Overview
Health and Physical Education aims to enable students to:
- access, evaluate and synthesise information to make informed choices and act to enhance and advocate for their own and others' health, wellbeing, safety and physical activity participation
- develop and use personal, social and cognitive skills and strategies to promote self-identity and wellbeing, and to build and manage respectful relationships
- acquire, apply and evaluate movement skills, concepts and strategies to respond confidently, competently and creatively in various physical activity settings
- engage in and create opportunities for regular physical activity participation as individuals and for the communities to which they belong
- analyse how varied and changing personal and contextual factors shape opportunities for health and physical activity.
Subjects Offered
Innisfail State College has a wide variety of HPE subjects on offer for all students from years 7-12. The following subjects are offered by the HPE department. The junior and senior subject selection books provide further information on HPE subjects.
Additional opportunities:
- · Innisfail State College Major Carnivals- Athletics, Swimming and Cross Country
- · Rugby League programs for Boys and Girls.
- · Volleyball and basketball clubs.
- · Numerous sporting competitions across a range of sports.
- · Coaching and refereeing accreditations.
Head of Department
Ms Melenie Urquhart
murqu11@eq.edu.au