Senior course readiness criteria and pre-requisite
B in Year 10 English, recommended B or above for Year 9 or 10 HPE
What is the course about?
Physical Education provides students with knowledge, understanding and skills to explore and enhance their own and others' health and physical activity in diverse and changing contexts.
What will students learn?
In studying Physical Education, students will learn about:
- motor learning, functional anatomy, biomechanics and physical activity
- sport psychology, equity and physical activity
- tactical awareness, ethics and integrity, and physical activity
- energy, fitness and training, and physical activity.
What skills will I learn through Physical Education?
- Recognise and explain concepts and principles about movement
- Demonstrate specialised movement sequences and movement strategies
- Apply concepts to specialised movement sequences and movement strategies
- Analyse and synthesise data to devise strategies about movement
- Evaluate strategies about and in movement
- Justify strategies about and in movement
Make decisions about and use language, conventions and mode-appropriate features for particular purposes and contexts
Year 11
| Unit 1 - Topic 1: Motor Learning (Volleyball)
- Topic 2: Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics (Badminton)
| Unit 2 - Topic 1: Sport Psychology (Netball)
- Topic 2: Equity – barriers and enablers
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Year 12
| Unit 3 - Topic 1: Tactical Awareness (Volleyball)
- Topic 2: Ethics and integrity
| Unit 4
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How will students be assessed?
Students will complete the following assessments:
- project — folio (25%)
- investigation — report (25%)
- project — folio (25%)
- examination — combination response (25%).
Subject Summary:
General
| Internal assessment (75%)
External assessment (25%)
| Up to 4
| Yes
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*QCAA: Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority – www.qcaa.qld.edu.au