Physical Education & Sports Science Department

Discover how North Vista Secondary's PE and Sports Science curriculum builds healthy, active students through diverse sports, outdoor education, and the annual Vistarian Road Run.

Last updated 16 July 2026

PE Department teachers pose outdoors holding sports equipment including a basketball, volleyball, dartboard, and paddles.

Physical Education Department

Physical Education & Sports Science Department

North Vista Secondary School’s PE and Sports Science Department continues to pride itself on a holistic curriculum that aims to inculcate the importance of a healthy and active lifestyle in all Vistarians. Physical Education is shared with the students based on the pillars of Rigour, Relevance and Reflective Learning. Our curriculum and programmes were designed to Engage, Excite and Enrich students, as we worked towards the ultimate goal of teaching them values through sports and games.

In line with the revised PE curriculum, our department continued to plan 12 to 16 hours of engaging and affective learning for each sport that the students learnt. Besides the usual staple of Athletics, Netball, Football, Badminton and Basketball, students also tried newer sports like Ultimate Frisbee, Floorball, Tchoukball and Tag Rugby. On top of that, students had the opportunity to create games and also learn disability sports like Goalball and Seated Volleyball. Some of these sports that the students learned would culminate in an interclass game, so that students would get the opportunity to display their values of friendship, respect and excellence that they had learned through their journey of learning the sport.

For Outdoor Education, students tried their hand at orienteering and outdoor cooking skills in preparation for their adventure camps. Progressive fitness training is key to the students’ NAPFA preparation and game-based functional fitness embedded in their sporting drills.

The Vistarian Road Run is an annual sports event that promises and delivers opportunities for competition, fun, fitness and camaraderie.

2018 – Vistarian Road Relay (Mixed)
2019 – Vistarian Road Run (Bicentennial challenge)
2021 – I’mPOSSIBLE Buddy Run (in support of the Singapore Disability Sports Council)
2022 – Vistarian Road Relay (Interclass competition)
2023 – Vistarian Road Run (Individual event/Fun run)

NV students with North Vista race bibs running along a tree-lined park path.

NV students wearing North Vista race bibs line up at the starting line of a school running event outdoors.

NV students with race bibs run on a blue outdoor track, hockey stadium in Sengkang

NV students with race bibs 2174 and 2294 walk on a blue outdoor track stadium.

NV students stand in rows on covered stadium bleachers before the start of the Vistarian Road Run event.

Exercise and Sports Science (ESS - 6081)

Our school offers the O’ Level subject of Exercise and Sports Science as an Elective subject since its inception in 2018. The course aims to impart basic sports science knowledge and physical skills in two physical activities (one individual and one team sport) to students who are interested in learning about human movement and sports. They have the opportunity to compete at various sporting events such as the Combined Schools Meet and the N1 Cluster Games to hone their skills through competitions.

To make learning authentic, our ESS students are given the opportunity to organize and participate in the annual NV PE & SS Conference, an annual event which brings all the ESS students in Singapore together for an afternoon of learning and activities.

NV students in numbered blue NV jerseys pose on a stage with large NV letters and a yellow star.

NV students in a gym do lunges while holding medicine balls overhead, wearing Exercise and Sports Science jerseys.

A trainer uses a rolling pin on a cutting board while two NV students watch during a cooking class.

NV students taping their ankles and feet before activity.

NV students during a gym workout, with others exercising behind them.