What a busy Term!

The students and staff within the HPE Department have hit the Term running and are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. A special mention to all the HPE staff who have gone above and beyond for our students to make sure they are prepared for the current/upcoming assessment period.

Year 7 students are enjoying their first term of HPE at the College, and have been learning about Personal Identities during Theory and Minor/Cultural Games during Prac. It is refreshing to see that the students are enjoying their initial experience into what HPE is like in senior school.

Year 8 students are heading into their examination period where they will complete an exam based on 'Risky Business'. This see's the students demonstrating knowledge they have learnt throughout the term of positive risk taking, identifying types of stimulant, depressants and hallucinogenic drugs, and the short/long term effects of these. During the practical lessons, they have been engaged in Modified European Handball, and this is a massive hit!

Our Year 9 HPE students have just completed their Sports Ethics exam on Monday or Wednesday and are currently still participating in either Volleyball or Track & Field Events for prac. Students are enjoying the variety of games/events they get to play.

Our Year 9 HSE students are currently learning both theoretical and practical methods of providing CPR and First Aid. During practical lessons, they have been exposed to the game of Touch Football, and have been taught how to create movement strategies and movement concepts in attacking and defensive opportunities throughout the game. 

Year 10 Sport and Rec students have been rolling through their Basketball tournaments which have seen them organise, run and reflect on their designed Basketball tournament. Students have been placed into groups of 2-3 and have run a 30 minute Basketball tournament that is focused on increasing participation for Year 5 & 6 students in the sport of Basketball.

Year 10 Health students have been exploring aspects of their personal health. They have identified the external influences such as friends, family and others who all contribute to forming their identity, relationships and behaviours. They have explored the PERMA+ framework and investigated strategies to implement into their lives to improve overall wellbeing.

Year 11 Certificate Sport and Rec students are planning and delivering a 45-minute Sport focused coaching session with their fellow students in forwards planning for Term 2 delivering with feeder primary schools. Students are excited to be running these sessions with the feeder primary schools rather than their peers. It has been a steep learning curve for these students as they get to see what it's like to engage students from a Teacher's point of view!

Year 11 Health students are in their final phase of resilience, a lot of content to learn for the students and a big learning curve for some of them also in comparison to Year 10 Health. Mr. Harvey definitely looks forward to Term 2 content and testing the students on their ability to understand alcohol and body image in a deeper understanding in regards to the senior health syllabus. 

Next Term the HPE Curriculum schedule is as follows: