Year 8 Health & PE — AC v9
All 19 content descriptions for Year 8 Health & PE in the Australian Curriculum Version 9, grouped by strand — each one links to its own page, and TeachKoala can turn any of them into a complete lesson (your first is free).
Achievement standard (what coverage means)
- •They analyse how stereotypes, respect, empathy and valuing diversity influence relationships.
- •Students analyse the effectiveness of assertive communication strategies, protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies applied online and offline.
- •They implement and evaluate the effectiveness of movement strategies on movement outcomes.
- •By the end of Year 8, students analyse factors that influence identities, emotions and responses to change, and describe strategies to respond to these influences.
- •Students propose and evaluate strategies designed to achieve personal health, fitness and wellbeing outcomes.
- •Students apply and transfer movement skills and movement concepts across a range of situations.
- •They select, use and refine strategies to support inclusion, fair play and collaboration across a range of movement contexts.
- •They analyse health information and messages to propose strategies that enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing.
- AC9HP8M01analyse, refine and transfer movement skills in a variety of movement situations
- AC9HP8M02design and demonstrate how movement strategies can be manipulated to improve movement outcomes
- AC9HP8M03demonstrate and explain how movement concepts related to effort, space, time, objects and people can be manipulated to improve movement outcomes
- AC9HP8M04participate in physical activities designed to improve fitness and wellbeing to investigate the impact of regular participation on health, fitness and wellbeing
- AC9HP8M05participate in physical activities that utilise community spaces and outdoor settings, and evaluate strategies to support increased use of these spaces
- AC9HP8M06design and justify strategies to increase physical activity levels to achieve health and wellbeing outcomes
- AC9HP8M07propose and evaluate movement strategies and skills that would be most effective in different movement situations
- AC9HP8M08investigate modifications to equipment, rules and scoring systems that support fair play and inclusive participation
- AC9HP8M09practise and apply leadership, collaboration and group decision-making processes when participating in a range of physical activities
- AC9HP8P01analyse and reflect on the influence of values and beliefs on the development of identities
- AC9HP8P02analyse the impact of changes and transitions, and devise strategies to support themselves and others through these changes
- AC9HP8P03examine how roles, decision-making, and levels of power, coercion and control within relationships can be influenced by gender stereotypes
- AC9HP8P04examine the roles of respect, empathy, power and coercion in developing respectful relationships
- AC9HP8P05investigate strategies that influence how communities value diversity and propose actions they can take to promote inclusion in their communities
- AC9HP8P06analyse factors that influence emotional responses and devise strategies to self-manage emotions
- AC9HP8P07explain and apply skills and strategies to communicate assertively and respectfully when seeking, giving or denying consent
- AC9HP8P08refine protective behaviours and evaluate community resources to seek help for themselves and others
- AC9HP8P09investigate how media and influential people impact attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours in relation to health, safety, relationships and wellbeing
- AC9HP8P10plan and implement strategies, using health resources, to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing
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The Year 8 Health & PE planning scaffold
A one-page planning sheet with the official achievement standard, every content description grouped by strand, and space for your assessment and week-by-week sequence. Print it and plan on paper, or use it as the skeleton for a unit.
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