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AC9HP2M03: Year 1 Health and Physical Education Content Descriptor – Making active choices
AC9HP2M03 Year 1 Health and Physical Education

AC9HP2M03 – Year 1 Health and Physical Education: Making active choices

Strand
Movement and physical activity
Substrand
Making active choices

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 Health and Physical Education provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

participate in a range of physical activities in natural and outdoor settings, and investigate factors and settings that make physical activity enjoyable

Elaborations

  • recognising the physical features in a range of different environments, including natural and outdoor settings, that make physical activity in these spaces enjoyable
  • participating in children's games from First Nations Australian cultures, such as Keentan played by the Kalkadoon People of the north-west central districts of Queensland, and discussing similarities with other games and activities they enjoy
  • participating in a range of minor games and exploring which ones they enjoy and what makes them enjoyable
  • comparing the characteristics and benefits of physical activities that can take place in an outdoor setting to those that take place inside

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 1 ASHPEY12
Year 1 Health and Physical Education Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 2, students explain how personal qualities contribute to identities. They describe how emotional responses affect their own and others' feelings. They demonstrate skills and describe strategies required to develop respectful relationships. Students apply protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies to keep themselves and others safe. They explain why health information is important for making choices. Students apply fundamental movement skills in different movement situations and explain how they move with objects and in space effectively. They describe factors that make physical activity beneficial. Students develop and apply rules while collaborating with others in a range of movement contexts.