The Physical Education in Spain

The area also has PE targets to be achieved, necessarily, the end stage of primary education. They relate to the perceptual areas, motor, communicative, affective, social, agonistic, health and body beauty and the environment. They are:

The educational process plays a key role in the development of individuals and societies. Through this process, provide our students  training to enable the development of self-identity and the development of cognitive-linguistic, affective, psychomotor and interpersonal adaptation and social integration that allow the person to enter the world around him. The education system in turn facilitates the construction of a conception of reality imposed by knowledge and ethical and moral assessment of it, through the values of freedom, tolerance and solidarity.

The integral formation of the person develops through the acquisition of knowledge and experience that enables school education through curricular areas. In primary education, the education authorities have undestood that the area of Physical Education is an important and fundamental part in the formation of pupils; being on the other hand, the few that mix an adequate command of the body with the mind work.

The knowledge, skills, and body-related attitudes and motor activity help better training and better quality of life.

With the area of strengthening the components of the motor is intended, that lead to body experienced knowledge; the discovery of playful, expressive and communicative possibilities; and acceptance of self, feeling good with your body, improve it and use it effectively.

According to these educational intentions we will take some functions of movement that help us achieve the objectives. Official Curriculum in the following shows:

 Anatomical-functional Function: objectives encompass physical abilities.

 Agonistic function: own skill is demonstrated, and difficulties are overcome.

 Hedonistic and cathartic function -. Tensions are released, the psychic balance is restored and leisure activities are performed.

 Role of environmental constraints and sedentary compensación.-are nullified.

 Communicative and relational function -. We relate to other people, not only in the game and the sport, but in general all kinds of physical activities.

 Knowledge Function -. Both of itself and its environment.

 Expressive aesthetics and function -. Through body language and movement.

 Hygienic function -. Relating to the preservation and improvement of health and fitness, and prevention of diseases and dysfunctions.

1. Know and appreciate their body and physical activity as a means of exploration and enjoyment of motor possibilities, relationships with others and as a resource to organize free time.

2. Adopt hygiene, feeding, and exercise postures, showing a responsible attitude towards their own bodies and respect for others, relating these habits with health effects.

3. Effort Regular and dose, reaching a level of self according to their abilities and the nature of the task performed, using as a fundamental criterion of the evaluation effort and not the result.

4. Solve problems that require mastery of basic motor patterns adapting to perceptual stimuli and selecting movements, prior assessment of their chances.

5. Utilize your skills and basic motor skills and their knowledge of the structure and functioning of the body for physical activity and movement to adapt to the circumstances and conditions of each situation.

6. Participate in games and activities establishing balanced and constructive relationships with others, avoiding discrimination on personal, social and sexual characteristics and aggressive behaviors and attitudes of rivalry in competitive activities.

7. Know and value the diversity of physical and sporting activities and the environments in which they operate, participate in its conservation and enhancement.

8. Use the expressive resources of body and movement to communicate feelings, ideas and moods and understand messages expressed in this way.