Grade 8 Physical Education and Health

Content standard

The learners demonstrate understanding of healthy and positive sexuality, prevention of sexually transmitted infections, and striking/fielding games in promoting personal wellness for active and healthy living.

Performance standard

The learners participate in striking/fielding games in promoting personal wellness for active and healthy living.

Learning competencies (4)

• PEH-G8-Q1-01

  explain the importance of values in building a healthy and positive sexuality and preventing gender-based issues;

• PEH-G8-Q1-02

  discuss sexually transmitted infections and their preventive measures;

• PEH-G8-Q1-03

  perform physical activities by applying principles and concepts of striking/fielding games to solve tactical problems for active living; and

• PEH-G8-Q1-04

  execute appropriate skills of sports and the required fitness abilities of chosen striking/fielding games in responding to tactical problems.

Content standard

The learners demonstrate understanding of healthy relationships and net/wall games in promoting family wellness for active and healthy living.

Performance standard

The learners participate in net/wall games in promoting family wellness for active and healthy living.

Learning competencies (5)

• PEH-G8-Q2-01

  discuss the characteristics of friendships, long- term commitments, marriage, and parenting;

• PEH-G8-Q2-02

  evaluate the various ways to show affection in relationships;

• PEH-G8-Q2-03

  demonstrate effective self-regulation skills to avoid inappropriate or non-consensual physical contact in all physical activity participation;

• PEH-G8-Q2-04

  perform safely physical activities by applying principles and concepts of net/wall games to solve tactical problems for active living; and

• PEH-G8-Q2-05

  execute safely appropriate skills of sports and the required fitness abilities of chosen net/wall games in responding to tactical problems.

Content standard

The learners demonstrate understanding of psychoactive substances and dances in promoting community wellness for active and healthy living.

Performance standard

The learners participate in rhythmic activities and dances in promoting community wellness for active and healthy living.

Learning competencies (4)

• PEH-G8-Q3-01

  explain the nature, general effects of and preventive measures against the use of psychoactive substances;

• PEH-G8-Q3-02

  evaluate interventions, laws, and policies to prevent the use of psychoactive substances;

• PEH-G8-Q3-03

  analyze how psychoactive substances can affect physical activity participation; and

• PEH-G8-Q3-04

  practice technical and expressive skills to develop proficiency in genre and style-specific techniques to enhance movement competence and physical activity participation.

Content standard

The learners demonstrate understanding of consumer health, information, products, services, quackery, and dances in promoting societal wellness for active and healthy living.

Performance standard

The learners participate in dances in promoting societal wellness for active and healthy living.

Learning competencies (4)

• PEH-G8-Q4-01

  discuss ways to be an informed consumer;

• PEH-G8-Q4-02

  examine health information, health products, health services, and health care providers;

• PEH-G8-Q4-03

  analyze various forms of quackery and fraudulent health services and their associated risks; and

• PEH-G8-Q4-04

  perform dances using genre and style specific techniques, expressive skills and choreographic intents to enhance movement competence and physical activity participation.