Year 7 HPE Syllabus
Year 7
Year level description
In the early adolescence phase of schooling, students align with their peer group and begin to question established conventions, practices and values. Learning and teaching programs assist students to develop a broader and more comprehensive understanding of the contexts of their lives and the world in which they live.
Health and Physical Education provides opportunities for students to build on their prior learning. A major influence on students during this time is the world around them, and their peers become a key source of motivation and support when managing their health and wellbeing.
In Year 7, students develop strategies to manage the physical, emotional and social changes associated with transitions and puberty. They learn how to make decisions and take positive action to promote their health, safety and wellbeing by applying problem-solving and effective communication skills, and through a range of preventive health practices. Students develop effective communication skills when consent is required to be given or denied.
Students continue to develop and refine movement skills and focus on developing tactical thinking skills in a range of contexts and applying them to a range of physical activities. They have opportunities to analyse their performance using feedback to improve body control and coordination. They learn about the types of activities that enhance aspects of fitness and wellbeing. The application of fair play and ethical behaviour continues to be a focus for students as they consider how communication skills can assist with improving group cohesion.
Year 7 Achievement standard
By the end of the year:
Health Education
Students identify strategies to promote their own and others’ health, safety and wellbeing in different situations and across different environments. Students identify and apply strategies to communicate effectively and to make informed choices. They identify the health and social benefits of physical activity and identify a variety of preventative health strategies. Students apply appropriate protective behaviour strategies and protocols in face-to-face and online interactions.
Physical Education
Students perform movement skills and sequences in selected sport or physical activity contexts with improving accuracy and efficiency. They implement simple strategic and tactical skills to achieve the intended outcome in various contexts. Students describe how physical activity can improve elements of health, fitness and wellbeing. When participating in a variety of sports or physical activities, they demonstrate ethical behaviour and fair play and communicate ways to assist team cohesion and the achievement of an intended outcome.
Content descriptions
Personal identity and change
Feelings, emotions and cultural beliefs and values associated with transitions; practising self-talk and help-seeking strategies to manage these changes
WA7HEHPP1
Ways to manage physical, emotional, and social changes associated with puberty
WA7HEHPP2
For example:
- coping skills
- communication skills
- problem-solving skills and strategies
- changing friendships/families
Staying safe
Health information, services and help-seeking strategies that young people can use in a variety of situations
WA7HEHPS1
Protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies to ensure safety in a variety of situations, including online
WA7HEHPS2
For example:
- assertive responses
- refusal skills
Digital literacy
Strategies to make informed choices to promote health, safety and wellbeing
WA7HEHPS3
For example:
- proposing alternatives to traditional medicine
- demonstrating basic first aid in medical circumstances, such as asthma, allergies and anaphylaxis
Strategies and skills to communicate assertively when seeking, giving or denying consent are explained and applied
WA7HEHPS4
For example:
- exploring assertive and respectful communication
- understanding and applying online and social protocols to enhance relationships with others and protect own wellbeing, including recognising and responding to online content that may be harmful to self or others, such as grooming or image-based abuse, and respectfully communicating needs or concerns to others
Healthy and active communities
Strategies to make informed choices to promote health and wellbeing
WA7HEHPH1
For example:
- researching nutritious meals
- examining accessible physical activity options
- examining messages portrayed by the media and influential people
Preventive health practices for young people to avoid and manage risk
WA7HEHPH2
For example:
- sun-protective behaviours
- adoption of the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
- application of road safety laws and guidelines
Health and social benefits of physical activity and recreational pursuits
WA7HEHPH3
Ways in which the media and influential people impact attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours
WA7HEHPH4
For example:
- television advertising
Interacting with others
Impact of relationships on a person’s wellbeing
WA7HEHPI1
For example:
- the benefits of respectful relationships and the roles of respect, empathy, power and coercion in relationships
- the influence of family and peers
- applying online and social protocols to enhance relationships
Ways in which decision-making, respect and empathy in developing respectful relationships can be influenced by gender stereotypes
WA7HEHPI2
Factors that influence emotional responses and behaviour
WA7HEHPI3
For example:
- personal experience
- considering alternative ways to respond to situations, including showing empathy
- self-management strategies to regulate emotions
Movement skills
Movement skills and sequences within different physical activity contexts and settings
WA7HEPMM1
Strategic and tactical skills used to create and use space through the manipulation of effort, space, time, objects and people
WA7HEPMM2
Physical activities to enhance health, fitness and wellbeing, including moving in natural environments
WA7HEPMM3
Understanding movement
Impact of regular participation in physical activities on health, fitness and wellbeing
WA7HEPMU1
Strategies to increase physical activity levels
WA7HEPMU2
For example:
- games
- recreational activities
- outdoor pursuits
Interpersonal skills
Communication skills that support and enhance:
- group and team cohesion
- leadership
- inclusion
WA7HEPMI1
Ethical behaviour and fair play when participating in physical activities
WA7HEPMI2