Health and Physical Education / Year 7 and 8 / Movement and physical activity / Making active choices

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Curriculum content descriptions

participate in physical activities designed to improve fitness and wellbeing to investigate the impact of regular participation on health, fitness and wellbeing (AC9HP8M04)

Elaborations
  • using digital tools to design personal physical activity programs that support regular participation and meet their individual health, wellbeing and fitness goals
  • designing and performing a fitness circuit they could implement at home (with minimal equipment) that improves one or more fitness components
  • researching and participating in new activities to explore how they can enhance health, fitness and wellbeing, such as yoga, mindfulness meditation, gym classes, HIIT sessions
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Wellbeing,  Physical activity,  Physical fitness

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  • TLF-IDA008833
  • Learning areasHealth and physical education
  • Year levels 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
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  • TLF-IDA006544
  • Learning areasHealth and physical education; Science
  • Year levels 8; 9; 10
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

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Skeletal Central

  • TLF-IDA006543
  • Learning areasHealth and physical education; Design and Technologies; Science
  • Year levels 8; 9; 10
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

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  • TLF-IDA006388
  • Learning areasDesign and Technologies; Health and physical education; Science
  • Year levels 8; 9; 10
  • Updated20/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

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  • TLF-IDA003031
  • Learning areasHealth and physical education
  • Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
  • Updated29/04/2026
  • AC version 8
  • AC version 9

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