Catalyst • Junior Secondary Curriculum • Handbook 2019
Discovery
Course
Year 8
Sports Science
This course is designed for students who wish to
undertake studies in areas such as Physical Education
Studies, Human Movement, Sports Management or
Sports Psychology.
For additional details about this HPE Discovery course,
please contact:
The focus of this Discovery course is:
• Developing physical skills, strategies and tactics –
game play and classification
Mr Len Fernandes
Head of Physical Education
(08) 9377 9267
[email protected]
• Motor learning and coaching – classifying skills
• Functional anatomy – musculoskeletal system
• Biomechanics – balance and stability
• Exercise Physiology – nutrition and a healthy
lifestyle
• Sports Psychology – goal setting
• Sport in society – benefits of physical activity.
Discovery
Course
Year 8
Visual Art
The course aims to consolidate the art skills and
concepts covered in the Year 7 Visual Art core
course, through a series of practical projects with an
emphasis on decision-making and skills and control.
Students will create art works responding to a brief
and gain further understanding of the historical
and social contexts in which art works are made.
Independent learning skills such as personal design
decision making, analysis and final shaping of an
artwork are a key focus of this unit.
• An understanding of appropriate art and design
language
• The ability to make personal design decisions as
they relate to a student’s artwork.
• A research based project
For additional details about this Arts Discovery
course, please contact:
Ms Jane Diamond
Head of Arts
(08) 9377 9279
[email protected]
The focus of this Discovery course is:
• Creating art works that respond to a brief
• A consolidation of arts skills and processes
• An understanding of the significance of art in a
historical and social context
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