Sydney Distance Education High School Preliminary Course Overview

This course makes a positive contribution to the total wellbeing of students. They develop knowledge and understanding of the value of activity, increased levels of movement skill, competence in a wide variety of sport and recreation contexts and skills in planning to be active. These and other aspects of the course enable students to adopt and maintain an active lifestyle.

Aquatics

• Aquatics Journal (Ongoing Throughout Unit) or Research Assignment
• Swimming: Stroke Features, Stroke Techniques, Survival Strokes
• Lifesaving: Water Safety, Survival Techniques, Categories of Drowning
• Rescues and Resuscitation
• Aquatic Activities: Recreation vs Competition, Benefits, Types of Aquatic Activities

Nature of Lifestyle

• Nature of Lifestyle: Lifestyle Components, Factors influencing Lifestyle
• Physical Activity: Benefits of Participation, Factors Affecting Choice
• Nutrition: Dietary Guidellines, Nutrition Exercises & Health, Nutritional Imbalance
• Drug Use: Types of Drugs, Reasons for Drug Use, Consequences of Drug Use
• Health Issues: Road Trauma, Obesity, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Skin Cancer
• Assessment Task 1: Health Issues

First Aid and Sports Injuries

• Emergency Care & DRABC ( Danger. Respond. Airway. Breathing. Circulation)
• Managing Conditions: Shock, Bleeding, Spinal, Asthma
• Managing Injuries: Fractures, Concussion, Burns, Cramp
• Sports Injuries: Prevention, Incident, Acute Phase
• Sports Injury Types and Management

• Assessment Task 2: Preliminary Examination
• Assessment Task 3: Ongoing Learning Activities

 

 

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