LEVEL: Year 9
LENGTH: 1 Semester
Recommended background: Year 8 Health and Physical Education.
Content:
All Year 9 students undertake one compulsory semester of Health and Physical Education. In this subject students learn to apply more specialised movement skills, and transfer movement strategies and concepts in different environments.
Students will study the following topics:
- Health and Wellbeing: Relationships and Sexual Health
- Health and Wellbeing: Risk Taking Behaviours
- Using Feedback
- Roles in Sport
- Tactics and Strategy
The Relationships & Sexual Health unit is based on the SHINE SA program and aims to improve the students’ ability to develop healthy relationships and make well informed and safe decisions in the future. The students will also receive information about sexually transmitted infections and contraception.
The Risk Taking Behaviour unit presents information about drugs and alcohol and aims to improve the students’ ability to make well-informed and safe decisions in the future.
Assessment:
Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Achievement Standards as outlined in the framework of the Australian Curriculum. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes. Assessment will be based on class and homework tasks, movement skills and abilities, teamwork and leadership skills, and game awareness and understanding.
Special Requirements:
Unley High School PE uniform must be worn during all practical lessons.
Leads to: Year 10 Health & Physical Education