Health and Physical Education B
Length of Course
Level
Learning Area
Core or Specialist
Pre-requisites
Nil
Subject Description
The Year 9 curriculum enables the development of skills and strategies that will help students make informed decisions to promote their own and others’ health, safety, wellbeing and physical activity participation. The course provides opportunities for students to develop and apply positive personal and social skills to establish and maintain respectful relationships while promoting fair play, resilience and inclusivity.
Students will develop specialised movement skills and concepts delivered through a variety of
physical activity settings and will explore the role that games, sports, rhythmic and expressive activities and outdoor recreation activities have in living a healthy and active lifestyle.
The following focus areas will be ddressed in Year 9:
- Lifelong physical activities
- Alcohol and drugs
- Health benefits of physical activity
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Relationships and sexuality
- Safety
- Fundamental movement skills
- Food and nutrition
- Challenge and adventure activities
Practical and theoretical assessments are based on Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
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