SPORTS SCIENCE & NUTRITION

Sports Science and Nutrition is an elective that will prepare students going into VCE; i.e. give them prior knowledge of key topics that will support their learning in VCE Physical Education (PE) or Health and Human Development (HHD).

Students will be encouraged to choose the course at Year 9 or 10 if they are looking to accelerate into VCE PE or HHD in Year 10, or if they are looking for a course that will provide them with some prior key skills and knowledge, to better prepare them for VCE PE or HHD.

Sport Science and Nutrition is a combined HAPE elective that covers key topics from the VCE curriculum; Nutrition, Biomechanics & Skill Acquisition. It will have both practical and theoretical components in the course. Students will also engage in local sports and allied health industries to gain a more applied understanding of the topics covered; including and not limited to; Exercise Physiologists, Osteopaths, Nutritionists, Physiotherapists, Health Promotion and local gymnasiums.

VCE HEALTH

The VCE Health and Human Development students were lucky enough to be a part of the P.A.R.T.Y (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth) program; this is part of their VCE curriculum.

About the P.A.R.T.Y program:

P.A.R.T.Y. Program is about prevention and awareness. It’s about learning through vivid and emotional experiences. It’s about learning from real people and their very real experiences. This P.A.R.T.Y. takes young people through the path of a trauma patient as they are rushed through the trauma room doors, into surgery, rehab and, if lucky enough, recovery. This P.A.R.T.Y. is about experiencing what happens when young people make a decision that changes their life forever.

Participants hear from police officers, paramedics, doctors, nurses, the blood and tissue bank, rehabilitation professionals, and injury ambassadors. Participants hear first hand experiences from the people who experience them. This program is real, emotional, scientific and life saving. Students who participated in the P.A.R.T.Y. Program leaves knowing better and doing better.

Here is what some students had to say about the experience:

Emily Button: “ It was very insightful”

Meredith Kuchel: “ It was interesting to see how much the medics deal with”