Years 1-10 syllabuses

Years 1–9 Health and Physical Education assessments

This page contains past curriculum documents. For current curriculum resources, visit the P–10 Australian Curriculum section.

Year 1: Getting on together
Image source: Camera by bionicteaching / CC BY-NC 2.0
Description:
Children reflect on ways to interact fairly and respectfully through roleplay and discussion.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 689 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Observation record
- Student booklet
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- Getting on together: Year 1 HPE assessment (ZIP, 4224 kB)
Year 2: Personal hygiene plan
Description:
Students create and explain a collage of a personal hygiene plan.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 503 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Observation record
- Sample response
- Student booklet
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- Personal hygiene plan: Year 2 HPE assessment (ZIP, 4115 kB)
Year 2: Throwing and catching
Description:
Students demonstrate and reflect on the basic principles of throwing and catching in simple combinations.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 1545 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Observation record
- Sample response
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- Throwing and catching: Year 2 HPE assessment (ZIP, 6187 kB)
Year 2: Travelling and balancing
Description:
Students explore ways of travelling and balancing by varying their bases of support and use of space.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 1793 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Observation record
- Sample response
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- Travelling and balancing: Year 2 HPE assessment (ZIP, 6482 kB)
Year 3: Active and healthy lifestyle plan
Description:
Students develop a poster to present and explain an active and healthy lifestyle plan.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 504 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Sample response
- Student booklet
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- Active and healthy lifestyle plan: Year 3 HPE assessment (ZIP, 4020 kB)
Year 3: Bouncing balls
Description:
Students participate in and reflect on ball-control drills to develop locomotor and manipulation skills for future physical activity and wellbeing.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 1050 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Sample response
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- Bouncing balls: Year 3 HPE assessment (ZIP, 4946 kB)
Year 3: The great tuckshop challenge
Description:
Students identify healthy foods using “Smart Choices” and plan a healthy lunch.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 505 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
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- The great tuckshop challenge: Year 3 HPE assessment (ZIP, 7016 kB)
Year 3: Transport safety test
Description:
Students analyse a transport scene to identify risks and suggest alternative behaviours.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 1576 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
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- Transport safety test: Year 3 HPE assessment (ZIP, 7084 kB)
Years 4 & 5: Buddy games
Description:
Students design or adapt a minor game for Year three level, explaining how to play it and reflecting on how well it was played.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 503 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
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- Buddy games: Years 4 & 5 HPE assessment (ZIP, 5851 kB)
Year 6: The world game
Description:
Students will set personal skill development and activity goals in a team game, choosing and applying strategies to reach these goals.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 726 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
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- The world game: Year 6 HPE assessment (ZIP, 0 kB)
Years 6 & 7: Team handball
Image source: Handball 2 by Comodoro Deportes / CC BY 2.0
Description:
Students develop and apply strategies to improve a handball skill and increase their level of participation.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 932 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
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- Team handball: Years 6 & 7 HPE assessment (ZIP, 5902 kB)
Year 9: Farm to feast 1 investigation
Description:
Students investigate factors that influence what happens to food from the farm to the consumer.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 504 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Sample response
- Student booklet
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- Farm to feast 1 investigation: Year 9 HPE assessment (ZIP, 7474 kB)
Year 9: Farm to feast 2 action plan
Description:
Students formulate a plan of action to enable consumers to make healthy food choices.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 431 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Sample response
- Student booklet
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- Farm to feast 2 action plan: Year 9 HPE assessment (ZIP, 5505 kB)
Year 9: Farm to feast 3 media report
Description:
Students present a media report discussing health promotion action to ensure positive health outcomes on food choices and eating behaviours.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 499 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Sample response
- Student booklet
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- Farm to feast 3 media report: Year 9 HPE assessment (ZIP, 5190 kB)
Year 9: Health advertisement critique
Description:
Students analyse a health advertisement and write a critique about it's effectiveness.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 497 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Sample response
- Student booklet
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- Health advertisement critique: Year 9 HPE assessment (ZIP, 5648 kB)
Year 9: Team games — Touch
Description:
Students participate in Touch, applying and reflecting on specialised movement skills, tactics and teamwork.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 521 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Sample response
- Student booklet
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- Team games — Touch: Year 9 HPE assessment (ZIP, 5707 kB)
Year 9: Volleyball
Image source: Volleyball-18 by Tulane Public Relations / CC BY-NC 2.0
Description:
Students play and reflect on volleyball, applying specialised movements, tactics and teamwork.
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 513 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Volleyball: Year 9 HPE assessment (ZIP, 0 kB)