Lifestyles - Year 8

Mandatory: Yes

Duration: Full year

Description

Students undertake the Lifestyles course in their Home Groups for two 100 minute lessons per week.

The Physical Education component of this course is designed to improve skills as well as enhance participation and understanding. This is done through participating in the categories of sports: invasion, target, net and wall, striking and fielding.

The Health component provides students with the knowledge and skills to make informed choices in relation to their own and others’ physical, social and emotional well-being.

The Food component of the course allows for hands-on and real life learning. Students will understand and implement knowledge of the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating to develop balanced meals and identify gaps in diets when considering the food groups.

Areas to be covered in this course include:

• Physical Education
• Health
• Food