Physical Education and Healthy Living
In our ever-changing world, we understand that we need to provide students with the required knowledge, life skills and tools to maintain peak physical, mental and emotional health.
| Our Physical Education and Healthy Living Faculty strives to develop positive life-long outcomes and attitudes towards physical activity and health. We provide an enriched and diverse environment that aims to develop the core values of the College by exposing students to a variety of practical and theoretical activities. This structure builds student confidence and self-efficacy through a range of activities ranging from individual, non-competitive tasks through to competitive team games.
Our quality teaching staff place emphasis on developing motor skills, movement competence, tactical knowledge and fitness, and health literacy skills, as well as providing students with the skills to make informed decisions about their physical, mental, social and emotional health, all while encouraging a sense of community and social connectedness.
The development of health literacy skills is essential for people to increase control over their health and for better management of disease and risk, at both an individual and population level.
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Health and Physical Education (Years 7 to 9)
The program recognises the significance of physical activity and provides a foundation for developing active and informed members of society, capable of managing the interactions between themselves and their social, cultural and physical environments in pursuit of good health. Participation in this subject equips students with scientific inquiry and a reflective thinking mind, helping them to build a strong foundation for further education in a wide range of areas.
Physical Education (Years 10 to 12)
Physical Education provides students with the knowledge, understanding and skills to explore and enhance their own and others’ health and physical activity in diverse and changing contexts. the program 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 the body and movement concepts and the scientific bases of biophysical, socio-cultural 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.
Food and Nutrition (Years 7 to 9)
With the concept of Health at its core, Food and Nutrition is the study of food in the context of food science, nutrition and food technologies. Students will explore the concept of food and nutrition both theoretically and practically and will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills and engage in the practical design and production process. By encouraging students to actively participate in a food and nutrition problem-solving course, they will positively develop their personal skills, creativity and understanding in the context of personal, social, ethical and sustainable health.
Vocational Education and Training (VET) - Fitness, Health, Hospitality)
The flexibility of the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) allows students to embrace a number of different pathways to education and training while still attending school. VET Learning Options are suited to students who are primarily interested in the ATAR-ineligible pathway and options beyond senior secondary schooling that lead to vocational education and training or work.
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