10 Health and Physical Education (HPE)
Year 10 HPE Overview
Year 10 students have to complete at least one compulsory semester of either HPE or Healthy Lifestyle Choices. Students who did not select Healthy Lifestyle Choices as their compulsory option can also elect to take a second semester of Physical Education by choosing the Elective Physical Education course. Students can also apply for the various Sports Academy courses to enhance and deepen their understanding of performance development. All students, regardless of their compulsory choice, have the option of targeting their SACE and employment pathways through the Health and Outdoor Education courses that are also available.
Health and Physical Education / Length: 1 Semester (Compulsory Option)
Course Content
This is a compulsory course that is designed to enthuse students with a joy for movement and enhance the development of lifelong physical activity habits. Students will continue to develop, refine and build upon the fundamental movements and concepts within a variety of physical activities. Students' understanding and application of these will increase in complexity through a greater emphasis on more detailed tactics and strategies. Students will also undertake the Year 10 SHINE program where they will gain an appreciation of lifestyle issues relating to themselves, their community and the global situation.
Assessment
Practical: coordination of movement concepts, strategy and tactical analysis, learning through movement, collaboration, inclusivity and fair play (70%)
SHINE portfolio: 3 tasks (30%)
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Healthy Lifestyle Choices / Length: 1 Semester (Compulsory Option)
Course Content
This course is co-designed with students and offers flexible practical activities and assessments that differ from the HPE course. It encompasses both practical and theoretical aspects. The practical element has a greater emphasis on increasing participation and re-engaging students with the benefits of lifelong physical activity and the theoretical element emphasis being a greater understanding around the concept of "livability" and the various facets of what makes a liveable community. The course also incorporates the SHINE program where students gain an appreciation of lifestyle issues relating to themselves, their community and the global situation.
Assessment
Practical: coordination of movement concepts, strategy and tactical analysis, learning through movement, collaboration, inclusivity and fair play (30%)
Personal development plan (10%)
Theory portfolio: minimum of 2 tasks (30%)
SHINE portfolio: 3 tasks (30%)
Additional Details
This will be a mixed gender class were the practical focus is on re-engagement, participation and inclusivity in a less competitive learning environment.
Elective PE / Length: 1 Semester (Elective)
Course Content
This is a one semester elective subject that enables students to participate in HPE for a second semester. It is co-designed with students enabling them to experience a range of physical activities that would be different to the activities covered in their compulsory HPE lessons. There is also a theoretical component to the course to develop the students' understanding of nutrition and the energy requirements for a balanced, healthy diet and the sources of energy for the body.
Assessment
Practical: coordination of movement concepts, strategy and tactical analysis, learning through movement, collaboration, inclusivity and fair play (70%)
Theory portfolio (30%)
Additional Details
Students are expected to have an open mind to trying new sporting activities to the best of their abilities.
Health / Length: 1 Semester (Elective)
Course Content
This course is an introduction to Health that develops the knowledge, skills and understanding required to explore and understand influences on health and wellbeing. Students will consider health and wellbeing in a variety of contexts and will refine and apply strategies for developing and maintaining positive health outcomes. Key areas of study include social determinants of health, health promotion, lifestyle diseases, nutrition, drug and alcohol use, relationships and sexual health.
Assessment
Creation and evaluation: social determinants of health - healthy communities task (30%)
Issues inquiry: lifestyle disease (30%)
Portfolio: relationships, sexual health and drug and alcohol use (40%)
Additional Details
There are no prerequisites but an interest to establish health knowledge and a passion to engage in decisions that govern their health.
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Outdoor Education / Length: 1 Semester (Elective)
Course Content
Outdoor Education offers a practical approach to learning, providing students with enjoyable challenges through outdoor activities and journeys. Students have the opportunity to experience a variety of outdoor activities, including canoeing, mountain biking, bushwalking and orienteering. While developing an appreciation for the natural environment, students will develop the knowledge and understanding that will allow them to engage in outdoor activities in a safe and sustainable way. Students will develop an understanding of leadership and group dynamics, risk and safety management, environmental systems, basic first aid, equipment selection, navigation and camp craft before applying these during the practicals of this course:
2x half-day mountain biking practicals in O'Halloran Hil Mountain Bike Park or a similar location
1x 3-day canoe camp on the Pike River (Renmark)
Assessment
Assessment is flexible and differentiated to student needs within 3 key areas:
Folio: about natural environments (40%)
Practical: experiences in natural environments (30%)
Journal: connections with natural environments (30%)
Additional Details
There are no specific requirements for Year 10 Outdoor Education, however a reasonable level of fitness, willingness to be outdoors and desire to undertake a tent-based camp are desirable.
The cost to complete Year 10 Outdoor Education is $250. Students selecting to undertake Outdoor Education will be required to complete a commitment to pay at subject selection day.
Sports Academy / Length: 1 Semester (Elective)
Course Content
Sports Academy courses aim to improve the skill and knowledge base of students in the following specific sports: Netball in Semester 1 and AFL, Volleyball, Soccer and Basketball in Semester 2. Although each individual sport has specific course content they all have particular themes. These are the development of games-specific skills, development and application of tactics and strategies, development of a sport-specific fitness program and the development of leaderships and coaching skills.
Assessment
Individual courses have different assessment processes but all include practical, theoretical and collaboration elements to them.
Additional Details
A high skill level or potentially high skill level and a genuine enthusiasm for the chosen sport are prerequisites of this course. Students apply for these courses and undergo physical testing and will need to be recommended by their previous PE teacher.
There may be small costs involved to cover umpiring accreditation and excursions.
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