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Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE)

The Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) faculty at Inverell High School offers several courses including the mandatory Year 7 - 10 PDHPE course which examines a range of issues including relationships, self-improvement, discrimination, drug issues, physical activity and movement skills, to name a few.

Stage 5

Students are also able to specialise in Physical Education by selecting the elective Physical Activity and Sport Studies (PASS) course in Year 9 & 10. Areas of study include:
  • anatomy
  • recreation
  • fitness
  • human movement
  • coaching and
  • issues in sport.

Stage 6

PDHPE can also be studied in Stage 6 (Year 11 & 12) with two courses being offered:

  1. The 2 Unit PDHPE course which include the following areas of study:

    Preliminary

    • Meanings Of Health
    • Better Health For Individual
    • The Body In Motion
    and options such as first aid, fitness choices and outdoor recreation.

    HSC

    • Health Priorities in Australia
    • Factors Affecting Performance
    and options such as sports medicine, improving performance and sports and physical activity in Australian society.

  2. A Board of Studies content endorsed course in Sport, Lifestlye and Recreation (SLR) which is a more practical based course involving modules such as:
    • first aid and sports injuries
    • games and sports applications
    • aquatics
    • social perspectives of games and sport.