Physical education aims to develop students' physical competence and knowledge of movement through physical activity. It focuses on developing physical fitness and safety skills to encourage an active and healthy lifestyle. Physical education also helps students develop confidence, collaboration skills, communication skills, creativity, critical thinking, and an appreciation of aesthetics. These skills provide a good foundation for lifelong learning.

1. WHAT IS PHYSICAL EDUCATION?
• Physical Education is "education through the physical". Its focuses on developing
physical fitness in the youth. 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.
These, together with the nurturing of positive values and attitudes in PE, provide a
good foundation for students’ lifelong and life-wide learning.

2. WARM-UP
• A warm-up is usually performed before participating in
technical sports or exercising.
• A warm-up generally consists of a gradual increase in intensity
in physical activity (pulse raiser), a joint mobility exercise,
stretching and a sport related activity.

3. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO
WARM UP BEFORE AN
ACTIVITY• Aims of warm up
• Prepare the body and mind for the activity
• Increase the body’s core temperature
• Increase heart rate
• Increase breathing rate
• Helping to prevent injury to muscles
• Help reduce muscle stiffness

4. COOL-DOWN
• Cooling down or warming down.
• Easy exercise that will allow the body to gradually transition
from an exertional state to a resting or near-resting state.

5. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO
COOL DOWN AFTER AN
ACTIVITY• Cool down should occur immediately after training activities and should last
5 to 10 minutes
• Aims of cool down
• To bring the heart rate down to near normal
• To get the blood circulating freely back to the heart
• To increase flexibility
• Promote recovery and return the body to pre exercise
• Cool down should also include stretching to help relax the muscles which
worked so hard during the activity

6. SAFETY HINT
• Be sure there is a first aid kid
• Wear running or walking shoes that fit you well
• Never walk or run in socks only
• Drink water every half hour, especially when the weather is hot
• Ensure that you run in a safe area
• Stop if you have any sharp pain anywhere
• Do not run if you are ill or have recently been ill.

7. REFERENCES
• http://www.google.es/imghp?hl=es&tab=wi
• http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=&l=cc&ct=0&mt=all&adv=1
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warming_up
• http://www.dictionary30.com/meaning/Warmup
• http://www.thestretchinghandbook.com/archives/warm-up.php
• http://www.brianmac.co.uk/warmup.htm
• http://k2.kirtland.cc.mi.us/~balbachl/wupcdwn.htm
• http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/pe/contents.htm
• http://www.allsportmedical.co.uk/first-aid-guides/Warm-Up-Cool-Down.aspx