Health and Physical Education

The Health and Physical Education curriculum will support students to:

• access, evaluate and synthesise information so that they can make informed choices and act to enhance and advocate for their own and others’ health, wellbeing, safety, and participation in physical activity across their lifespan
• develop and use physical, social, psychological and cognitive skills and strategies to promote self-identity and wellbeing, and to build and manage respectful relationships
• acquire, apply and evaluate movement skills, concepts and strategies to respond confidently, competently and creatively in various physical activity settings
• engage in and enjoy regular movement-based learning experiences and understand and appreciate their significance to personal, social, cultural, environmental and health practices and outcomes
• engage in and create opportunities for regular physical activity, as individuals and for the communities to which they belong, which can enhance fitness, movement performance and wellbeing
• analyse how varied and changing personal and contextual factors shape both our health and physical activity.

Ref: Victorian Curriculum V2 Health and Physical Education Rationale and Aims

Health and Physical Education Structure

The Health and Physical Education curriculum is organised under 2 strands:

• Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education. This strand focuses on the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to recognise healthy and safe choices.
• Movement and Physical Activity – Physical Education. This strand promotes appreciation of how movement, in all its forms, is central to daily life, functional requirements and active living.

Both strands must be taught in each year from Prep to Year 10. Each strand contains content descriptions, which are organised under 3 sub-strands.

Ref: Victorian Curriculum V2 Health and Physical Education Structure