PDHPE at St Andrews
Welcome back to St Andrews for another great year of learning in 2024. For our new year 7 parents, welcome to the St Andrews College Community. Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) is a mandatory subject in years 7-10. The PDHPE course in years 7-10 is comprised of 50% practical (physical education) and 50% theory lessons (personal development and health).
Students in years 7-10 have practical lessons once per week in addition to College Sport which is on a Thursday. For students in year 9 and 10 studying Physical Activity and Sport Studies (PASS), practical lessons occur 3 times per fortnight.
Students are permitted to wear their full College sport uniform to and from school on days when they have a timetabled practical lesson. Adequate and supportive footwear is required.
It is a very exciting time for our year 9 students as they begin their elective courses in Child Studies and/or PASS and our year 11 students as they study senior PDHPE, Community and Family Studies, Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation (SLR) and/or Exploring Early Childhood.
During Term 1, students will be learning about the following topics during theory and practical lessons:
- Year 7 PDHPE- Healthy habits and building teamwork and communication
- Year 8 PDHPE- Building respectful relationships and Net & Court games
- Year 9 PDHPE- Relationships & power, respect, inclusivity and diversity, Olympic Sports and Athletics
- Year 9 Child Studies- Preparing for parenthood
- Year 9 Physical Activity and Sport Studies- Nutrition and its relationship to physical activity and Modified games
- Year 10 PDHPE- Planning for their futures and world sports
- Year 10 Physical Activity and Sport Studies- Event Management
- Year 10 Child Studies- Growth and Development
- Year 11 Community and Family Studies- Wellbeing, managing resources, needs, wants, goal setting and communication
- Year 11 PDHPE- Improving the health of individuals
- Year 11 Exploring Early Childhood- Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Year 12 Community and Family Studies- The labour force in Australia
- Year 12 PDHPE- The current state of health in Australia
I encourage you to have conversations with your child/children about their learning in PDHPE this term and during the year ahead. If at any time you have questions about your child’s learning in PDHPE, I encourage you to contact your child’s teacher.
As a faculty, we look forward to sharing with you some of the great things happening in our classes throughout the course of the year.
Mrs Kayla Brogan
Leader of Learning - PDHPE and the PDHPE faculty