or 12, respectively; followed by the letter O for “Open”.
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