K-10 Syllabus
Early Adolescence (8-10) Health and Physical Education Syllabus
The Early Adolescence (8-10) Health and Physical Education Syllabus is designed to support teachers with planning and delivering learning, teaching and assessment programs in the context of the Curriculum Framework. The syllabus details content at each year of schooling across the early adolescence phase of development. When using these advisory materials, teachers will continue to make professional judgements about when to introduce content based on students' prior learning and achievement.
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- Purpose
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Download: Purpose of the Early Adolescence (8-10) Health and Physical Education Syllabus
This syllabus provides teachers with advice about content, planning, teaching and assessment in Health and Physical Education in years 8-10.
Connections with other curriculum policy and support documents
This syllabus is consistent with, and can be used in conjunction with, the following policy and support documents:- Health and Physical Education Learning Area Statement in the Curriculum Framework for Kindergarten to Year 12 Education in Western Australia produced by the Curriculum Council of Western Australia.
The Curriculum Framework establishes the learning outcomes expected of all Western Australian students from kindergarten to year 12. - The Curriculum Council’s Curriculum Framework Progress Maps - Health and Physical Education.
These describe progressive student achievement in Health and Physical Education from kindergarten to year 12 and are a guide for monitoring and planning for student achievement. - The Department of Education and Training’s Outcomes and Standards Framework - Health and Physical Education.
This is similar to the Health and Physical Education Progress Maps but also includes Achievement Targets for years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in WA public schools. - The Curriculum Council’s Curriculum Framework Curriculum Guide - Health and Physical Education.
This describes, in phases of development, content to support students’ progress in Health and Physical Education from kindergarten to year 12.
As part of a K-12 approach to Health and Physical Education, this syllabus also:- builds on the Middle Childhood (4-7) Syllabus
- prepares students for the more specialised Health and Physical Education courses in years 11 and 12.
- Health and Physical Education Learning Area Statement in the Curriculum Framework for Kindergarten to Year 12 Education in Western Australia produced by the Curriculum Council of Western Australia.
- Rationale
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Download: Rationale for teaching Health and Physical Education in the early adolescence phase of development
Key features of Health and Physical Education
Health and Physical Education develops students’ abilities to:- make informed and responsible decisions about the health and physical well-being of themselves and others
- enjoy physical activity and develop relevant skills.
Organisation of the Health and Physical Education learning area
Five interrelated outcomes are identified in the Curriculum Framework Health and Physical Education Learning Area Statement:- Knowledge and Understandings
- Attitudes and Values
- Skills for Physical Activity
- Self-management Skills
- Interpersonal Skills.
The scope and sequence statement in this syllabus integrates learning across all of the five outcomes.
- Phase of Development
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Download: Health and Physical Education in the Early Adolescence phase of development
The Curriculum Framework identifies seven principles of effective learning and teaching:
Teaching Health and Physical Education in years 8-10- opportunity to learn
- connection and challenge
- action and reflection
- motivation and purpose
- inclusivity and difference
- independence and collaboration
- supportive environment.
Click here for suggestions on how the principles of effective learning and teaching can be incorporated into the teaching of Health and Physical Education in years 8-10 in ways which take account of students’ current stages of development.
- Content
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Download: Content
Content in this syllabus is organised into:
Download: K-10 overviews
Download: Scope and sequence statements- an integrated K-10 overview
- an integrated scope and sequence statement expressed in year levels to provide advice on starting points for learning, teaching and assessment programs.
- Planning
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Download: Planning for learning in Health and Physical Education
When using the content in this syllabus to plan for learning in Health and Physical Education, teachers need to take into account the following:- relevant policies and curriculum priorities
- students’ achievement and learning needs
- opportunities to integrate learning
- the Curriculum Framework’s principles of learning, teaching and assessment.
- Assessment
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Download: Assessment in Health and Physical Education
The purpose of assessment in Health and Physical Education is to monitor students' progress to:- provide feedback
- inform planning, teaching and reporting.
When assessing, Health and Physical Education teachers need to take into account the Curriculum Framework’s principles of assessment and keep in mind the following:- assessment relies on teachers’ professional judgements
- assessment should be referenced to common standards as described in the Curriculum Framework Progress Maps - Health and Physical Education / Outcomes and Standards Framework - Health and Physical Education
- Health and Physical Education teachers do not have to formally level or grade every piece of student work
- Health and Physical Education Departments should have an assessment policy which is communicated to students and other members of the school community
- assessment can be undertaken in a variety of ways including via collection and marking of student work, observation, checklists, portfolios, recordings and anecdotal records
- Health and Physical Education teachers can select from a range of published or teacher developed resources to record assessment information.