Health and Physical Education / Year 5 and 6 / Movement and physical activity / Making active choices

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participate in physical activities that enhance health and wellbeing in natural and outdoor settings, and analyse the steps and resources needed to promote participation (AC9HP6M05)

Elaborations
  • analysing how access to natural environments and the outdoors can influence participation in physical activities, and enhance health and wellbeing
  • learning traditional dances from local First Nations Australian community members and recognising the role dance plays in the lives of these communities
  • researching the Australian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Young People, comparing their daily habits of physical activity to the recommendations and proposing strategies for enhancing or maintaining their levels of activity
  • discussing how a connection to a community space or special place can influence the types of physical activity options people will choose to participate in, such as links to skate parks, surf beaches or bushwalking trails
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Wellbeing,  Outdoor recreation,  Recreation

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