Junior Health and Physical Education
Health and Physical Education classes at Coorparoo Secondary College uses the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education, to inform student learning.
The Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education is broken into two content strands
• Personal, social and community health and
• Movement and physical activity.
In Health and Physical Education, students develop skills, knowledge and understanding to strengthen their sense of self to build and manage respectful relationships. Students learn to build on personal and community strengths to enhance theirs and others safety and wellbeing. They critique and challenge assumptions and stereotypes. Students learn to navigate a range of health-related resources, services and organisations.
At the core of Health and Physical Education is the acquisition of movement skills and concepts to enable students to participate in a range of activities with confidence, competence and creativity. As a foundation for lifelong physical activity with improved performance, students acquire understanding on how the body moves and they develop positive attitudes towards physical activity participation.
The table below, identifies the components for each term with the assigned practical activity. In each term students complete a theory and practical task.
7 | - Personal Safety
- Thrown together –Newcombe/Volleyball
| - Healthy Lifestyles
- In the running – Athletics/Soccer
| - Smoking
- Fit and Healthy – Fitness games/Soccer
| - Respectful relationships
- Shoots and scores – Indigenous games
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8 | - Food for Life
- Hit the ball –
T-Ball/Softball
| - Drugs and alcohol
- Skill diversity – Touch/Oztag
| - Challenge by choice
- Energise me – Aus kick
| - Establishing and managing changing friendships
- Find the groove – Dance
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9 | - Food for me
- Invasion games –Basketball/Netball
| - Growth mindsets
- Stroke out – Cricket/Softball
| - Party safe
- Teams sports – Oztag/Ultimate disk/Team games
| - Sexuality
- Moving matters – Oztag/Ultimate disk/Team Games
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| 10 | - Community health
- Clear the net – Badminton/Volleyball
| - Introduction to sport science
- Spirit of activity – a range of sporting activities
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Years 7-9 students will study Health and Physical Education for two lessons per week; one theory and one practical. The year 10s will study Health and Physical Education for three lessons per week; two theory and one practical. During practical lessons, it is expected that students wear their sports uniform. Coorparoo Secondary College is a sun safe school and thus requires student to apply sunscreen prior to going out into the sun as well as wear their school hat. SP 50+ sunscreen will be supplied in each practical lesson with the expectation that students will apply at the direction of their teacher before going out into the sun.
Senior Health and Physical Education
In the Senior Phase of Secondary Education, the faculty of Health and Physical Education offers the following subject; Health.
Health
Health is a General subject suited to students who are interested in pathways beyond school that lead to tertiary studies, vocational education or work. A course of study in Health can establish a basis for further education and employment in the fields of health science, public health, health education, allied health, nursing and medical professions.
Health is a course of study consisting of four units. Subject matter, learning experiences and assessment increase in complexity from Units 1 and 2 to Units 3 and 4 as students develop independence as learners.
Units 1 & 2 provide foundational learning which allows student to experience all syllabus objectives and begin engaging with the course matter. Unit 1's course materials focuses on 'Resilience as a personal health resource', with Unit 2 examining 'Peers and family as resources for healthy living' through the topic focus of Alcohol.
Unit 3 & 4 consolidate student learnings and will contribute to ATAR calculations. Students will engage in Unit 3 'Community as a resource for healthy living' concentrating on the topic of road safety and Unit 4 examines 'Respectful relationships in the post schooling transition' through the topic of domestic violence.
There are two pieces of assessment for each unit and these will be investigation and examination based.