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Unit Outline
Acknowledgement of Country
We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous Elders, custodians, their descendants and kin of this land past and
present. The Centre for Aboriginal Studies aspires to contribute to positive social change for Indigenous Australians
through higher education and research.
Syllabus
This unit introduces students to the Health and Physical Education subject area as it applies to primary school
education in the Australian context. The historical development of the subject both in Australia and abroad is
explored. Students develop an appreciation for the factors, both political and societal, that dictate the relative
importance of Health and Physical Education within the school curriculum. Health promotion is emphasized as a
lifelong attribute best engendered in a holistic school, home and community approach. Physical Education topics
include motor development, skill acquisition, movement skills, components of fitness, spatial awareness and games-
based teaching models.
Introduction
This unit will introduce students to the Health and Physical Education subject area as it applies to
primary school education in the Australian context. It will include the historical development of this
subject both in Australia and overseas and students will develop an appreciation for the factors, both
political and societal, that dictate the relative importance of HPE within the school curriculum/s at any
given time.
The Health component will be discussed with strong links to the Health Promoting School model of
health education and the need to instil lifelong positive attributes in the children that are best
engendered in a holistic school, home and community approach.
The Physical Education topics will include, motor development, skill acquisition, fundamental
movement skills, essential components of fitness, spatial awareness and the TGfU / Games Sense model
for teaching games within authentic contexts.
The unit will address the need for inclusivity in Health and Physical Education and develop in
students, practical ways of approaching inclusivity in planning and implementation of lessons, including
management and safety issues. This unit emphasizes the National Graduate Teaching Standards
1.1 Physical and Social development of Primary School students
2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the Health and Phys Ed subject area.
4.4 Maintain student safety
Graduate
On successful completion of this unit students can: Attributes
addressed
1 Apply knowledge of the physical and social developmental patterns of primary school
children to create opportunities to promote personal health and physical activity
2 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the content, substance and structure of the
Health and Physical Education Primary School curriculum
3 Demonstrate safe and effective strategies to teach the Health and Physical Education
Primary School curriculum
4 Develop learning experiences and activities in Primary School Health and Physical Education
that support all students’ well-being and safety within the school, school system, curriculum
and legislative requirements
Curtin's Graduate Attributes
Find out more about Curtin's Graduate attributes at the Office of Teaching & Learning website: ctl.curtin.edu.au
Learning Activities
The Blackboard site for this unit is being shared by Regional and On-campus Students. For this reason,
you will note at the very bottom of each weekly topic within Blackboard, there will be specific tasks to be
completed and labelled as either 'Regional students' or 'On-campus students' activities. Regional
students will make use of the discussion board within Blackboard, whereas the majority of discussion for
on-campus students will occur in the workshops. On-campus students are welcome to browse the
regional student's discussion board, but please be respectful of the regional students and their tutor.
Learning Resources
Recommended texts
You do not have to purchase the following textbooks but you may like to refer to them.
l Required readings for each topic are listed in Blackboard. Each weekly topic has a heading,
'Readings', which outlines how to source them from Curtin Library eReserve (online).
There is no textbook required.
Assessment
Assessment schedule
Unit Learning
Task Value % Date Due Outcome(s)
Assessed
Lesson Plans 40 percent Week: The week for 1,2,3
Topic 5
Day: Week 5
1
Thursday 29th March
2018
Time: 23:59 WST
Report 45 percent Week: The week for 1,2,3,4
Topic 11
Day: Week 12
2
Sunday 20th May
2018
Time: 23:59 WST
eTest 15 percent Week: The week for 2
Topic 12
Day: Week 13/14
3 Sunday 27th May to
Sat 2nd June 2018
Time: Anytime during
the week
Detailed information on assessment tasks
1. Lsson Plans (2000 words plus or minus 10%) - weighted 40% of total unit mark
This includes all text (headings, in-text citations, captions and direct quotes). It excludes the reference list.
In preparation for teaching Health at different levels in Primary School you are required to develop three 55 minute
lesson plans and one assessment rubric incorporating specific Focus Areas of the HPE Australian Curriculum.
1. Lesson Plan One for Years 1/2 to address Focus Areas of Safety (S) and/or Relationships (RS).
2. Lesson Plan Two for Years 3/4 to address Focus Areas of Food and Nutrition (FN) and/or The Health Benefits of
Physical Activity (HBPA)
3. Lesson Three for Years 5/6 to address Focus Areas of Mental Health and Wellbeing (MH) and/or Relationships and
Sexuality (RS)
This is an opportunity to incorporate age appropriate health resources from a variety of sources to create lessons
that will be active, engaging and motivating for the learners. Finally, create a summative assessment rubric to be
used to assess students at the completion of one of the lessons, ensuring that each criteria is linked to the HPE
Australian Curriculum.
2. Report : Sports Day (2500 words plus or minus 10%) - weighted 45% of total unit mark
This includes all text (headings, in-text citations, captions and direct quotes). It excludes the reference list.
