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Alistair Corry
Health & Physical Education
Learning Area Leader
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The Health and Physical Education Department Outdoor and Environmental Science students were
prides itself on developing curriculum that exposed to a wide variety of activities outside
engages and challenges students across all of the classroom including kayaking, mountain
year levels. The VCAA handed down new study biking, rock climbing, surfing, and bushwalking.
HEAL
designs for our Health and Human Development, The highlight for many students was the trip to Mt
Outdoor and Environmental Science, and Physical Buller to participate in cross-country skiing and
Education subjects. downhill skiing, which gave them an opportunity to
experience the different ways that people interact
This saw the introduction of some new topics into with an alpine environment.
each subject. One rewarding change came from
the Physical Education study design that allows Thanks to all the HPE students this year who
more time for students to participate in practical showed such great enthusiasm and interest as
learning experiences than they did previously. they tried new things and learnt new skills.
The Year 10s experienced an opportunity to attend Our results are only as successful as they are
the Body World exhibition held at Melbourne through your hard work and dedication.
Museum. The exhibition is the most visited health Thank you also to all HPE staff. You give up
exhibition in the world and gives insight into
so much of your free time to take students on
the complex nature of the human body. There excursions and go away on camp. I look forward to
were roughly 150 different specimens on display
working with everyone in 2019.
showing the students a range of information about
the nervous and muscular systems. It also gave the
students insight into how vital organs are affected
by disease.
The Year 12 Physical Education course created
a new relationship with MET’s Performance
Consulting who were brought in to the school
to run a VO2 Max session with the students to
discuss the effects of oxygen consumption and
fatigue of the body in response to exercise.

TH & PE

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