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Year 10 Health and Physical Education in the Australian Curriculum

19 content descriptions from Version 9.0. Choose "Plan this" to open a lesson plan set up for that content description.

Content descriptions

Personal, social and community health

Identities and change

  • AC9HP10P01

    analyse factors that shape identities and evaluate how individuals influence the identities of others

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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  • AC9HP10P02

    refine, evaluate and adapt strategies for managing changes and transitions

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  • AC9HP10P03

    investigate how gender equality and challenging assumptions about gender can prevent violence and abuse in relationships

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Interacting with others

  • AC9HP10P04

    evaluate the influence of respect, empathy, power and coercion on establishing and maintaining respectful relationships

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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  • AC9HP10P05

    propose strategies and actions individuals and groups can implement to challenge biases, stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination, and promote inclusion in their communities

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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  • AC9HP10P06

    evaluate emotional responses in different situations to refine strategies for managing emotions

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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  • AC9HP10P07

    examine how strategies, such as communicating choices, seeking, giving and denying consent, and expressing opinions and needs can support the development of respectful relationships, including sexual relationships

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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Making healthy and safe choices

  • AC9HP10P08

    plan, rehearse and evaluate strategies for managing situations where their own or others’ health, safety or wellbeing may be at risk

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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  • AC9HP10P09

    critique health information, services and media messaging about relationships, lifestyle choices, health decisions and behaviours to evaluate their influence on individual attitudes and actions

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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  • AC9HP10P10

    plan, justify and critique strategies to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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Movement and physical activity

Moving our bodies

  • AC9HP10M01

    analyse, adapt and refine their own and others’ movement skills in a range of challenging movement situations to enhance performance

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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  • AC9HP10M02

    create and refine movement strategies to achieve successful outcomes across a range of challenging movement situations

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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  • AC9HP10M03

    apply movement concepts in new or challenging movement situations and analyse the impact each concept has on movement outcomes

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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Making active choices

  • AC9HP10M04

    participate in physical activities designed to enhance health, wellbeing and fitness, and design, apply and evaluate strategies for incorporating these activities into their lives

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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  • AC9HP10M05

    participate in physical activities that promote health and social outcomes to design and evaluate participation strategies for themselves and others

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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  • AC9HP10M06

    design, implement and evaluate personalised plans for improving or maintaining their own or others’ physical activity levels to achieve fitness, health and wellbeing outcomes

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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Learning through movement

  • AC9HP10M07

    transfer and adapt skills and strategies from previous experiences to create successful outcomes in unfamiliar movement situations

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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  • AC9HP10M08

    demonstrate fair play and reflect on how ethical behaviour can influence physical activity outcomes for individuals and groups

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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  • AC9HP10M09

    devise, implement and refine strategies for decision-making when working in groups or teams that demonstrate leadership and collaboration skills

    Written for Years 9 and 10

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Other Year 10 learning areas

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What do students learn in Year 10 Health and Physical Education?
The Australian Curriculum v9 has 19 Health and Physical Education content descriptions for Year 10 (some are written for a band of years: Years 9 and 10). They are listed on this page with their codes.
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