As a full-time teacher at a primary school in Perth, you are given the task of planning a sports and athletics day for students in
Years 1 through to Year 4. It will occur in Term 3 on the school football field, from 10am to 2pm. Each year group has 58 students,
with the number of girls and boys being fairly equal. You will have a combined minimum of 6 different sports and
athletic activities.
In total, 8 students spread through years 1 to 4 have characteristics disclosed by their parents which potentially
impact on their ability to participate:
A 400 word proposal to be sent to the school principal justifying the benefits of a sports and athletics day. Be sure to
support your arguments with reference to the readings in this unit and beyond.
A 600 word summary of how your sports and athletics day will be inclusive to all students. Again, references.
A neatly formatted timetable showing what activities are on, what time they are happening, who is supervising, who
is attending, what resources are required etc.
A 100 word (or less) explanation of each sport or athletics activity, along with identification of 1 Fundamental
Movement Skill being focused upon for each activity and 1 Australian Curriculum HPE link relevant to each activity
A 600 word discussion, with references, of safety/duty of care and behaviour management considerations
Pass requirements
Please refer to Curtin University’s Assessment and Student Progression Manual for full details of all policies and
procedures associated with assessment at Curtin. Each of your tutors and Unit Co-ordinators is obliged to observe
this policy.
Assessment and Student Progression Manual
In order to pass this unit, all assessment tasks must be submitted and an overall mark of 50% or more must be
achieved. It is not essential to pass all assessments, although the overall Unit Learning Outcomes must be achieved in
order to pass a unit.
Successful submission means that:
then all components must be provided for the assessment to be deemed as submitted. Late penalties will
apply until the complete assessment is submitted.
l The electronic file must be readable. It is a student’s responsibility to ensure that assessments are complete
and have been successfully uploaded in a readable format. You are advised to check that your file can be
opened and that all sections are present and readable. Please seek assistance if you experience technical
problems.
Students are strongly advised to ensure work is backed up to a separate, retrievable location, as extensions are
unlikely to be granted for last-minute computer failure.
Resubmissions
A student who has received a fail grade (less than 50%) for an assessment, but achieves at least 40% of the possible
mark for an assessment that was handed by the due date, will be offered the opportunity to resubmit. Please note
that:
l the maximum mark a resubmission can be awarded is 50% of the possible mark (for example, 25/50)
l only one assessment resubmission per unit is possible.
l the resubmitted work must be received by the due date.
Due dates include the standard published due dates, the resubmission due date advised by Unit Co-ordinators, and
any dates negotiated through pre-approved assessment extensions.
1. All student assessments are required to have a due date and time specified on this Unit Outline.
2. Students will be penalised by a deduction of ten percent per calendar day for a late assessment submission
(e.g. a mark equivalent to 10% of the total allocated for the assessment will be deducted from the marked
value for every day that the assessment is late). This means that an assessment worth 20 marks will have two
marks deducted per calendar day late. Hence if it was handed in three calendar days late and given a mark of
16/20, the student would receive 10/20. An assessment more than seven calendar days overdue will not be
marked and will receive a mark of 0.
Assessment extension
A student unable to complete an assessment task by/on the original published date/time (e.g. examinations, tests) or
due date/time (e.g. assignments) must apply for an assessment extension using the Assessment Extension form
(available from the Forms page at students.curtin.edu.au/administration/) as prescribed by the Academic Registrar. It
is the responsibility of the student to demonstrate and provide evidence for exceptional circumstances beyond the
student's control that prevent them from completing/submitting the assessment task.
The student will be expected to lodge the form and supporting documentation with the unit coordinator before the
assessment date/time or due date/time. An application may be accepted up to five working days after the date or
due date of the assessment task where the student is able to provide an acceptable explanation as to why he or she
was not able to submit the application prior to the assessment date. An application for an assessment extension will
not be accepted after the date of the Board of Examiners' meeting.
Please note: The School of Education manages assessment extensions through a centralised lodgement
system. All applications should be submitted to EducationStudents@curtin.edu.au
To facilitate this process and ensure you receive the outcome of your application as quickly as possible, please use
the form found in the “Help” folder of your unit’s Blackboard site. You will need to go to the Student Support Section
titled “Essential Forms, Policies and Processes”.
All assessment extensions are governed by the guidelines contained in the Curtin University Student Assessment and
Progression policy. Assessment and Student Progression Manual
Fair and Accurate Assessment
The assessment in all units is subject to stringent assessment moderation processes, whereby academic staff work
collaboratively to calibrate expectations and review a cross-section of submitted work to remain calibrated and
confer on borderline grade or failing work. In no circumstances is only one academic staff member involved in the
assessment of student work across a unit.
Any student who genuinely believes that assessed work has been unfairly or inaccurately marked, or that their final
unit grade is inappropriate, has the right to request a review of the mark or final result. If this review process is
unable to resolve the issue, a formal assessment appeal may be lodged.
