HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Kingaroy State High School boasts extensive outdoor courts and fields, close access to the town pool and a state of the art indoor sports facility. The Health and Physical Education key learning area is fully implemented in the Junior school with the emphasis on outcomes based learning. A wide range of Senior Authority and Authority registered subjects ensure all student needs are catered for.

Health and Physical Education in the Junior school involves students in learning about, and practising ways of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The subject recognises the importance of participation in physical activity as a medium for learning about health, acquiring motor skills, and enhancing personal development.

Year 8

All year 8 students participate in HPE KLA units in Food and Nutrition and Personal Development as part of their Home Economics subject. In the subject HPE, they participate in fitness testing, evaluation and reporting, sun and water safety, swimming, athletics, and ball skills.

Year 9 – Sem. 1 Year 10

All students cycle through a range of physical activities including Volleyball and/or Softball, Cricket and/or Tennis, Touch and/or Soccer, Netball and/or Basketball, Athletics, Dance and/or Gymnastics. They also participate in units in Health and Nutrition, Drug Education, Healthy Lifestyle and Personal Development.

Sem. 2 Year 10

In Semester 2 year 10, students may choose elective subjects including an introduction subject to each of the Senior Subject offerings in the HPE Department

Senior Subjects

HEALTH EDUCATION (Authority Subject)

Health Education is concerned with the development of knowledge, attitudes, values and skills needed to promote health and to assist people to reach their health potential. It includes studies of:
- Social view of Health
- Risk taking and Sexual Health
- Risk taking, Alcohol and Drug abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Communicable diseases, Body piercing & Tattooing – Hepatitis C
- Sun Safety
- Health of Rural Dwellers
- Health of Specific Populations (student choice)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION (Authority Subject)

Physical Education involves students learning in, about and through physical activity. The course focuses on the wider social attitudes to and understandings of physical activity and to students increasing their own physical capabilities. Units include:
- Volleyball
- Motor Learning
- Touch
- Sexploitation in Sport
- Lifesaving
- Energy Systems
- Tennis
- Training Principles
- Biomechanics
- Performance Capacities
- Sport Psychology
- Commodification of Sport

PHYSICAL RECREATION (Registered Subject)

Physical Recreation provides an opportunity for students to experience the challenge and fun of active participation in physical activity, while developing skills necessary to and beneficial for living. It encourages students to continue to use leisure time in active and constructive ways, make a contribution to their local communities and allows them to exploit their recreational interests. Sample program:

- Archery
- Body Systems
- Futsal
- First Aid / Sports Medicine
- Softball
- Fitness Testing
- Weight Training
- Training Programs
- Aquatics
- Risk taking
- Alcohol
- Badminton
- Coaching
- Lawn Bowls
- Lifestyle Diseases
- Indoor Rock Climbing
- Sport Safety

SPORT EXTENSION (Registered Subject)

Sport Extension encourages students’ constructive use of leisure time and will focus more specifically on students’ chosen sport. It is aimed towards talented performers with a high level of fitness and competence at a particular sport who are highly motivated to perform to their maximum potential. Students can specialise in their chosen sport, developing their playing skills further, increasing their range of competencies, and gaining recognised qualifications in areas such as coaching, sports administration, first aid and sports medicine. Theory units include:
- Fitness and Conditioning for Sport
- Nutrition for the Athlete
- Sports Medicine and First Aid
- Laws and Refereeing/Umpiring
- Training principles, methods and programs
- Coaching Principles (Level 1)
- Sport Psychology
- Career Pathways in Sport

Students making use of the new climbing wall in the Indoor Sports Hall