{"id":464,"date":"2017-05-10T08:12:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T22:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=464"},"modified":"2025-07-20T14:05:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T04:35:55","slug":"stage-1-physical-education-a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/stage-1-physical-education-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 1 Physical Education A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Level: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stage 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>SACE Credits: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 credits<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Length: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Semester<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physical Education A is not a prerequisite for Physical Education B. Students can choose both Stage 1 PE A and B.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended background: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B or above for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/year-10-physical-education-extension\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year 10 Physical Education (Extension)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a recommendation from subject teacher<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Content:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Physical Education, students investigate improvements in physical activity participation or performance. They collect a range of evidence and apply their understanding of movement concepts to evaluate aspects of their own or others\u2019 physical activity and implement strategies to improve their performance and\/or participation. The course uses sports and physical activity as a vehicle to develop understanding of key topics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students will:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participate in team sports and collect evidence to analyse the interplay of energy systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use fitness testing to identify an area of improvement in a sport, and develop training programs to see improvement<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaborate with others to participate in a sporting tournament, taking on various roles and collecting and evaluating evidence around participation, performance, collaboration and communication\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Creating a coaching session to improve participation and\/or performance<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use a variety of technology and pen and paper tools to collect and critically analyse evidence about physical activity\u00a0 <span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Assessment:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students\u2019 performance will be determined according to the subject\u2019s Performance Standards, as outlined by the SACE Board. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Practical skills are not assessed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Students will provide evidence of their learning through two assessments. They will undertake:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1x Performance Improvement Task: Energy systems, fitness and training in sport (60%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1x Physical Activity Investigation: Group dynamics in a sport tournament (40%)<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Special Requirements:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unley High School PE uniform must be worn during all practical lessons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Leads to: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/stage-2-physical-education\/\">Stage 2 Physical Education<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Level: Stage 1 SACE Credits: 10 credits Length: One Semester Physical Education A is not a prerequisite for Physical Education B. Students can choose both Stage 1 PE A and B. Recommended background: B or above for Year 10 Physical Education (Extension) and a recommendation from subject teacher Content: In Physical Education, students investigate improvements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6771,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/464\/revisions\/6771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}