In Health
and Physical Education, students learn about promoting the health
of individuals and the community. They develop concepts and skills for physical
activity and work on their personal development. A significant amount of time
is allocated to physical activity through sports and games.
YEAR
10
Health & Physical Education
Health and Physical
Education is an integral part of the total education of our young students. HPE
contributes to the intellectual development of students through the medium of
physical activity. HPE offers students the opportunity to develop an integrated
knowledge of physical activity whilst catering for high levels of performance.
Health Education
Health provides students
with the valuable opportunity to engage in ‘real life’ learning in preparation
for the senior subject Health. Year 10 Health provides students with valuable
thinking and learning strategies as they understand how to manage the varied
influences on their own and others health and development.
Rugby League Excellence
The Sports Performance
course is designed specifically to cater for talented athletes at Forest Lake
SHS. The course aims to produce athletes
who are learning how to be proactive in the development of their sporting careers.
Girls Sports Specialisation
The Girls Sports
Specialisation course is designed specifically to cater for talented athletes
at Forest Lake SHS. The course aims to
produce athletes who are learning how to be proactive in the development of
their sporting careers.
Year 11 & 12
Health – General Senior Subject
Health provides
students with a contextualised strengths-based inquiry of the various
determinants that create and promote lifelong health, learning and active
citizenship. Drawing from the health, behavioural, social and physical
sciences, the Health syllabus offers students an action, advocacy and evaluation-oriented
curriculum. Health uses an inquiry
approach informed by the critical analysis of health information to investigate
sustainable health change at personal, peer, family and community levels. Students define and understand broad health
topics, which they reframe into specific contextualised health issues for
further investigation. Students plan,
implement, evaluate and reflect on action strategies that mediate, enable and
advocate change through health promotion.
Physical Education – General Senior Subject
Physical Education
provides students with knowledge, understanding and skills to explore and
enhance their own and others’ health and physical activity in diverse and
changing contexts. Physical Education
provides a philosophical and educative framework to promote deep learning in
three dimensions: about, through and in physical activity contexts. Students
optimise their engagement and performance in physical activity as they develop
an understanding and appreciation of the interconnectedness of these
dimensions. Students learn how body and
movement concepts and the scientific bases of biophysical, sociocultural and
psychological concepts and principles are relevant to their engagement and
performance in physical activity. They engage in a range of activities to
develop movement sequences and movement strategies. Students learn experientially through three
stages of an inquiry approach to make connections between the scientific bases
and the physical activity contexts. They recognise and explain concepts and
principles about and through movement, and demonstrate and apply body and
movement concepts to movement sequences and movement strategies. Through their purposeful engagement in
physical activities, students gather data to analyse, synthesise and devise
strategies to optimise engagement and performance. They engage in reflective
decision-making as they evaluate and justify strategies to achieve a particular
outcome.
Sport & Recreation – Applied Senior Subject
Sport & Recreation
provides students with opportunities to learn in, through and about sport and
active recreation activities, examining their role in the lives of individuals
and communities. Students examine the
relevance of sport and active recreation in Australian culture, employment
growth, health and wellbeing. They consider factors that influence
participation in sport and recreation, and how physical skills can enhance
participation and performance in sport and recreation activities. Students
explore how interpersonal skills support effective interaction with others, and
the promotion of safety in sport and recreation activities. They examine
technology in sport and recreation activities, and how the sport and recreation
industry contributes to individual and community outcomes. Students are involved in acquiring, applying
and evaluating information about and in physical activities and performances,
planning and organising activities, investigating solutions to individual and
community challenges, and using suitable technologies where relevant. They
communicate ideas and information in, about and through sport and recreation
activities. They examine the effects of sport and recreation on individuals and
communities, investigate the role of sport and recreation in maintaining good
health, evaluate strategies to promote health and safety, and investigate
personal and interpersonal skills to achieve goals.
Certificate III in Fitness – QCE credit points (8points)
With Certificate II in Sport & Recreation
This course combines two
nationally recognised qualifications to give students an edge in the fitness
industry and to develop basic functional knowledge and skills for work in
customer contact positions in the sport or community recreation industry.
Students with the Certificate III in Fitness qualification can work as a
fitness instructor in a variety of settings and are responsible for the
implementation and supervision of members and clients during exercise programs
conducted on the gym floor.
Certificate III in Sport & Recreation (Rugby League Specialisation) –
QCE credit points (8 points) (Netball
Specialisation)
With Certificate II in Sport & Recreation
This Rugby League Court Excellence and Netball
Specialisation strand is designed for students who are interested
in developing their skills both on and off the field. Additionally, it will
assist students in other areas with a view to making them more competent not
only as a player but as a coach, manager, trainer or official. High standards
of behaviour, effort and self-discipline are required to be accepted in this
subject. Students completing this certificate course are awarded eight (8) credit points towards their
Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE).
If you require any further details, please contact:
Ms Anita Davey, Head of Department (Health, Physical Education and Sport)
on 3714 2333 or adave26@eq.edu.au