HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Subject Outline:

Core Health and Physical Education is one of the compulsory subjects studied by Year 10 students. The School considers personal, social and community health together with movement and physical activity as an integral part of educating the whole child, consequently all students are required to complete this course. The Movement and Physical Activity units refine a range of skills and movement strategies in games and sport These are then linked to relevant health and fitness concepts. The course offers opportunities for self-paced game sense learning.

Assessment:

Assessment for Health and Physical Education consists of:

• Demonstrating and transferring movement concepts and strategies across a range of complex activities

• Making and applying discerning judgements about the refinement of skills and movement activities

• Providing and applying solutions to movement challenges

Movement performance assessment is ongoing and continuous through Physical Education lessons and there is a written assignment or activity each term.

Skills used in and developed by studying this subject:

The learning experiences in Health and Physical Education are designed to allow students to develop as increasingly self-directed, interdependent and independent learners with:

• The capacity to be healthy, safe, active and enhance their own and others’ personal health and wellbeing through participation in physical activity

• An understanding that physical activity will enrich and sustain happy healthy communities

• Enhanced communication skills, an ability to work in a team and socially interact, rational and creative thought, kinaesthetic awareness, physical and emotional confidence and selfexpression

• A pride in their performance and respect for the performance of others

Future Pathways: At School Beyond School

Many of the skills learnt will benefit those students intending to continue their Health and Physical Education studies in Years 11 and 12.

Career options are broad and constantly evolving in the areas of Sport, Exercise Science and Human Movement. Some pathways would include: Health and Physical Education teacher, sport psychologist, health scientist, nurse, dietician, sports coach, fitness instructor, physiotherapist, exercise physiologist and sport manager. Courses relevant to this subject could include sports marketing, sports management, physiotherapy, exercise science, sports physiology, sports administration, human movement studies.