Health and Physical Education / Year 7 and 8 / Movement and physical activity / Learning through movement

Curriculum content descriptions

propose and evaluate movement strategies and skills that would be most effective in different movement situations (AC9HP8M07)

Elaborations
  • evaluating factors that enabled them to achieve success in movement activities and justifying how these factors can be transferred to other learning contexts
  • explaining and justifying the movement strategies selected in response to movement challenges when participating in outdoor or nature-based activities such as rope courses, bushwalking, orienteering or canoeing
  • putting their movement solutions into action by predicting outcomes and testing the approach proposed to achieve successful movement outcomes
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and Social capability
ScOT terms

Sports,  Movement sequences,  Problem solving,  Creativity

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