Year 9 Health & Physical Education

Health & Physical Education contributes to personal and social development through classroom and practical learning. Students are involved in activities that require individual endeavour and interaction with others, while learning and developing life long skills and strategies for resilience, social interaction and physical activity.

The course involves participation in:

• athletics, aquatics and water safety
• adventure based learning
• invasion games
• gymnastics 
• international games
• striking games
• a variety of modified games centered around participation, leadership, social responsibility confidence, cooperation, inclusion, and competence.

Health units in this course will be a combination of the following topics:

• Relationship & sexuality education
• Resilience and mental health
• Hauora and wellbeing