Health & Physical Education
Health and Physical Education at high school
In high school, the study of Health and Physical Education (Health and PE) empowers students to become confident and capable lifelong participants of healthy and active lifestyles. Students learn analytical skills (data interpretation), communication, and collaboration skills, which are transferable to the workplace and future education.
Rossmoyne Senior High School also runs a selective entry Specialist Volleyball program. The program takes local and out of bounds student applications each year. Learn more about Specialist Volleyball.
Class structure and opportunities in Physical Education
Year 7
All students take Physical Education classes twice a week.
Year 8
All students take Physical Education classes twice a week.
Students in the selective-entry Volleyball Program take Volleyball classes instead of Physical Education.
Year 9
All students take Physical Education classes twice a week.
Students in the selective-entry Volleyball Program take Volleyball classes instead of Physical Education.
Optional elective for Year 9s: Outdoor Education (two classes a week).
Year 10
All students take Physical Education classes twice a week.
Students in the selective-entry Volleyball Program take Volleyball classes instead of Physical Education.
Optional elective for Year 10s: Outdoor Education (two classes a week).
Year 11 and 12
Year 11 and 12 students may choose to study one or more of the below courses and will attend each course four times a week:
- Physical Education Studies (ATAR and General)
- Outdoor Education (General)
Class structure and opportunities in Health Education
Year 7
All students take a Health Education class once per week.
Year 8
All students take a Health Education class once per week.
Year 9
All students take a Health Education class once per week.
Year 10
All students take a Health Education class once per week for one semester only.
Year 11 and 12
Year 11 and 12 students may choose to take the ‘Health Studies (ATAR)’ course, attending this class four times a week:
Health and PE in Years 7 to 10
Health and PE coursework divided into two major strands; ‘Movement and Physical Activity’, and ‘Personal, Social and Community Health’. Learning across these two topics is broken down to three key areas.
Movement and Physical Activity
At Rossmoyne, ‘Movement and Physical Activity’ is taught within ‘Physical Education’, ‘Outdoor Education’, ‘Volleyball Specialist’, and ‘Physical Recreation’ classes.
This strand covers:
- Moving Our Body;
- Learning Through Movement; and
- Understanding Movement.
Personal, social and community health
At Rossmoyne, ‘Personal, social and community health’ is taught within ‘Health Education ‘and ‘Outdoor Education’ classes.
This strand covers:
- Being healthy, safe and active;
- Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing; and
- Contributing to health and active communities.
Health and PE in Year 11 and Year 12
Five course options for Health and PE in Year 11 and Year 12
In Year 11 and Year 12 there are four courses of Health and PE study available:
- ATAR Health Studies;
- ATAR Physical Education;
- Physical Education;
- Outdoor Education; and,
- Certificate III in Sport and Recreation.
Extracurricular opportunities in Health and PE
Beyond regular classes, Rossmoyne’s Health and PE staff also run a variety of exciting extracurricular programs including excellent opportunities for students to represent the school in interschool sport.
Optional extracurricular Health and PE activities include:
- Interschool Swimming carnivals.
- Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 Lightning Carnivals including AFL, netball, soccer, and basketball.
- Interschool Athletics (Track and Field)
- Specialist Volleyball program tournaments locally, as well as intra and interstate.
More information
Learning content and opportunities
Read about what content is covered in classes, and what opportunities are available within each Learning Area in the Curriculum Handbooks.
Curriculum in Western Australia
Read more about the curriculum in WA on the School Curriculum and Standards Authority’s webpages for Pre-primary to Year 10 and Year 11 and Year 12.