{"id":3760,"date":"2025-07-04T15:14:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/?post_type=article&p=3760"},"modified":"2025-07-04T15:14:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:14:24","slug":"pdhpe-2","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/article\/pdhpe-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PDHPE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mr Daniel DePasquale – Acting Leader of Learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year students have engaged in a variety of units across 7-12 PDHPE, Year 9-10 PASS electives, and Stage 6 courses HMS and SLR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an introduction to Year 7, students began Term 1 with \u2018Transition and Personal Identity\u2019 as they navigated a new experience by commencing high school. Term 2 saw progression into the practical space for the first time with engagement in a variety of \u2018Striking Games\u2019 which enabled learning and assessing movement skills as well as working together in teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 8 students began the year by learning about \u2018Risk Taking\u2019 with an emphasis on exploring first aid treatment and developing skills in performing CPR. This followed with learning about \u2018Relationships\u2019 in Term 2, where students investigated the necessary skills to communicate effectively with others and overcoming negative influences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 9 PDHPE commenced the year with \u2018Mental Health\u2019 with students asked to consider their own mental health and strategies they could implement to ensure both themselves and the community can seek help. Term 2 saw the infamous \u2018Nutrition\u2019 assessment take place where students assisted cooking a family meal at home whilst considering nutritional information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students that chose PASS as an elective subject in Year 9 were introduced to \u2018Sports for specific population groups\u2019, such as learning about individuals living with disability. PASS students were able to then experience \u2018wheelchair basketball\u2019 during a Term 1 incursion. Following this, Term 2 saw \u2018World Games\u2019 practical unit become the focus with an emphasis on learning skills and playing modified games such as Australian Rules Football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 10 began their learning adventure by engaging in the unit \u2018The Party\u2019 which focused on safe decision making in risk situations, such as drinking and drug use, as well as looking at the importance of road safety. This was then further linked to the Term 2 unit on \u2018Healthy Relationships\u2019 which addressed various types of relationships whilst emphasising the importance of sexual health and consent, whilst acknowledging the Catholic perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PASS students within Year 10 commenced their learning journey through the unit \u2018Body Systems\u2019 which explored the musculoskeletal system, energy systems and efficient movement. In Term 2, this then progressed into \u2018Issues in Physical Activity and Sport\u2019 which investigated contemporary issues in sport, namely the use of performance enhancing drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage 6 saw the introduction of a new course \u2018Health and Movement Science\u2019 (HMS) which is the rebranded PDHPE with students exploring the \u2018Body and Mind in Motion\u2019 and attending an excursion to the PhysXrehab facility which enabled investigation and analysis into Biomechanics. Term 2 then enabled students to experience a \u2018Collaborative Investigation\u2019 which provided a platform to positively interact and work with others on a common research question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 12 PDHPE students enter their final year with the current syllabus, demonstrating continued strong results in formal assessment tasks that addressed \u2018Factors Affecting Performance\u2019 and \u2018Sports Medicine\u2019. These PDHPE scholars will begin preparing for their Trial HSC exams in Term 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, Sports Lifestyle and Recreation (SLR) saw both 1 and 2 Unit classes in Year 11 begin the year with \u2018Resistance Training\u2019 where students created a gym program and implemented this within the College gym. Term 2 saw the introduction of \u2018Coaching\u2019 where tasks to work in groups and create a training session for a specific sport that included a warm-up, set drills and modified games for their peers to participate in. Similarly, Year 12 students furthered their studies by engaging in \u2018Powerlifting\u2019 during Term 1 and \u2018Athletics’ in Term 2 – with pre-testing providing a platform to set personal goals and work towards them both in a theoretical and practical setting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mr Daniel DePasquale – Acting Leader of Learning This year students have engaged in a variety of units across 7-12 PDHPE, Year 9-10 PASS electives, and Stage 6 courses HMS and SLR. As an introduction to Year 7, students began Term 1 with \u2018Transition and Personal Identity\u2019 as they navigated a new experience by commencing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-3760","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}