It is expected that most situations will be able to be resolved without the need for a formal appeal.
l Step 1 – Initial Request for Review by marker or unit co-ordinator. This informal review will be to check that
marking was accurate and complete and may or may not involve a re-marking of the whole work. Marks
cannot be reviewed downwards as a result of this informal process.
l Step 2 – Formal Appeal. If the informal review fails to satisfy the student that their work has been fairly and
accurately assessed, a formal appeal can be lodged on the relevant form and submitted to the Head of
School. Students will be expected to provide full details of:
¡ Their perceived basis for the appeal – for example, where in their work they believe they have
demonstrated a higher level of attainment
¡ The informal review process that has been engaged in and the outcome of any dialogue with tutors
and Unit Co-ordinators.
It is important to be aware that formal assessment appeals must be lodged within ten working days of the result for
the assessment task or final grade for the unit being released. Please read the Assessment and Student Progression
Manual carefully for further information concerning appeals against assessment decisions.
Deferred assessments
If your results show that you have been granted a deferred assessment you should immediately check OASIS for
details.
Supplementary assessments
Supplementary assessments, if granted by the Board of Examiners, will have a due date or be held between
11/07/2018 and 25/07/2018 . Notification to students will be made after the Board of Examiners’ meeting via the
Official Communications Channel (OCC) in OASIS.
It is the responsibility of students to be available to complete the requirements of a supplementary assessment. If
your results show that you have been granted a supplementary assessment you should immediately check OASIS for
details.
Referencing style
The referencing style for this unit is APA 6th Ed.
More information can be found on this style from the Library web site:
http://libguides.library.curtin.edu.au/referencing.
Privacy
As part of a learning or assessment activity, or class participation, your image or voice may be recorded or
transmitted by equipment and systems operated by Curtin University. Transmission may be to other venues on
campus or to others both in Australia and overseas.
Your image or voice may also be recorded by students on personal equipment for individual or group study or
assessment purposes. Such recordings may not be reproduced or uploaded to a publically accessible web
environment. If you wish to make such recordings for study purposes as a courtesy you should always seek the
permission of those who are impacted by the recording.
Recording of classes or course materials may not be exchanged or distributed for commercial purposes, for
compensation, or for any other purpose other than personal study for the enrolled students in the unit. Breach of this
may subject a student to disciplinary action under Statute No 10 – Student Disciplinary Statute.
If you wish to discuss this please talk to your Unit Coordinator.
Copyright
The course material for this unit is provided to you for your own research and study only. It is subject to copyright. It
is a copyright infringement to make this material available on third party websites.
Additional information
Student Support
Student Support
Learning Centre
l Comprehensive support for many aspects of students’ learning is offered through face to face and online
resources via the Learning Centre
http://unilife.curtin.edu.au/learning_support/learning_centre.htm
Uni English
l This website has been designed to support students whose first language is not English. The Curtin University
Uni English website contains English language resources, activities, support information, and links to
diagnostic assessment tests.
http://unilife.curtin.edu.au/learning_support/UniEnglish.htm
Counselling
l All Curtin students are entitled to access Curtin Counseling for free, confidential and professional services. This
includes online students who may require individual counselling for personal, psychological, or study-related
issues (although please note that the counselling service is not the appropriate avenue for pursuing
assessment queries or debates). http://unilife.curtin.edu.au/health_wellbeing/counselling_services.htm
Enrolment
It is your responsibility to ensure that your enrolment is correct - you can check your enrolment through the eStudent
option on OASIS, where you can also print an Enrolment Advice.
Information on all of the above is available through the University's "Student Rights and Responsibilities" website at:
students.curtin.edu.au/rights.
Student Equity
There are a number of factors that might disadvantage some students from participating in their studies or
assessments to the best of their ability, under standard conditions. These factors may include a disability or medical
condition (e.g. mental illness, chronic illness, physical or sensory disability, learning disability), significant family
responsibilities, pregnancy, religious practices, living in a remote location or another reason. If you believe you may
be unfairly disadvantaged on these or other grounds please contact Student Equity at eesj@curtin.edu.au or go to
http://eesj.curtin.edu.au/student_equity/index.cfm for more information
You can also contact Counselling and Disability services: http://www.disability.curtin.edu.au or the Multi-faith services:
http://life.curtin.edu.au/health-and-wellbeing/about_multifaith_services.htm for further information.
It is important to note that the staff of the university may not be able to meet your needs if they are not informed of
your individual circumstances so please get in touch with the appropriate service if you require assistance. For
general wellbeing concerns or advice please contact Curtin's Student Wellbeing Advisory Service at:
http://life.curtin.edu.au/health-and-wellbeing/student_wellbeing_service.htm
To view previous student feedback about this unit, search for the Unit Summary Report at
https://evaluate.curtin.edu.au/student/unit_search.cfm. See
https://evaluate.curtin.edu.au/info/dates.cfm to find out when you can eVALUate this unit.
Program calendar
1. 26 February Topic 1:
2. 5 March Topic 2:
3. 12 March Topic 3:
4. 19 March Topic 4:
Health Education
7. 9 April Topic 6:
Skill Acquisition and
Classification in
Physical Education
8. 16 April Topic 7:
Fundamental
Movement Skills
Physical Fitness
Topic 10:
12. 14 May
Assessment in HPE and Unit
Review