Personal development, health and physical education

Personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE) is mandatory from Kindergarten to Year 10.

According to the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), students are expected to participate in PDHPE for 300 hours per year in Years 7 to 10.

PDHPE provides students with opportunities to explore issues that are likely to impact on the health, safety and wellbeing of themselves and others – now and in the future. Students also participate in challenging and enjoyable physical activity, improving their capacity to move with skill and confidence.

In Year 11 and 12, courses available include:

• Community and Family Studies
• Exploring Early Childhood
• Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
• Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation Studies.

Years 7 to 10

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 maximise 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 - Physical Education

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

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.

Core Topics Covered (60%)

Better Health for Individuals

The Body in Motion

Optional Component (40%)

Composition and Performance

Fitness Choices

Year 11 Subjects - Physical Education

Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation Studies

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.

Through the course students will develop:

• Knowledge and understanding of the factors that influence health and participation in physical activity
• Knowledge and understanding of the principles that impact on quality of performance
• An ability to analyse and implement strategies to promote health, activity and enhanced performance
• A capacity to influence the participation and performance of self and others.

Topics Covered:

The course provides the opportunity to specialise in areas of expertise or interest through optional modules such as:

• Aquatics
• Athletics
• First Aid
• Fitness
• Specific Sports
• Gymnastics
• Outdoor Recreation
• Sports Administration
• Coaching
• Social Perspectives of Sport
• Healthy Lifestyle

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 medicine concepts. There is also an opportunity to think critically about the factors that impact on sport and physical activity in Australian society.

Topics Covered:

Core Topics (60%)
Health Priorities in Australia
Factors Affecting Performance
Optional Component (40%)
Sports Medicine
Improving Performance

 

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.

Through the course students will develop:

• Knowledge and understanding of the factors that influence health and participation in physical activity
• Knowledge and understanding of the principles that impact on quality of performance
• An ability to analyse and implement strategies to promote health, activity and enhanced performance
• A capacity to influence the participation and performance of self and others

Topics Covered:

The course provides the opportunity to specialise in areas of expertise or interest through optional modules such as:

• Aquatics
• Athletics
• First Aid
• Fitness
• Specific Sports
• Gymnastics
• Outdoor Recreation
• Sports Administration
• Coaching
• Social Perspectives of Sport
• Healthy Lifestyle

Year 11 & 12 Subjects

Community and Family Studies

Community and Family Studies assists students to become effective members of their family and community by developing skills in decision-making, leadership, responsibility, parenting styles, management, and particularly communication. A highlight of this course is providing food service at the annual Senior Citizens' Golden Gig concert for over 500 people.     

Exploring Early Childhood

Exploring Early Childhood is a very practical subject in which students interact with babies and young children during visits to local kindergartens & the maternity ward; produce toys or games, books and food; analyse children's TV programs and, of course, take care of Kye, our baby simulator, for a day or two. Kye will cry if he's ‘hungry' and can require nursing day or night.