Health/PE
Year 7 & 8 Health
Aims/Objectives:
- To promote attitudes and behaviours which contribute to personal and community wellbeing
- To develop the communication and decision-making skills of students
- To develop students’ understanding of physical, social and emotional changes occurring during adolescence
- To develop students' self-confidence and self-esteem.
Content:
Year 7
- Healthy behaviours to promote wellbeing: Students will explore the dimensions of health and wellbeing
- Values and family: Students will investigate how 21st century families and values play an integral part of personal growth and identity
- Fostering positive and respectful relationships: Students will explore how to build positive relationships and how to deal with bullying behaviours, including safe online behaviour.
Year 8
- Self Esteem: Students will explore the definitions and dimensions of health, with a focus on self-esteem
- Students will investigate a range of issues facing teenagers and relevant community resources which offer support and assistance
- Cyber safety: Students will investigate cyber bullying, risky online behaviours, protective strategies to stay safe online and avenues to seek help
- Alcohol and Drug Education: Students will identify and evaluate types of alcohol and drugs; discuss moral and ethical values, and risky decision-making including vaping during the Youth lifespan stage
- Sexual Health and Respectful relationships: Students will evaluate the benefits of relationships on wellbeing and respecting diversity. Students will discuss the importance of sexual health and demonstrate their understanding of the risk in relation to sexual behaviour.
Tasks/Activities:
- Students will participate in a wide range of activities that will include:
- Discussions
- Group tasks
- Short projects
- ICT tasks.
Student Assessment:
- Satisfactory completion of class work, written tests and assignments
- Participation in class discussions and activities
Year 7 & 8 Physical Education
Aims/Objectives:
- To provide the opportunity for all students to achieve optimum levels of motor skills in a range of individual, group and team games and physical activities
- To contribute to the personal development of each student.
Content:
Physical Education will provide each student with the opportunity to develop:
- An understanding of and competence in basic movement skills
- Physical fitness and a sound functioning body
- An understanding of the factors that affect personal fitness and the effects and benefits of physical exercise and activities
- Knowledge and understanding of the scientific principles of movement
- Leadership skills through coaching, umpiring and working with peers.
- Development of water safety knowledge and skills
Tasks/Activities:
The program concentrates on developing a broad base of skills and knowledge in areas including minor games, game sense, striking and fielding and net/wall. In addition to this the program familiarises students to Sports that make up our interschool sports competition such as athletics, volleyball, cricket, lacrosse, basketball, football, soccer, badminton, netball, hockey, softball and baseball.
Student Assessment:
- Active participation, assessment of their own physical fitness
- Motor skill ability in individual and game situations
- Satisfactory completion of written tasks and assignments on set topics
Year 9 Healthy Decision Making
Course Description:
This unit examines the complexities of adolescence and explores numerous young people's health issues. Students are informed how to make healthy decisions via various harm minimisation strategies on topics including teenage issues, cyberbullying, alcohol, illicit drugs, mental health, respectful relationships and sexual health.
Assessment:
Students will complete a variety of assessment tasks throughout the semester, including:
- Investigation into life as a teenager
- Test on alcohol
- Presentation on drugs in society
- Respectful Relationships Case Study
Year 9 Physical Education
Course Description:
The subject of Physical Education allows students to further develop their motor skills across a wide range of sports and physical activities. Game styles explored include invasion games, net/wall, striking/fielding and fitness.
There is a strong emphasis on game play and students will gain a thorough understanding of strategies, tactics and the importance of teamwork within each sporting unit. Students will have the opportunity to take on a variety of leadership positions within a team within our SEPEP module. Students will be given the opportunity to further enhance their team skills in a variety of roles including coaching and umpiring during this competition.
Assessment:
- Active participation in class activities
- Progression with their motor skill ability in individual and game situations
- Completion of written work on a major assessment task each term
- Completion of SEPEP participation assessment
- Fitness assessment (Physical Activity Guidelines)