Year 10 HPE Syllabus
Year 10
Year level description
In the middle adolescence phase of schooling, teaching and learning programs encourage students to develop an open and questioning view of themselves as active participants in their society and the world.
Health and Physical Education provides opportunities for students to refine their understanding of how they can contribute to individual and community health and wellbeing. Students have frequent opportunities to participate in physical activities, including in outdoor settings, to value the importance of active recreation as a way of enhancing their health and wellbeing throughout their lives.
In Year 10, students develop health literacy skills to evaluate health information and messages in the media and evaluate their impact on personal identity and the health of the broader community. They continue to develop and refine communication techniques to enhance interactions with others, including situations where the giving or denying of consent is required. Students develop skills and strategies to promote respectful relationships, and an understanding of how emotional responses impact relationships.
In continuing to improve performance, students transfer learned movement skills with increasing proficiency and success across a variety of contexts. They use feedback to improve performance and critically evaluate movement responses based on the outcome of previous performances. Students create plans to enhance or maintain levels of lifelong physical activity to improve fitness, health and wellbeing. They investigate skills, such as leadership and apply these to motivate participation and contribute to effective team relationships and performance. Students are also provided with opportunities to apply fair play and ethical behaviour to influence the outcome of physical activities.
Year 10 Achievement standard
By the end of the year:
Health Education
Students explain the impact of social and cultural influences on personal identity and health, safety and wellbeing. They analyse images and media messages about health, and examine choices that support the development of respectful relationships. Students evaluate the impact of strategies to promote respectful relationships.
Physical Education
Students select, use and evaluate individual movement skills and sequences and implement tactics appropriate to the physical activity context, based on the outcome of previous performances. They apply appropriate technique while performing skills that increase in complexity. Students describe ways to measure perceived exertion in response to physical activity. Students demonstrate ethical behaviour, fair play and teamwork in various contexts and apply skills and strategies to improve team performance toward inclusive, lifelong participation.
Content descriptions
Personal identity and change
Impact of societal and cultural influences on personal identities and health behaviour
WA10HEHPP1
For example:
- how diversity and gender are represented in the media
- differing cultural beliefs and practices that surround transitions
- defending personal values
Staying safe
Analysis of health information and content related to:
- alcohol, drugs or other harmful substances
- body image
- processed food
- road safety
- relationships
WA10HEHPS1
Skills and strategies to manage situations where risk is encouraged by others
WA10HEHPS2
For example:
- pressure to engage in intimate relationships
Skills and strategies to manage situations where response to an emergency situation is required
WA10HEHPS3
For example:
- water-based activities
- road trauma
- alcohol, drugs and other harmful substances
Strategies are examined, such as communicating choices, seeking, giving and denying consent, and expressing opinions and needs that can support the development of respectful relationships, including sexual relationships
WA10HEHPS4
For example:
- reflecting on the potential impact of their own behaviour on others and the importance of taking responsibility for their own actions to ensure they do no harm to others
- refining strategies to communicate clearly and respectfully their choices, needs and opinions in a range of relationship scenarios, such as in peer group, family or work situations
Healthy and active communities
Health information, support services and media messaging about relationships, lifestyle choices, health decisions and behaviours
WA10HEHPH1
Health promotion designed to raise awareness, influence attitudes, promote healthy behaviours and increase connection to the community
WA10HEHPH2
Social, economic and environmental factors that can influence health
WA10HEHPH3
For example:
- level of knowledge and awareness of healthy behaviours
- income/employment
- social networks and supports (family, friends and community attachment)
- housing
- access to services
Interacting with others
Skills and strategies to promote respectful relationships
WA10HEHPI1
For example:
- appropriate emotional responses in a variety of situations
- challenging assumptions about gender
- taking action if a relationship is not respectful
Influences on sexuality and sexual health behaviours, including the impact decisions and actions have on own and others’ health and wellbeing
WA10HEHPI2
Managing the effects of emotional responses on relationships
WA10HEHPI3
For example:
- the impact of extreme emotions on situations or relationships
- the consequences of not recognising the emotions of others
Movement skills
Movement skills and sequences within different physical activity contexts and settings reflecting:
- increased complexity
- transference of skills to other activities
WA10HEPMM1
The impact of changes to effort, space or time on skills, strategies and tactics in a range of movement contexts and settings
WA10HEPMM2
Evaluation, selection and implementation of responses to changing conditions based on the outcome of previous performances
WA10HEPMM3
Lifelong physical activities to enhance health, fitness and wellbeing, including moving in natural environments
WA10HEPMM4
Understanding movement
Measurement of the body’s response to physical activity:
- perceived exertion rating
WA10HEPMU1
Personalised plans for improving or maintaining physical activity levels to improve health, fitness and wellbeing
WA10HEPMU2
Interpersonal skills
Skills and strategies to improve team or group performance
WA10HEPMI1
For example:
- motivation
- teamwork
- leadership
Application of fair play and ethical behaviour and ways they can influence the outcome of physical activities
WA10HEPMI2
Management of levels of participation and rules during physical activities
WA10HEPMI3