Planning, programming and assessing PDHPE 7–10
Resources to help you plan, program and assess PDHPE from Years 7–10.
Year 7–10 courses
The aim of PDHPE 7–10 is to empower students with the essential knowledge, understanding, skills, values and attitudes to promote wellbeing and lead a safe, active and healthy life.
Mandatory PDHPE
To meet the mandatory curriculum requirements for students by the end of Year 10, schools must timetable 300 hours of PDHPE to be studied substantially throughout each of Years 7–10.
- PDHPE 7–10 Syllabus (2024) – implementation from 2027
- PDHPE K–10 Syllabus (2018)
Elective courses
Students can also study other elective NESA content endorsed courses (CEC) in the PDHPE key learning area.
PDHPE 7–10 Syllabus (2024)
The Personal Development Health and Physical Education 7–10 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented in 2027.
- 2025 and 2026 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
- 2027 – Start teaching new syllabus.
There are a range of implementation models (see Models of curriculum implementation – secondary). The department recommends a staggered implementation to ensure continuity of learning for Years 7 to 10. It is recommended for the PDHPE 7–10 (2024) syllabus that:
- in 2025 and 2026, teachers will engage with the syllabus, and plan and prepare for the implementation of the curriculum
- in 2027, implementation commences in schools for Year 7 and Year 9
- in 2028, implementation commences in schools for Year 8 and Year 10.
Further information for school leaders supporting the implementation of the PDHPE 7-10 Syllabus (2024) is available.
Microlearning
This series of microlearning modules contains information and activities to develop teacher awareness and capacity for planning and implementing the syllabus.
Access the PDHPE 7–10 microlearning (staff only) on MyPL.
Teaching and learning resources
The following resources have been developed to assist teachers in creating learning that is contextualised to their classroom. They can be used as a basis for the teacher’s own program, assessment, or scope and sequence, or as an example of how the PDHPE 7–10 Syllabus (2024) could be implemented. Teachers should adapt resources to best suit their students' diverse needs.
Year 7 resources
The following sample program, slide deck and assessment task resources have been developed in alignment with the Stage 4 sample scope and sequence.
This program introduces Year 7 students to a variety of territory games. Students will learn how to create and use space, make effective passes, and work as a team in offense and defence.
Program – mastering space in territory games: practical program (DOCX 3.3 MB)
This program helps students explore the changes occurring in their lives including social, emotional and physical changes. Students will learn about strategies to support their health and wellbeing during times of change and supports that are available.
This teaching program uses games to help students improve their skills in net and court games, like tennis. It focuses on making sure everyone can participate through fun, modified activities and smaller matches. Students have time to discuss strategies, and teachers will check how well they're doing with movement and self-management skills.
Program – net game skills: serve, smash, score: practical program (DOCX 3.3 MB)
Year 9 resources
The following sample program, slide deck and assessment task resources have been developed in alignment with the Stage 5 sample scope and sequence.
This practical program allows Year 9 students to learn about the importance of physical activity and its role in lifelong health and wellbeing.
Further resources
For more resources to support PDHPE 7–10, access the following sections of the department's website.
PDHPE K–10 Syllabus (2018)
Sample units, assessments and teaching and learning activities
Stage 4 and 5 resources can be adapted by teachers to suit the individual needs of their students. Use the sample units, assessments and teaching and learning activities in our catalogue to plan and deliver PDHPE. They are suitable for the PDHPE K–10 syllabus (2018)
Units and learning sequences
- Moving through food (DOCX 290 KB)
- Understanding cultural difference: Aboriginal cultures and their games (DOCX 65 KB)
- Your body is a wonderland – unit (DOCX 76 KB)
- Your body is a wonderland – teacher resource booklet (DOCX 71 KB)
- Stronger together – unit (DOCX 59 KB)
- Stronger together – assessment task (DOCX 45 KB)
- Stronger together – sample resources (DOCX 49 KB)
- Dance (DOCX 164 KB)
- Getting to know games (DOCX 67 KB)
- Net and court games (DOCX 68 KB)
- Pass it on – invasion games (DOCX 54 KB)
- Moving in time (DOCX 50 KB)
- On target (DOCX 80 KB)
- Skills and strategies for striking/fielding games (DOCX 664 KB)
Assessments
- Overarm throw Stage 4 peer assessment (DOCX 568 KB)
- Solving a tactical problem – invasion games Stage 4 assessment task (DOCX 62 KB)
- Two handed strike peer and self assessment Stage 4 (DOCX 121 KB)
- Decision making in net/wall games Stage 4 assessment task (DOCX 49 KB)
- Game skill execution Stage 4 peer assessment task – Stage 4 (DOCX 48 KB)
- Using space in striking fielding games Stage 4 assessment task (DOCX 68 KB)
Teaching and learning activities
- Be the food graph (DOCX 254 KB)
- Be the healthy food plate (DOCX 1.1 MB)
- Being an upstander to bullying: support for everyone (DOCX 123 KB)
- Upstander behaviour (DOCX 448 KB)
- Stairs to inclusivity (DOCX 388 KB)
- Developing relationship skills (DOCX 53 KB)
- Speed dating STIs (DOCX 49 KB)
- Taking the SOLE out of stereotypes (DOCX 51 KB)
- True stories (DOCX 55 KB)
- Cooperative learning (DOCX 48 KB)
- Numbers (DOCX 51 KB)
- Positive connections (DOCX 63 KB)
Units and learning sequences
Teaching and learning activities
Contact
- Join the PDHPE statewide staffroom (staff only) on Microsoft Teams for expert advice, resources and professional learning.
- Email the PDHPE team at PDHPE.curriculum@det.nsw.edu.au.