Overview 2026

Foundation students will develop knowledge, understanding and skills for students to lead active and healthy lives with a focus on fundamental movement skill development.. 

Learning opportunities will include:

• Practise of fundamental movement skills and movement sequences using different body parts

  • locomotor and non-locomotor skills – rolling, balancing, sliding, jogging, running, leaping, jumping, hopping, dodging, galloping, skipping

  • object control skills – bouncing, throwing, catching, kicking, striking.

• Participation in games with and without equipment

  • participating in games responding to stimuli, such as musical chairs, rhythm actions, alphabet shapes

• Cooperation with others when participating in physical activities

  • mirroring a partner while moving to music

• Follow rules when participating in physical activities

  • following instructions for personal safety and fair play

  • responding to a whistle and commands when participating in physical activities

Junior Primary students will learn how to select, transfer and apply simple movement skills and sequences individually, in groups and in teams.

Learning opportunities will include:

• Perform fundamental movement skills in a variety of movement sequences and situations

  • performing locomotor movements using different body parts to travel in different directions

  • performing fundamental movement skills involving controlling objects with equipment and different parts of the body

  • demonstrating balances and describing what helps to maintain stable positions

• Incorporate elements of effort, space, time, objects and people in performing simple movement sequences

  • comparing different types of movements and identifying which ones are easier and harder and why this might be the case

  • demonstrating how they can balance on different parts of the body and make different shapes

• Identify rules and fair play when participating in physical activities

  • demonstrating turn-taking and sharing equipment when participating in minor games

Primary students will refine and further develop a wide range of fundamental movement skills in more complex movement patterns and situations. They will also apply their understanding of movement strategies and concepts when composing and creating movement sequences and participating in games and sport using a Gamesense approach.

Learning opportunities will include:

• Practise specialised movement skills and apply them in a variety of movement sequences and situations

  • applying stability and locomotor skills to dodge and feint in different movement situations

  • applying kicking, striking and throwing skills to propel an object and keep it in motion

  • jumping with control for height and distance using a variety of body positions

• Participate in physical activities designed to enhance fitness, and discuss the impact regular participation can have on health and wellbeing

  • participating in a range of physical activities and exploring their health, skill and fitness benefits

  • examining and describing health-related and skill-related components of fitness

• Participate positively in groups and teams by encouraging others and negotiating roles and responsibilities

  • demonstrating negotiation skills when dealing with conflicts or disagreements in movement situations

  • using reflective listening when working in small groups on movement tasks or challenges