PD/H/PE

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education is one of eight key learning areas that compromise the secondary curriculum at Bellingen High School. Personal Development, Health and Physical Education, more directly than any other key learning area, is concerned with the development of the whole person.

The Personal Development, Health and Physical Education syllabus offers learning opportunities which will enable students to make better informed choices about health matters, leading to individual action and participation in community initiatives.

It is concerned with improving the health of both the individual and the community through the involvement of students in the processes of investigation, communication, analysis, decision making and values formation.

The syllabus is distinctive in that it draws all the curriculum areas of the key learning area together into one comprehensive course. It represents an integrated approach to Personal Development and Health Education, in recognizing that both curriculum areas assist students to develop a sense of personal worth, build and maintain positive relationships and act responsibly as individuals and as members of society. The syllabus also recognizes the role that Physical Education plays in supporting and extending learning in Personal Development and Health Education.

Physical Education is concerned with the promotion of fitness and skilled movements as an important means of developing and maintaining healthy lifestyles. In this way, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education syllabus provides a unique opportunity for students to investigate all factors that impact on the management of personal and community health.

The syllabus is designed for all students in Years 11 and 12 proceeding to the Higher School Certificate Examination.

Year 11 PD/H/PE can undertake an elective for First Aid and Sports Injuries. Apart from covering the work for the HSC, students can choose to incorporate this with the Royal lifesaving Society First Aid course. This is valid for 3 years and is work cover approved.