Students participate in a range of activities designed to develop an introductory understanding of some of the topics taught in VCE Physical Education. Through various practical classes, covering a range of engaging sports and activities, students will be able to develop this knowledge in practical ways.

What will I learn?

Through the participation in a range of practical classes, students will be able to learn about…

·  The acute responses of the different body systems

·      Fitness testing

·      Muscular and Cardiovascular Systems

·      Analyse and assess their own fitness levels and make modifications to improve fitness components such as endurance, power, strength, speed, agility and flexibility.

·        Energy Systems and Fitness Components

·      Training Program Design.

What will I do?

Participate in a wide range of sports and link them to how our body systems respond to exercise/physical activity. Participate in a wide range of training methods, including aerobic based sessions, such as Fartlek and Long Interval Training, Circuit Training, Boxing etc. Through these students will also gain a theoretical knowledge of how their body responds to different intensities of exercise. Furthermore, students will then be able to apply their knowledge of training methods to create a training session to improve or maintain fitness levels.

What will this lead to?

This elective will lead to VCE Physical Education Unit 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Why choose this subject?

•    I enjoy Sport and participating in exercise and physical activity

•    I want to learn how about different training methods.

•   I am interested in learning how to improvement my fitness.

•    I want to learn about how and why my body responds to exercise

Duration:  5 periods per week for one semester

Head of Physical Education: Dean Collishaw