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title: "Year 8 Health and Physical Education"
site: "Scotch Global Connect"
url: "https://global.scotch.wa.edu.au/connect/courses/year-8-health-and-pe"
description: "Students learn how to take positive action to enhance their health, safety and wellbeing"
published: "2023-10-02"
updated: "2024-02-01"
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# Year 8 Health and Physical Education

Students learn how to take positive action to enhance their health, safety and wellbeing
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## Year 8 Health and Physical Education

Course overview

## In Year 8, the content expands students' knowledge, understanding and skills to help them achieve successful outcomes in personal, social, movement and online situations. They learn how to take positive action to [enhance](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/health-and-physical-education-overview/glossary/enhance "Display the glossary entry for enhance") their health, safety and [wellbeing](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/health-and-physical-education-overview/glossary/wellbeing "Display the glossary entry for wellbeing") by applying problem-solving and effective communication skills, and through a range of [preventive health practices](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/health-and-physical-education-overview/glossary/preventive-health-practices "Display the glossary entry for preventive health practices").

Students continue to [develop](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/health-and-physical-education-overview/glossary/develop "Display the glossary entry for develop") and refine specialised movement skills and focus on developing tactical thinking skills in a range of contexts and applying them to physical activities. They have opportunities to [analyse](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/health-and-physical-education-overview/glossary/analyse "Display the glossary entry for analyse") their own and others' performance using feedback to improve body [control](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/health-and-physical-education-overview/glossary/control "Display the glossary entry for control") and coordination. They learn about health-related and skill-related components of fitness and the types of activities that improve individual aspects of fitness. The application of fair play and [ethical behaviour](https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/syllabus/health-and-physical-education-overview/glossary/ethical-behaviour "Display the glossary entry for ethical behaviour") continues to be a focus for students as they consider modified rules, scoring systems and equipment, which allows participants to enjoy physical activities and experience success. They begin to link activities and processes to the improvement of health and fitness.

## Topics

- Health and Physical Education
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