Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Life Skills Stage 6 Syllabus (2007)
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Life Skills supports the education of Stage 6 students with intellectual disability. Learn more about PDHPE Life Skills, access syllabus information and teaching and learning support materials.
New syllabus implemented from 2025
The new Health and Movement Science Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2023) is to be implemented from 2025.
2025, Term 1
- Start teaching Health and Movement Science Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2023) for Year 11 students.
- Continue to teach the Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Life Skills Stage 6 Syllabus (2007) for Year 12.
2025, Term 4
- Start teaching Health and Movement Science Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2023) for Year 12 students.
Detailed implementation information, including key features and resources, is available on the PDHPE Stage 6 syllabus development page.
About the course
The course emphasises effective management of a range of personal health issues that are important in daily life. The course will help students to engage in a range of leisure activities that will enhance their post-school life as well as providing students with experiences and information to enable them to engage in outdoor activities as a participant or spectator.
The Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) Life Skills Stage 6 course focuses on the development of the values and attitudes, knowledge, understanding and skills that will enable students to lead safe, healthy, active and productive lives.
The course emphasises effective management of a range of personal health issues that are important in daily life. Students can develop a broad understanding of the importance of health practices that enable them to lead healthy lifestyles. They have the opportunity to participate in activities that enhance their ability to engage appropriately in a variety of interpersonal relationships. Students' effective participation in post-school environments will be supported by the development of skills in safe living practices. The course helps students to engage in leisure activities that enhance their post-school life as well as providing students with experiences and information to enable them to engage in outdoor activities as a participant or spectator.
The structure of the PDHPE Life Skills course allows teachers to provide a broad and balanced program that reflects the needs of individual students within the context of the collaborative curriculum planning process. Students may study outcomes and content from one or more of the following modules:
- Growth and Development
- Developing and Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle
- Interpersonal Relationships
- Safe Living
- Leisure
- Outdoor Recreation.
Teachers design a program based on the selected syllabus outcomes and appropriate to the students' priorities, needs and interests.
Board Developed Course
Course number(s):
- 16620 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
- 16620 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
Eligibility: Life Skills Eligibility
Study via self-tuition: No
Exclusions:
- 11300 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (2 units – Preliminary)
- 15320 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (2 units – HSC)
On entering students for the PDHPE Life Skills Stage 6 course, the principal is certifying that the student is eligible and the decision is the result of the collaborative curriculum planning process.
Students are expected to address or achieve one or more of the PDHPE Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes. They need not address or complete all of the content to demonstrate achievement of an outcome.
The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.
Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:
What are Life Skills courses
All students are entitled to participate in and progress through the curriculum. Life Skills courses provide course options for students with intellectual disability or imputed intellectual disability in Years 11–12 who cannot access related general education courses.
Students with disability can access syllabus outcomes and content in a range of ways, including through a range of adjustments to teaching, learning and assessment activities. Decisions regarding curriculum options should be made in the context of collaborative curriculum planning.
Assessment support and advice
Teaching and learning support
The Life Skills outcomes worksheet can be used to collect information on the outcomes that a student has achieved before recording them in Schools Online.
PDHPE Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes worksheet (DOCX 28.47KB)
Read more about supporting students with special education needs.