Physical Education

Physical Education in schools concerns the involvement of children in fitness activities, sports, Health and Drug Education, gymnastics and some aspects of dance. All are designed to encourage a healthier, more enjoyable lifestyle. Such involvement is particularly important at present with the extent of obesity and other illnesses, many of which reflect a lack of exercise and healthy living.

This page looks at the State & Territory information - including curriculums, then sections covering fitness activities, minor games, aerobics, sources of information and assistance, lesson plans and Australian Physical Education bodies.

A related page on Health & Drug Education can be accessed by this link or the one above.

Another page providing assistance for individual Sports can be accessed by this link or the one above.

Additional Physical Education Resources can be found on this page, while information on Nutrition, as part of Health Education, can be found here.

This is still a work in progress, with further additions planned as soon as time permits.

States & Territory Information

Australian Capital Territory

Board of Senior Secondary Studies
This pages provides a list of the courses in Health, Outdoor & Physical Education offered in Years 11 and 12. Each can be downloaded in MS Word format and range from Human Movement to Sports Studies.
Every Chance to Learn
The curriculum framework for ACT schools. Select by levels or download the whole framework. ‘It provides schools in the ACT with the curriculum framework on which to base their school curriculum plans from preschool to year 10’.
Minister’s Physical Activity Challenge
‘Being active as a kid helps establish a routine that can stay with you for life. Join me in the Minister’s Physical Activity Challenge to have fun and improve our fitness’. More details can be found at the Children’s Physical Activity Foundation.
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New South Wales

HSC Syllabus
‘Describes the Preliminary and HSC courses to be taught within each subject that may be undertaken as part of the HSC pattern of study’. Select from Community and Family Studies and Personal Development, Health and Physical Education courses. There are also Board Endorsed Courses found via Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation Studies.
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education K - 6
Downloadable documents in PDF [mostly] and Word Format include syllabus, Foundation Statements, Parents Guide, other resources, Modules, case studies and programming advice.
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Years 7-10
Downloadable documents in PDF and Word Format include syllabus, descriptors, guides, advice, Life Skills and more.
Support Structures
Details ‘DER-NSW support in the area of Personal Development, Health and Physical Education’.
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Northern Territory

Health and Physical Education
The Health and Physical Education section of the NT Curriculum Framework. Covers Transition to Year 10.
Physical Activity Requirements for Schools Policy
Senior Health and Physical Education Subjects
As ‘The NTCSA is based upon the South Australian Certification of Education [SACE]’ some areas of study may be found by visiting this site and selecting from Health and Physical Education in the menu on the left.
Year 10 Curriculum
Check this page for details regarding the Year 10 Curriculum options.

Queensland

Drug Education
Information and resources including special projects and information for students and parents.
Health & Physical Education [HPE] Work Plan
‘Advice about using the Essential Learnings when planning for Health and Physical Education’.
Health and Physical Education - Prep-Year 9
Queensland Studies Authority. Includes Essential Learning, components of these, Assessable Elements, Sample Unit Templates, more information. Much can be dowbloaded in PDF format.
Health and Physical Education - Senior Subjects
‘The QSA supports 2 types of senior subjects in the area of Health and Physical Education. Both types can count towards a Queensland Certificate of Education - Authority subjects and Authority-registered subjects’. All details can be found via this page.
Health Education Senior Syllabus 2010
Information for teachers of senior students.

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South Australia

Health & PE Links
Provides access to a range of specific activities and programs. Select Health & PE from the menu on the left. From the Curriculum Portal.
Learning Areas
‘The Learning Areas describe the span of development, knowledge, skills and dispositions that are associated with learning from Birth to Year 12. They describe the established and emerging bodies of knowledge as well as ways of knowing and doing and have been enriched by making the key elements of learning explicit’. Select Health and Physical Education from the menu on the left, then the relevant schooling band from within this.
Policies
Select relevant entries from the listed policies. Very strong in the areas of Health and Sporting activities.
Senior Health and Physical Education Subjects
As ‘The South Australian Certification of Education [SACE]’ areas of study may be found by visiting this site and selecting from Health and Physical Education in the menu on the left.

Tasmania

Get Moving Tasmania
‘On this website you will find a range of physical activity information that can help you and your community get moving’. Includes Premier’s Physical Activity Council.
Course Guides for Post Year 10
Provides summaries for all courses available as part of the program in Post Year 10 studies. You can also download the Subject - Course details can be downloaded here. Select appropriate courses from these.
Health and Wellbeing
Access the K-10 syllabus and support materials and several resources for this area.
Health and Wellbeing Information
Provides information for a number of areas within this. It include Physical Education, Drug Education, Nutrition and Learn to Swim among others.
Move Well Eat Well
‘23 ways to get your family going’.
VET Certificate Programs
You can download the details here.

Victoria

Drug Education
‘This section of the website provides information and resources on the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development’s Drug Education program. The site has a range of useful material for schools, teachers and parents’.
‘Go for Your Life’ Education Initiatives
‘Encouraging healthy eating and an active lifestyle in school aged students is a key element in preparing children for a long term healthy lifestyle’.
Health and Physical Education Domain
‘Curriculum that is offered to students from Prep to Year 10 is accompanied by a range of teaching and learning aids to ensure teachers and students maximise the opportunity for education’.
Health and Physical Education [VELS]
‘The Victorian Prep to Year 10 curriculum is described in the standards and learning focus statements for each domain. Standards define the essential knowledge, skills and behaviours that students should know and are able to do at different levels of schooling. Teachers use the standards to plan teaching programs and use them as the basis of assessment and reporting of student achievement. Learning focus statements are provided at each level for each domain. They suggest the types of learning experiences students require to develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours for that domain’.
Physical Education [VCE]
Covers the Senior Secondary years. Links listed under Curriculum, Assessment & Review/Support Material. Many areas are downloadable in either PDF or Word format. Information is also available for the related area of Health and Human Development [Support Material but no Review information].
Professional Learning
‘This section contains information, resources and tools to help teachers with their professional learning in the area of Health and Physical Education’.
School Sport Victoria
‘School Sport Victoria [SSV] supports teachers in the delivery of quality physical and sport education programs. SSV is run by the Department’s School Sport Unit. This page provides teachers, parents and students with links to the organisations which make up the work of SSV, information on sports awards and links to essential teaching resources’.

Western Australia

Curriculum Framework Learning Statement for Health and Physical Education
‘Sets out the “knowledge, understandings, skills, values and attitudes that students are expected to acquire”. These requirements are described as a series of learning outcomes. The learning outcomes comprise the mandatory element of the Curriculum Framework’. PDF document.
Curriculum Resources
Find resources by using a selection of resource type, Learning Area and phase of schooling, e.g., Curriculum Guides / Health & Physical Education / Middle Childhood.
Health and Physical Education
‘Practical Support for Health and Physical Education Teachers’. Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting, Organisational Guidelines for Physical Education and Outdoor Education, Projects and Programs and Professional Associations.
Physical Activity
Teaching & Learning Support, Physical Activity in Schools, Community Programs, Grants & Awards and Parent Information. Education Department site.
WACE Courses
Select from the listing. Includes areas such as Health Studies, Physical Education Studies and Outdoor Education. These are courses for the Western Australian Certificate of Education [senior years of school].

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