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Haig Girls' School

Physical Education

Discover how our Physical Education Department nurtures a love for active and healthy living.

Last updated on 7 October 2026

Vision and Mission

Empowering Every Haig Girl to Learn and Lead a Healthy and Active Lifestyle.

Physical Education is an integral component of Singapore’s school curriculum to develop students holistically. By emphasising the importance of movement, and an individual’s interaction with the environment, Physical Education seeks to develop the whole child to bring about a nation of physically competent and confident individuals who enjoy a lifetime of active and healthy living safely and responsibly. 

The three learning areas of Physical Activity, Outdoor Education, and Physical Health and Safety are pivotal in providing the content for design and enactment of students’ meaningful learning experiences in, about and through movement. These areas leverage the physical and social environment to provide real-life contexts that strengthen students’ learning. A balanced and well-designed Physical Education curriculum, delivered through effective pedagogies and purposeful assessment can enable students to apply the skills, knowledge, practices and values to lead an active and healthy lifestyle. Additionally, it can help them acquire 21st century competencies to thrive in our fast changing and complex world.

A circular diagram illustrating the Physical Education Curriculum Framework. At the centre is "Movement," surrounded by concentric rings labelled "Learning In, About, Through." The rings represent three learning areas — Physical Activity, Outdoor Education, and Physical Health & Safety — set within a Physical Environment and Social Environment, all encompassed by the overarching goal of Active and Healthy Living. A note in the bottom right references 21st Century Competencies.

Physical Education Curriculum Framework

Purpose and Goals


The purpose of Physical Education is to develop physically competent and confident individuals who enjoy a lifetime of active and healthy living safely and responsibly.

The five goals below serve as a guide for the above purpose. Each goal is equally important, and they interact with one another in a well-planned Physical Education curriculum that addresses the understanding, skills, practices and values desired for every student.

  1. Movement Competence: Students are competent and confident to participate in a range of physical and outdoor activities.

  2. Healthy Lifestyle Practices: Students have a personal commitment to healthy lifestyle practices in physical activity, nutrition, sleep, outdoor time and hygiene.

  3. Safety Mindset: Students apply risk assessment to manage daily and physical activities with respect to self, others and the environment.

  4. Core Values: Students make informed and responsible decisions with regard to personal behaviour and social interactions based on sound values-based judgements.

  5. Enjoyment: Students enjoy and value physical activities and healthy living in a sustainable way.

At the primary level, the curriculum aims to develop competent students who demonstrate efficiency, effectiveness and versatility in movement competencies. They enjoy participating in a range of physical activities including the outdoors and engage in healthy practices.

Learning Areas

The learning experiences leading to the goals of Physical Education at the primary level are organised according to the three learning areas and content areas/strands as shown in Table 1.

A table titled "Table 1. Learning Area, Content Area and Strands at the Primary Level." It shows three learning areas: Physical Activity (with content areas of Athletics, Dance, Games and Sports, Gymnastics, and Swimming, and strands of Movement Skills and Concepts and Safety Practices); Outdoor Education (with strands of Outdoor Living, Sense of Place, and Risk Assessment and Management); and Physical Health and Safety (with strands of Physical Fitness, Safety and Risk Management, Nutrition, and Personal Hygiene and Self-Care).

Key Programmes

A table showing the PE programme offerings across Primary 1 to Primary 6. Rows cover PAL, Values Based Creativity (dance styles progressing from Chinese, Malay, and Indian Dance in P1–P3 to Contemporary, Pop, and Hip-Hop in P4–P6), Skipping Challenge (progressing from Single Bounce to Crossover), Games Day (all levels), Inter-Class Games (Captain's Ball at P3 through to Softball at P6), Learn-a-Sport (Wushu, Bowling, Golf, Goalball, Archery, Dragon Boat), and Play@Recess (all levels).
A group of seven PE teachers pose energetically on an outdoor court in front of a sports-themed mural, each holding different sports equipment including a floorball stick, badminton racket, netball, football, and a pickleball. Most are dressed in matching pink and black jerseys.

PE Team

A large group of girls in a dance studio follow an instructor at the front of the room. Some students wear their school PE uniforms while others are dressed in colourful dance costumes, with arms outstretched mid-movement.

P1 VBC:Chinese Dance

A group of students in school PE uniforms stand barefoot in a line on a wooden court floor inside a sports hall with red spectator seating, appearing to follow along with a dance or movement activity.

P2 VBC: Malay Dance

A student in school PE uniform prepares to bat a ball off a tee on a grass field, with classmates and a teacher in a red hijab visible in the background during an outdoor PE lesson.

Inter-Class Games Day: P6 Softball

A larger group of girls in the same school PE uniforms performing a synchronised martial arts or dance routine in a school hall, viewed from behind.

P1 Learn-to-Play: Wushu

Three young girls in school PE uniforms — white tops with yellow and dark brown sashes, and dark shorts — practise a martial arts or dance routine in a school hall.

P1 Learn-to-Play: Wushu

An adult male coach kneels down to help a young child grip a bowling ball at the start of a bowling lane.

P2 Learn-to-Play: Bowling

A large group of children sitting on the floor of a bowling alley, listening to an instructor standing at the far end of the lanes. Several adults and chaperones stand nearby.

P2 Learn-to-Play: Bowling

Primary school students in PE attire jumping over low hurdles in a school hall during an athletics lesson. Students are captured mid-jump in motion blur, with more students waiting in line in the background. The hall features decorative murals and a mezzanine level.

Games and Sports Day: P1 and P2

Primary school students playing catchball on an outdoor school court. Two students in the centre pass a ball while classmates seated around the perimeter watch and cheer. The school's name "HAG Girls' School" is visible on the students' uniforms.

Games and Sports Day: P3 and P4

Primary school students in PE attire receiving a golf lesson on the driving range of Sembawang Country Club. Students stand in a line on the grass, holding golf clubs, while an instructor demonstrates technique. Hula hoops and cones are laid out as training aids, with tall netting surrounding the range in the background.

P3 Learn-to-Play: Golf

Primary school students lying face-down on blue exercise mats in a school hall, performing a prone back extension or flexibility exercise. A teacher in blue attire assists a student on the right, while another adult supervises in the background.

P4 Learn-to-Play: Goalball

Primary school students in yellow and white PE attire practising archery indoors in a school hall. A row of students stands at green traffic cones, drawing bows with foam-tipped arrows, while another group sits on the floor watching. Motivational banners featuring alumni quotes are displayed on the wall behind them.

P5 Learn-to-Play: Archery

A large group of primary school students in blue life jackets posing cheerfully on multiple dragon boats rafted together on a waterway. A bridge, residential buildings, and the domes of Gardens by the Bay are visible in the background under a blue sky.

P6 Learn-to-Play: Dragonboat