PROGRAMMES | TRAINING

A Common Minimum Programme

For Physical Education

PROGRAMMES | TRAINING

A Common Minimum Programme

For Physical Education

Introduction

The Common Minimum Programme for Physical Education is founded on the principles of Integral Yoga and Integral Education as envisioned by Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. The programme aims to establish a common framework for physical education across all Auroville schools, ensuring that every student receives systematic and balanced training through physical activities, games, yoga, athletics, fitness programmes, and collective exercises.

The programme promotes inclusiveness, collective participation, regular practice, and the integration of physical culture into daily life. It seeks to foster sportsmanship, self-discipline, teamwork, endurance, resilience, and conscious body development, thereby contributing to the Integral growth of every student. Through a structured and progressive approach, the programme encourages students to develop physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially while cultivating healthy habits and a lifelong appreciation for physical well-being.

Objectives

The objectives of the Common Minimum Programme for Physical Education are:

To make physical education and sports an integral part of the daily routine of students and to ensure active participation in all physical education activities.
To inculcate healthy habits, positive attitudes, and awareness regarding personal health and well-being from the school level.
To develop sportsmanship, integrity, ethical behaviour, self-confidence, and a sense of pride among students.
To promote the physical, mental, psychological, social, and emotional well-being of every student.
To help students achieve and maintain optimal fitness levels, including agility, power, speed, reaction or reflex, cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, coordination, and balance through regular participation in physical activities and sports.
The techniques necessary to become a skillful performer and competitor in different sports and activities.
To encourage teamwork, cooperation, mutual respect, and healthy relationships among students.
To help students develop self-regulation, concentration, inner peace, relaxation, and resilience in order to effectively manage stress, strain, and fatigue.
To provide opportunities for social interaction, community participation, social cohesion, and the development of leadership and interpersonal skills through competitions, group activities, and community engagement programmes.
An ability to perform in different activity – related roles such as attacker, defender, supporter, supported, referee, leader, captain
To cultivate a positive attitude towards challenges, success, failure, and continuous self improvement.
To conduct baseline and end-line assessments using standardized fitness parameters and testing batteries to monitor and evaluate student progress.
To identify talented students and provide them with appropriate training, guidance, and opportunities for further development in sports and physical activities.
To encourage lifelong participation in physical activity and promote a healthy and active lifestyle beyond the school years.

Components of the Common Minimum Programme

Co-Operative or major games
Athletics
Gymnastics
Swimming
Combative or Martial arts
Yoga
Recreational or minor games
Common Fitness Assessment
Competition
Group Performance & Drills

Note: Major games, athletics, gymnastics, Fitness assessment and swimming shall form an integral part of the regular physical education curriculum. All student participation is recommended in these activities.

Suggested Activities for Sports & Games

Pre-Primary Classes

1st & 2nd Grade

Fundamental Movement Education
a) Locomotors skills (running, jumping, hopping, galloping etc.)
b) Manipulative skills (catching, throwing, kicking etc.)
c) Body management skills (gymnastics, yoga)
Fun games & modified games
∙ Flag game, kho-kho, hopping games, skipping, hula hoop etc.

Primary Classes

3rd, 4th & 5th

Games (basketball, volley ball, football)
Recreational games ( kho- kho, b/softball, frisbee, dodgeball, kabbadi, juggling)
Athletics, Swimming & Gymnastics.
Combative or Martial art (aikido, jodu, Kalari, silambam, etc)
Yoga & Mallakhamb