Health and Phyiscal Education at Yurran P-9 College is informed by the Victorian Curriculum.

Health and Physical Education helps students develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to support their own health and wellbeing and contribute positively to their communities. It encourages lifelong participation in physical activity through the development of movement skills, health literacy, and personal and social capabilities across a variety of contexts.

Aims

The Health and Physical Education curriculum will support students to:

• access, evaluate and synthesise information so that they can make informed choices and act to enhance and advocate for their own and others’ health, wellbeing, safety, and participation in physical activity across their lifespan
• develop and use physical, social, psychological and cognitive skills and strategies to promote self-identity and wellbeing, and to build and manage respectful relationships
• acquire, apply and evaluate movement skills, concepts and strategies to respond confidently, competently and creatively in various physical activity settings
• engage in and enjoy regular movement-based learning experiences and understand and appreciate their significance to personal, social, cultural, environmental and health practices and outcomes
• engage in and create opportunities for regular physical activity, as individuals and for the communities to which they belong, which can enhance fitness, movement performance and wellbeing