NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre
Term 3, 2012
PDHPE 7-12 E-newsletter
This issue…
Australian Curriculum
Australian Curriculum
The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical
Education has been released by ACARA. This sets the broad
direction for the writing of the Australian Curriculum for Health and
Physical Education. Thank you to all teachers who participated in
our consultation process. The advisory group for the writing phase
has been announced and writers will be engaged to start the writing
process. View the latest details here
Board of Studies NSW
Bus safety resource
PDHPE Teachers' Association
Annual Conference
Exchange Opportunity for a 712 PDHPE teacher
Apps for use in PDHPE
We Create awards
Passenger and Driver
Education: Stage 5 and
Crossroads workshops
Changes from the Board of Studies NSW
1. A new Child Studies Content Endorsed Course for Stage 5 will
be available for implementation from 2013. Contact
Stan.Browne@bos.nsw.edu.au for more information.
2. The Record of School Achievement (RoSA) is the new credential
for students leaving after Year 10 and before they receive the
Higher School Certificate. View here
3. Reminder about updated guidelines for basic life suppport.
DRSABC replaces DRABC. View full changes here
Quick links …
PDHPE home page
Bus safety resource
Road Safety Education
NSW Board of Studies
ACARA - HPE
Drug Prevention Programs
My PL@Edu
School Sport Unit
Regional websites
Bus safety issues at your school?
This resource provides teaching and
learning activities for students in
Stage 3 and Stage 4 supporting the
Personal Development, Health and
Physical Education K-6 and 7-10
Syllabuses. This online resource
aims to increase bus safety
awareness for students. View here
PDHPE Teachers' Association Annual State Conference
The conference will be held at Tamworth Regional Entertainment
and Convention Centre on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th October,
2012. Registration and workshop proposals are open. This is a
great opportunity to attend professional learning and network with
colleagues. Access the PDHPE Teachers' Association website for
more information.
Contact us:
Apps for use in PDHPE
@HPE_CLIC
Our ICT in PDHPE section of the website includes an overview of
popular Apps teachers of PDHPE are using in their classrooms.
View here
http://hpeclic.wordpress.com/
Exciting Exchange Opportunity for a 7-12 PDHPE teacher
Email
PDHPE.Unit@det.nsw.edu.au
An exciting opportunity currently exists to exchange to an
International School in Germany. Ideally this would be for a family
or for a single person with a home to swap for the duration of the
exchange but all enquiries would be welcome.This exchange is for
either January to December 2013 or July 2013 to June 2014.
Sharon Starkey, Senior
Curriculum Support Officer, K12 Health and PE
P: 9886 7684
E:Sharon.Starkey@det.nsw.edu
.au
Interested teachers should contact either Tracy Davies or Janice
Cherubini on (02) 42249085.
View detailed information on Exchange Teaching here
We Create awards
Renee West, Senior Curriculum
Support Officer, K-12 Health
and PE
This year there are great opportunities for your students to explore
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education in the
WeCreate challenges:
P: 9886 7515
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eFilm – diversity and understanding
E:Renee.West@det.nsw.edu.au

eProfile – an influential individual

eGame – any theme from 2012 studies

blogED – educational discussion and sharing
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The eProfile challenge is to create an informative and motivating
eProfile about an inspirational person such as an athlete, coach,
dancer – just in time for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
eGame is a fun way of students showing their comprehension on
any subject by creating a digital game for other students using any
software. This could range from how to pay a particular sport, an
aspect of nutrition, how a part of the body functions, healthy choices
or relationships.
For further info acess: www.wecreate.nsw.edu.au
Passenger and Driver Education: Stage 5 and Crossroads
workshops
These workshops provide support for teaching and learning of
passenger and driver education as part of Stage 5 PDHPE and the
Stage 6 Crossroads course. This workshop is particularly useful for
schools that use outside providers or attend external programs to
support driver education.
Register at MyPL@Edu
Course title: Passenger and Driver Education: Stage 5 PDHPE and
Stage 6 Crossroads. Course Code: NR03817
HPE Communication
The Health and Physical Education team is using social media to
keep in touch with teachers, researchers and worldwide
organisations. Interact with us at:
Our blog
@HPE_CLIC
Email
PDHPE.Unit@det.nsw.edu.au