Catalyst • Junior Secondary Curriculum • Handbook 2021
Core
Subject
Health and Physical Education
The junior secondary curriculum provides a
comprehensive Health and Physical Education
program.
The Year 7, 8 and 9 curriculum expands students’
knowledge, understanding, and skills that help
them achieve successful outcomes in classroom,
leisure, social, movement, and online situations.
Students learn how to take positive action to
enhance their own and others’ health, safety and
well-being. They do this as they examine the nature
of their relationships, and the factors that influence
people’s beliefs, attitudes, opportunities, decisions,
behaviours, and actions. The curriculum for Year
7, 8 and 9 supports students to refine a range of
specialised knowledge, understanding, and skills
in relation to their health, safety, wellbeing and
movement competence and confidence.
The course supplements the co-curricular sporting
program in which all students participate.
The topics and sports covered are:
Year 7 Health
• Puberty and adolescence
• Nutrition and diet
• Smoking
• Relationships
• Bullying
• Benefits of physical activity
Year 7 PE
• Aquatics
• Movement screening
• Triathlon
• Floorball / T-ball / Modcrosse
• Basketball / Tennis
• Athletics
• Indoor Soccer / Touch Rugby / AFL
• Life saving
• Dance/ Gymnastics/ Parkour
Year 8 Health
• Lifestyle diseases
• Cyber bullying
• Fitness and health
• Benefits of physical activity
• Drug use
• Culture in sport
Year 8 PE
• Aquatics
• Movement screening
• Biathlon
• Athletics
• Rowing
• Strength and conditioning
• T-ball
• Soccer
• Life saving
Year 9 Health
• Sexuality and contraception
• Mental illness
• Illicit drugs / drug education
• Risk awareness and mitigation
Year 9 PE
• Aquatics
• Rowing
• Biathlon / Triathlon
• Physical ability testing
• Athletics
• Australian Rules Football
• Strength and conditioning
• Frisbee / Softball / Tennis
• Volleyball / Soccer / Tennis
• Life Saving / First Aid
For additional details about the Core Health and
Physical Education courses, please contact:
Mr Len Fernandes
Head of Physical Education
(08) 9377 9267
[email protected]
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