Curriculum - PD/H/PE

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

PDHPE develops students' capacity to enhance personal health and well-being. It promotes their enjoyment of and commitment to an active lifestyle and to achieve confidence and competence in a wide range of activities as they maxi mise movement potential.

Through PDHPE students develop knowledge understandings, skills, values and attitudes that enable them to advocate lifelong health and physical activity.

Topics Covered:

All students study the following four modules:

• Self and Relationships: Students learn about sense of self, adolescence and change, sources of personal support and the nature of positive, caring relationships.
• Movement Skill and Performance: Students explore the elements of composition as they develop and refine movement skills in a variety of contexts.
• Individual and Community Health: Students learn about the specific health issues of mental health, healthy food habits, sexual health, drug use and road safety. They examine risk, personal safety and how to access health information, products and services.
• Lifelong Physical Activity: Students consider lifestyle balance and the importance of physical activity and its physical benefits. Students learn to participate successfully in a wide range of activities and to adopt roles that promote a more active community.

Year 9 & 10 Subjects - Physical Activity and Sports Studies

Physical Activity and Sports Studies represents a broad view of physical activity and the many possible contexts in which individuals can build activity into their lifestyle. It incorporates a wide range of lifelong physical activities, including recreational, leisure and adventure pursuits, competitive and non-competitive games, individual and group physical fitness activities, and the use of physical activity for therapy and remediation. Participation in regular physical activity is essential to improving health status and quality of life.

Areas of Study

Foundations of Physical Activity

Body systems and energy for physical activity

Physical activity for health . Physical fitness

Fundamentals of movement skill development

Nutrition and physical activity

Participating with safety

Physical Activity and Sport in Society

Australia's sporting identity

Lifestyle, leisure and recreation

Physical activity and sport for specific groups

Opportunities and pathways in physical activity and sport

Issues in physical activity and sport

Enhancing Participation and Performance

Promoting active lifestyles

Coaching

Enhancing performance - strategies and techniques

Technology, participation and performance

Event management

Year 11 Subjects - PD/H/PE

The Preliminary course examines a range of areas that underpin health and physical activity. This includes how people think about health and physical activity, the management of personal health and the basis for how the body moves. Students have the opportunity to select from a range of practical options in areas such as first aid, outdoor recreation, composing and performing and fitness choices.

Year 11 Subjects - SLR

Students will learn about the importance of a healthy and active lifestyle and recognise the need to be responsible and informed decision makers.

This course enables students to further develop their understanding of and competence in a range of sport and recreational pursuits. They are encouraged to establish a lifelong commitment to being physically active and to achieving movement potential.

Year 12 Subjects - PD/H/PE

Students focus on major issues related to Australia’s health status. They also look at factors that affect physical performance. They undertake optional study from a range of choices. This includes investigating the health of young people or of groups experiencing health inequities.

In other options, students focus on improved performance and safe participation by learning about advanced approaches to training or sports medieine concepts. There is also an opportunity to think critically about the factors that impact on sport and physical activity in Australian society.

Year 12 Subjects - SLR

Students will learn about the importance of a healthy and active lifestyle and recognise the need to be responsible and informed decision makers.

This course enables students to further develop their understanding of and competence in a range of sport and recreational pursuits. They are encouraged to establish a lifelong commitment to being physically active and to achieving movement potential.