2. What is a Game
sense approach?
• A Game Sense approach to PE is
a student-centred approach
based on individual inquiry
• It means learning sports
through being actively involved
in games, allowing students to
develop their own understanding
of the game and to develop their
individual skills.
(Curry and Light, 2006)
3. How does this help?
• By shifting the focus from the technique of the skills to the
game itself, students are encouraged to make decisions based
on tactics and start to think about strategies and concepts
within the game. This means students will have a greater
knowledge of the game being played so that they can develop
tactical awareness and decisions making skills while enjoying
the game and having fun.
(Towns, 2002)
4. How does this
relate to your
child’s learning?
Noted in the PDHPE NSW
Syllabus:
(Board of studies, 2007)
“Students demonstrate teamwork, tactics
and strategies when participating in team
games. They demonstrate proficiency in the
fundamental movement skills of leap, kick,
two handed strike and dodge and apply them
in a range of challenging physical activity
contexts.”
5. How does this relate to our personal class?
• For 2016, our focus in PE will be
on the Game Sense approach.
This will mean that our students
will learn skills of decision
making, tactics and different
techniques through exploring how
to play the games. This means
students get more time for active
interactions and playing, and
therefore more enjoyment, while
still learning skills fundamental to
their PE education.
6. What will this entail?
The main outcome for our Game Sense approach will be:
GSS3.8 Applies movement skills in games and sports that require
communication, cooperation, decision making and observation of rules.
(Board of studies, 2007)
To achieve this, we will participate in a range of invasion games, striking
games, net games, cooperative games and more to allow students to
increase their skills and movement through playing. Students will learn
communication and decision making through learning to play through
active participation. This will extend the students to be able to understand
their skills in each game, know their roles, and be able to follow and adapt
rules for each setting.
7. REFERENCES
• Board of Studies, NSW. (2007). Personal development, health and
physical education K-6: Syllabus. Sydney, Australia: Author.
• Curry, C. & Light, R. (2006). Addressing the NSW Quality Teaching
Framework in Physical Education: Is Game Sense the Answer? In R.
Light (Ed.) Proceedings for the Asia Pacific Conference on Teaching
Sport and Physical Education for Understanding (pp 7-19). Sydney:
The University of Sydney
• Towns, Jacob. (2002) "About Game Sense". Game Sense. Print.
University of Wollongong
