Year 10 Health and Physical Education is where students start to bring everything together. In the Australian Curriculum Version 9, students deepen their understanding of health, wellbeing, respectful relationships and inclusion, while learning to judge whether health information is reliable and useful. They also analyse and improve their own movement skills, participate in physical activities that build health, wellbeing and fitness, and reflect on how fair play and ethical behaviour influence outcomes. It is a subject that feels real, active and relevant — less “just play the game” and more “understand the bigger picture while you’re in it.”
For students, Year 10 HPE is a chance to grow in confidence, leadership and self-awareness. It helps them become more capable decision-makers, stronger teammates and more thoughtful contributors to their communities. The curriculum asks students not only to participate, but to think critically, communicate well, show respect and take increasing responsibility for their own health and wellbeing — skills that matter at school, in sport, in friendships and in life beyond the school gate.
Year 10 HPE also opens the door to strong senior pathways. In Queensland, it provides a foundation for the General subjects Physical Education and Health, as well as the Applied subject Sport & Recreation; the vocational pathway Certificate III in Sport, Aquatics and Recreation can lead toward roles in sport, aquatic and recreation organisations, including pathways such as recreation officer, pool lifeguard and swim teacher. For students who continue into the senior General pathways, this learning can also suit future study or careers in areas such as exercise physiology, physiotherapy, health promotion, community health, and sport-related fields such as coaching, officiating and sports development — though some of those roles do require further tertiary study.
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In Year 10 HPE has three distinct unit foci. This is to give students an example of the type of study that is involved in each of the senior strands. This should assist students in selecting appropriate subjects in Year 11 & 12.
Unit 1: Access and Equity (Physical Education focus) Students investigate how attitudes and beliefs about equality, respect, diversity and inclusion influence participation, relationships and access to physical activity in schools and the wider community. Through practical participation, critical analysis and collaborative planning, students evaluate barriers to equitable participation and propose, implement and evaluate community-based physical activity interventions that promote improved health, fitness and wellbeing for themselves and others.
| Unit 1 Assessment Project (visual and written or visual and spoken)
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Unit 2: Transport Safety (Health Focus) Students investigate the factors that influence safe transport choices across a range of contexts, including driving, cycling, e-scooters and pedestrian safety. Using information from credible sources, students analyse transport risks, road safety issues and protective strategies to propose and justify practical actions that enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing.
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Investigation (written)
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Unit 3: Coaching & Leadership (Sport and Recreation Focus)
Students develop the knowledge and skills required to lead, coach and collaborate effectively across a range of movement contexts. Through practical coaching experiences, team challenges and reflection, students apply and evaluate leadership approaches, collaboration strategies and ethical behaviours to create positive, inclusive and effective sporting and recreational experiences for others. | Unit 3 Assessment
Project (written and performance)
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