The Primary 2 pupils of North Vista Primary School spend their PE time working out on a Nintendo Wii video game console, in a special galaxy-themed space at their school in Sengkang. The school is one of the first in Asia to incorporate technology into its PE curriculum.
The principal of the school said they felt that the usual game concepts in PE seemed insufficient, and are not always relevant when the kids go home, for instance, students don’t always have a basketball court or the people to make up the teams to play with, so they didn’t want what they taught in school to be so isolated from real life, and the Wii helps make this learning process more relevant.
The school does not feel that the Wii games are a substitute for real physical outdoor activity, but they help to simulate environments and places like tennis courts, bowling alleys or boxing rings, where it isn’t always possible to take the students.
Read, Wii it’s time for PE, to learn more about this school and their Physical Education Program.
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