Health & Physical Education

Health and Physical Education

Description

The Health, Knowledge and Promotion dimension examines physical, social, emotional and mental health and personal development across various stages of the lifespan. It focuses on safety and the identification of strategies to minimise harm associated with particular situations or behaviours. The Movement and Physical Activity dimension focuses on the important role that physical activity, sport and recreation need to play in the lives of all Australians by providing opportunities for challenge, personal growth, enjoyment and fitness.

Learning Standards

Health Knowledge and Promotion

Students learn how to take positive action to enhance their own and others’ health, safety and wellbeing. They do this as they examine the nature of their relationships and other factors that influence people’s beliefs, attitudes, opportunities, decisions, behaviours and actions. Students demonstrate a range of help-seeking strategies that support them to access and evaluate health and physical activity information and services.

Focus areas addressed in Year 7 include:

• Health Benefits of Physical activity

• Safety

• Introduction to fitness components

• Games and sport

Movement and Physical Activity

Students refine a range of specialised knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to their health, safety, wellbeing, and movement competence and confidence. They develop specialised movement skills and understanding in a range of physical activity settings. Students explore the role that games and sports, outdoor recreation, lifelong physical activities, and rhythmic and expressive movement activities play in shaping cultures and identities. They reflect on and refine personal and social skills as they participate in a range of physical activities. Students use strategic thinking, communication and ICT to enhance performance.

Focus areas addressed in Year 7 include:

• Games Sense

• Lifelong physical activities

• Rhythmic and expressive movement activities in gymnastics

• Swimming

Assessment

Practical-based assessment:

• Net/Wall games

• Invasion games

• Striking/fielding games

• Target games

Theory based assessment:

Semester 1

Safety assignment

Semester 2

Benefits of physical activity assignment