Notice information
- Topic
- Curriculum
- Learning Area
- PDHPE
- Stages
- Early Stage 1 (Kindergarten), Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2), Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4), Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6), Stage 4 (Years 7 and 8), Stage 5 (Years 9 and 10)
Official notice
New Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) K-10 Syllabus
The new Personal Development, Health and Physical Education(PDHPE) K–10 syllabus is now available for download (as a PDF or Word document) from the NESA website.
- Effective
- Term 1, 2019
- Reference
- NESA 25/18
Who needs to read this?
- Principals
- Deputy Principals
- Assistant Principals
- Curriculum co-ordinators
- Release from Face-to-Face Teachers
- Specialist K–6 Personal Development, Health and Physical EducationTeachers
- K–6 Classroom Teachers
- PDHPE Head Teachers
- PDHPE Teachers
In 2018 schools will continue to deliver the current:
- Personal Development, Health and Physical Education K–6 syllabus (Published March 1999, updated 2014)
- Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Years 7–10syllabus (Published 2003, updated 2015).
Implementation of the new K–10 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education syllabus(2017) is as follows:
Year | K–6 | 7–10 |
|---|---|---|
2018 | Planning and familarisation | Planning and familarisation |
2019 | Optional implementation K–6 | Implementation Year 7 and Year 9 |
2020 | Implementation K–6 | Implementation Years 7-10 |
Key features of the new syllabus include:
- five propositions that guide teaching, learning and assessment
- three strands; Health, Wellbeing and Relationships, Movement Skill and Performance and Healthy Safe and Active Lifestyles
- three skill domains; self-management, interpersonal and movement
- key inquiry questions
- a reduction in the number of outcomes.
For more information, contact:
curriculum@nesa.nsw.edu.au