Health and Physical Education / Year 7 and 8 / Movement and physical activity / Moving our bodies

Curriculum content descriptions

design and demonstrate how movement strategies can be manipulated to improve movement outcomes (AC9HP8M02)

Elaborations
  • developing and implementing appropriate strategies for selected movement scenarios
  • selecting strategies that have been successful previously and applying the most appropriate ones when solving new movement challenges
  • exploring similarities between the bases of support and flow of movements when performing different movement sequences that require static and dynamic balance
  • predicting the effectiveness of changes in tactics or strategies on scoring opportunities and suggesting reasons for any unexpected results
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Fundamental movement skills,  Movement sequences,  Problem solving,  Creativity

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