Welcome to the Introduction to the Health, Outdoor and Physical Education Framework Workshop

This workshop is designed to familiarise you with the Health, Outdoor and Physical Education Courses and Framework and consider how to implement the requirements in your teaching and assessment.

If you complete the activities to a satisfactory standard and submit them, then you will be entitled to to claim  completion and TQI hours. 

Here is a link to the: 

Health, Outdoor and Physical Education Framework.

The Courses may be found here.

Athlete Development (A/T/M)

Physical Education Studies (A/M)

Outdoor and Environmental Education (A/T/M/V)

Outdoor Recreation (A/M/V)

Public Health (A/T/M)

Exercise Science (A/T/M)

Prepare a document with your answers to the questions and when the training is completed, send the document to BSSSenquiries@act.gov.au

• There is an ongoing cycle of review in all course areas and Frameworks. 

• Courses and Frameworks needed to be updated to align with Board endorsed policies, student needs and recent research. 

• The Review of BSSS Senior Secondary Curriculum (2015) recommended that frameworks reflect coherence and consistency in design, format and quality.

• The Shape of the ACT Senior Secondary Curriculum (2016) provides guidelines and design specifications, based on ACARA course design, and relevant to ACT context.

• The HOPE Framework was redeveloped in 2024 and courses in 2025 to be implemented in 2026.

• Please ensure that you are using the most recent versions of the courses. They are on the BSSS website here- Health, Outdoor and Physical Education - ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies 

• Australian Curriculum courses (P-10) and Senior Secondary courses were adopted by the ACT government for use in ACT schools.

• BSS Senior Secondary courses  are aligned with Australian Curriculum courses P-10, and builds on the learning. If you are not familiar with the ACARA F-10 V9.0 curriculum, please look here F-10 Curriculum | Health and Physical Education – Year 10 

• ACARA Senior Secondary courses haven’t been revised or written. However, when reviewing courses in 2025, the ACARAF-10 V9.0 curriculum was considered. 

• A key difference from ACARA that affects our courses, is that units in courses do not have to be delivered sequentially, unlike the Australian Curriculum.

• rationale

• unit specific goals

• content descriptions

• framework Achievement Standards and Task Type Table

Teachers will consider the integration of the different parts of the curriculum in developing a Program of Learning that will engage students in learning in their context.