Health & Physical Education

Content Strands

• Personal, Social and Community Health and 
• Movement and Physical Activity

Learning Focus

Personal, Social and Community Health 

Being healthy, safe and active

• Understanding the importance of nutrition and fitness to maintain general health and wellbeing
• Understanding female health issues and anatomy
• Analysis of sports coaching principles and apply these to sporting situations
• Analysis and development of an understanding of risky behaviour in terms of binge drinking and the short and long term effects 
• Development of personal identity, including gender and sexual identity
• Help seeking strategies, including protective behaviours

Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing

• The development of social skills necessary for respectful relationships
• Exploring emotional responses and how these impact on relationships

Contributing to healthy and active communities

• Evaluation of factors that influence health and wellbeing within the community, including challenging attitudes and behaviours such as homophobia, sexism, prejudice, violence, discrimination and harassment.

Movement and Physical Activity

Games and sports address the development of movement skills, concepts and strategies through a variety of games and sports. The games and sports focus area builds on learning in active play and minor games and fundamental movement skills