The Structure of Australian Curriculum: Health & Physical Education

STRANDS HEALTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Personal, Social and Community Health Movement and physical activity

Being healthy, safe and active

- develops the knowledge, understanding and skills to support
students to be resilient.
- enables them to access and understand health information and
SUB- STRANDS empowers them to make healthy, safe and active choices Moving our body
- explores personal identities and emotions, and the contextual - Students apply movement concepts and strategies to enhance performance.
factors that influence students' health, safety and wellbeing - They practice and rehearse skills and strategies to move with competence and
SUB-STRANDS Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing confidence. Students develop skills and dispositions necessary for lifelong
- helps them apply new information to changing circumstances participation in physical activity, outdoor recreation and sport.
and environments that influence their own and others' health, Understanding movement
safety and wellbeing.
Contributing to healthy and active communities Learning through movement
- supports students to selectively access information, products,
services and environments to take action to promote the health
and wellbeing of their communities.

SCOPE & SEQUENCE - Sub Strands / Bands - Content Descriptors (code) ---- Elaborations

- alcohol and other drugs - active and minor games

FOCUS - food and nutrition - challenge and adventure activities
AREAS - health benefits of physical activity - fundamental movement skills
- mental health and wellbeing - games and sports
- relationships and sexuality - lifelong physical activities
- Safety - rhythmic and expressive activities.

Focus on Educative Purposes

Take a strength-based approach
5 Interrelated Propositions Value Movements
Develop health and physical
literacy
Include a critical inquiry approach.