This compulsory subject explores how students can contribute to individual and community health and wellbeing, through an investigation of various factors that create and promote life-long health, and active citizenship. Students engage with content from health, behavioural, social and physical sciences to investigate and understand complex health issues and problems in contemporary society, in particular, road safety and drug and alcohol abuse. Students also complete a range of practical activities to examine topics such as performance enhancement, energy systems, ethical decision-making, tactical awareness and training.
This subject provides a foundation for further studies of Physical Education in Years 11 and 12. The skills developed may also have application to other (Humanities/Science/Arts/Technology) subjects.
Students are entering a challenging time in their life where weekend activities are changing and hard decisions need to be made. This unit is designed to support their decision-making, decrease risk-taking behaviour and create a safe and healthy community.
This volleyball unit is focused on students progressing their movement skills and using their awareness of game play and tactical awareness to adapt and transfer these skills to unfamiliar situations.
With domestic violence rates and consent issues in the forefront of the media and government driven change, this unit is equipped to educate students on how to develop positive, healthy relationships, while valuing diversity, equality, respect and inclusion.
Building on the Year 9 unit of team sports, this unit continues to develop students' ability to work with others, both within their friendship circles and outside of them. This occurs through a range of team sports that will engage students and challenge their leaderships, collaboration and ethical behaviour.
Many young students have their learners or are in the process of getting it and this unit is designed to develop their awareness of road safety issues, the big 5 driver risks that contribute to all crashes and deaths. They will analyse data and information from a range of sources to propose and justify strategies to keep themselves and others safe.
This unit is designed to give students lasting skills for their health and wellbeing as they leave core HPE. They explore community-based physical activity interventions to propose and evaluate strategies to keep their health, fitness and wellbeing intact over the next 2 years and beyond.
Written responses, physical performances and a news story video.
Mrs Donna Doolan
ddoolan@mfac.edu.au
