Health and Physical Education / Foundation / Movement and physical activity / Making active choices

• TLF-IDA002994
• Learning areasHealth and physical education
• Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
• Updated11/05/2026
• AC version 8
• AC version 9

The aim of this online refresher course is to enhance the confidence and competence of generalist primary school teachers in delivering purposeful and engaging PE. The course aims to improve student learning in schools by addressing critical challenges. It tackles the decline in physical education and the rise of sedentary ...

• TLF-IDA006112
• Learning areasHealth and physical education
• Year levels F; 1; 2
• Updated26/11/2024
• AC version 8
• AC version 9

This resource outlines five outdoor games for young students: 'Fruit Salad,' 'Jump in, Jump out,' 'Scarecrow Tiggy,' 'Astronauts vs Aliens,' and 'Memory Tag.' Each game is designed to encourage active breaks and uses minimal equipment. The games come with simple instructions, variations, and management tips for teachers. ...

• TLF-IDA008029
• Learning areasHealth and physical education
• Year levels F
• Updated13/05/2026
• AC version 8
• AC version 9

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the Health and Physical Education achievement standards for Foundation. In this video, two students select and mark boundaries of the playing area and identify that the markers form the boundary of the game. They perform two-handed strikes ...

• TLF-IDM006572
• Learning areasHealth and physical education
• Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
• Updated07/05/2026

Although not a universal activity, athletic events were common. In a part of central Australia the children would have running races together. The race was a cooperative effort. According to age, running speed and fitness levels, runners started at different distances and all players attempted to finish together. This activity ...

• TLF-IDM006574
• Learning areasHealth and physical education
• Year levels F; 1; 2; 3
• Updated07/05/2026

In the northwest-central area of Queensland, the Maidhargari children made a type of skippingrope (turi turi) from the long roots of the Bauhinia (Queensland bean tree), or white-gum, which grew near the water’s edge. A vine rope was used in the same way by Wogadj children on the Daly River in the Northern Territory. This ...

• TLF-IDM006553
• Learning areasHealth and physical education
• Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
• Updated07/05/2026

The young Noongar girls in the southwest of Western Australia played many skill games. In one of these a short stick was placed on the ground and girls attempted to hit the stick while one girl defended it using her wana (digging stick). Players use an underarm throw to hit a target, which is defended by the player with ...

• TLF-IDM006564
• Learning areasHealth and physical education
• Year levels F; 1; 2; 3
• Updated07/05/2026

The Injibandi people of Western Australia had many guessing games. Wabbagunja kambong, wabbyn, ngabbungee jenarnung, kambugenjin were some of the names of their guessing games. Guessing games were often played around the campfire after the day’s hunting was over. Women might also play these guessing games among themselves ...

• TLF-IDM006587
• Learning areasHealth and physical education
• Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
• Updated07/05/2026

This object-throwing game was observed being played in the Torres Strait on Mer Island in the nineteenth century. More recent versions have been observed. This version of an object-throwing game is a relay event. The Yulunga: Traditional Indigenous Games resource was developed to provide all Australians with a greater understanding ...

• TLF-IDM006598
• Learning areasHealth and physical education
• Year levels F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
• Updated07/05/2026

A spear game was recorded being played by the boys at Ulladulla in New South Wales. Small spears were thrown at pieces of wood, which were placed into running water. On Dunk Island in Queensland the boys used wood chips and pieces of bark floating on the water, or threw at small fish. This is a throwing-practice game played ...

• TLF-IDM006578
• Learning areasHealth and physical education
• Year levels F; 1; 2; 3
• Updated07/05/2026

A duck ‘catching’ game was played by little boys and girls at Cape Bedford, Cooktown and the McIvor regions in north Queensland. This game was recorded by Walter Roth in the early 1900s. This is a role-play, running-and-chasing tag game suitable for younger children. The Yulunga: Traditional Indigenous Games resource was ...