school PE

Mandatory fitness class

School PE is physical education class in primary or secondary school—the scheduled period for exercise, sports, and fitness activities.

It carries connotations of dodgeball, climbing ropes, changing in locker rooms, and being picked last for teams: I always dreaded school PE.

Often shortened to just PE.

Related

laps · stretching · coach · locker room · changing room · sweat · jumping jacks · volleyball · basketball · team sports · fitness · exercise · shorts · warm-up · relay · climbing rope · rope climb · pushups

Categories
Opposites
academic vs. physical curriculum

school PEclassroom learning

Instruction in a school setting

classroom instruction · math class · science class · desk work · book learning

structured vs. unstructured physical activity

school PErecess

Pause in activity

free play · playground time · pick-up games · break time · lunch break

active vs. sedentary school activities

school PEcomputer lab

Shared workspace with workstations

library time · assembly · detention

Family

school, schools, schooled, schooling, schooler, preschool, schoolhouse, schoolwork, schoolmate

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G