Subject Code: 8TEN1
Length of course: Full year
Recommended Background: Entry by merit selection

Course Outline:
By the end of Year 8, students investigate strategies and resources to manage changes and transitions and their impact on identities. Students evaluate the impact on wellbeing of relationships and respecting diversity. They analyse factors that influence emotional responses. They investigate strategies and practices that enhance their own and others’ health and wellbeing. They investigate and apply movement concepts and strategies to achieve movement and fitness outcomes. They examine the cultural and historical significance of physical activities and examine how connecting to the environment can enhance health and wellbeing.

Students apply personal and social skills to establish and maintain respectful relationships and promote fair play and inclusivity. They demonstrate skills to make informed decisions, and propose and implement actions that promote their own and others’ health, safety and wellbeing. Students demonstrate control and accuracy when performing specialised movement skills. They apply and refine movement concepts and strategies to suit different movement situations. They apply the elements of movement to compose and perform movement sequences.

Topics Covered:
Theory units include: Anatomy and Physiology, Fitness, Goal Setting, Group Dynamics, Growth and Development, Self Evaluation and Time Management.

Assessment:
  • Practical tasks and evaluation booklets 60%
  • Theory tasks 20%
  • Attitude/Participation 20%


Additional Costs:
Nil