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Stage 1 | Subject Outline | Versions control

Physical Education Stage 1
Subject outline

Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024.
Accredited in November 2017 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2019. Refer to subject changes.

Stage 1 | Subject outline | Subject changes

Subject changes

The proposed changes align with Stage 2 Physical Education. The digital version of the subject outline will be updated in January 2023.

Learning requirements

LR3 — Apply communication and collaborative skills in physical activity contexts’ to read: ‘Apply collaborative skills in physical activity contexts’. (Removing ‘communication’)

LR6 — Communicate using subject-specific terminology in a variety of modes’ to read: ‘Use subject-specific terminology’. (Removing ‘communicate’).

Focus Area 2: Through movement

Addition of a new key idea and consideration to include collaborative skills.

Key ideas
Considerations

Collaboration for physical activity purposes
  • application of collaborative skills to suit the physical activity context, e.g. communication, building shared understanding, collectively contributing, regulating behaviour.
  • Utilising collaborative strategies to achieve common goals related to physical activity.

Assessment Type 2: Physical Activity Investigation

Adjustment to wording to provide greater clarity of the requirements to read:

‘Students participate in one or more physical activities to investigate how personal, social, and cultural factors influence participation.

Assessment design criteria

Removal of ‘communication’

  • Application and Communication title to read ‘Application’ only (e.g. change AC1, AC2, AC3 to A1, A2, and A3)
  • AC2 — Application of communication and collaborative skills, to read: A2 — Application of collaborative skills
  • AC3 — Communication using subject-specific terminology, to read: A3 — Use of subject-specific terminology.

Performance standards

The performance standards will be updated to reflect these changes.

  Application Exploration, Analysis, and Reflection
A

Astute and highly effective application of knowledge and understanding to movement concepts and strategies.

Focused and sustained application of collaborative skills. 

Highly effective use of accurate subject-specific terminology.

No change
B

Effective application of knowledge and understanding to movement concepts and strategies.

Mostly thorough and sustained application of collaborative skills.

Effective use of accurate subject-specific terminology.

No change
C

Generally effective application of knowledge and understanding to movement concepts and strategies..

Competent application of collaborative skills.

Generally effective use of subject-specific terminology with some accuracy.

No change
D

Some application of knowledge and understanding to movement concepts and strategies.

Some application of collaborative skills.

Some use of subject-specific terminology.

No change
E

Attempted application of knowledge and understanding to movement concepts and strategies.

Attempted application of collaborative skills.

Attempted use of subject-specific terminology.

No change