PDHPE
In senior years, the Preliminary course examines a range of areas that underpin health and physical activity. This includes how people think about health and physical activity, the management of personal health and the basis for how the body moves. It involves students learning about and practicing ways of maintaining active, healthy lifestyles and improving their health status.
In the HSC course students focus on health priorities in Australia and also look at factors that affect physical performance. They undertake optional study from a range of choices. This includes investigating the health of young people or of groups experiencing health inequities. In other options students focus on improved performance and safe participation by learning about advanced approaches to training or sports medicine concepts. There is also an opportunity we think critically about the factors that impact on sport and physical activity in Australian society.
Community and Family Studies
Community and Family Studies is studied in the senior school (years 11-12). It is a two unit board developed course which will provide students with the knowledge and skills to enable them to be productive in all aspects of their lives - interpersonal relationships, at work, in the wider community and within their families. Students will work to develop:
- Conflict resolution, negotiation, management, interpersonal, leadership, time management, problem solving, research and investigation skills.
- Skills in interacting with others, gaining access to community resources and understanding others.
Students in year 12 are required complete an independent research project which relates to the course content of one or more of the following areas; individuals, groups, families, communities and resource management.
Exploring Early Childhood
Our society acknowledges childhood as a unique and intense period for growth, development and learning. When members of society are provided with knowledge about childhood development they will then be able to support and encourage this development when interacting with children. The Exploring Early Childhood course aims to achieve this by giving students an overview of development and related issues within an early childhood context. It provides the opportunity to consider a range of issues in relation to the individual student, their family and the community. As well as reflecting on the personal relevance of childhood issues, students are encouraged to consider the implications for future interactions with children, be these as a parent, friend, carer or educator.
Children and childhood are examined from a multidisciplinary perspective and students have opportunities to link theory and practice. The approach taken in this syllabus views childhood learning as experiential, that is, children are active learners and learn and make sense of the world around them through their experiences and through their interactions with others.
Throughout this subject the terms infant, toddler, and preschooler are used to refer to children in the approximate age ranges of birth to twelve months, one to three years, and three to five years respectively. Where children are referred to as being in the early years of school, the years from Kindergarten to Year 2, or ages five to eight, are implied.