Does this subject contribute to an ATAR? Yes (General subject)
How many credits does this subject contribute towards QCE? 4
What is Health?
Health provides students with a contextualised strengths-based inquiry of the various determinants that create and promote lifelong health, learning and active citizenship. In studying Health, students will learn about:
- resilience as a personal health resource
- peers and family as resources for healthy living
- community as a resource for healthy living
- respectful relationships in the post-schooling transition.
What makes a student suited to Health?
Students who achieve success in Health are students who are interested in exploring current health issues within local and global communities. Students need to be able to analyse data and create innovations to improve health trends concerning different focus areas.
Students should choose health if they are interested in the following fields.
- Health science
- Public Health
- Allied Health
- Nursing
- Medical Professions
What prerequisites must students meet in order to take this subject?Year 10- Minimum C Standard in Core English
Year 11- Students must have studied Year 10 Health and passed.
What is the cost of this subject?
What materials or equipment do I need for this subject?
- BYOD laptop
- A4 Exercise book (minimum 96 pages)
- Highlighters
- Glue
- Blue, black and red pens
- Ruler
What do students study in this subject and how are they assessed?
| | | Unit Overviews | Assessment |
| Year 10 | Semester 1 | Intro to salutogenic model of health OC, SJP, social determinant, enables barriers Personal Health – Nutrition Peer and Family Health – Body Image - Social cognitive theory.
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Formative intro Exam Formative Internal Assessment 1: • Investigation – analytical exposition Formative Internal Assessment 2:
• Investigation – action research
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| | Semester 2
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Community Health – Assessment Anxiety
- Diffusion of innovation model Community Health – Organ Donation - Social ecological model
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Formative Internal Assessment 3:
• Investigation – action researchFormative Internal Assessment 4:
• Examination – extended response
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| Year 11 | Unit 1 |
Resilience as a
personal health resource
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Formative internal assessment 1: 25%
• Investigation – analytical exposition (not ob7)
Formative internal assessment 2: 25%
• Examination
(not ob6)
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| | Unit 2 |
Peer and family as a
resource for healthy living (Elective topic: Alcohol) |
Formative
internal assessment 3: 25%
• Investigation — action research
(not ob7)
Formative Internal assessment 4: 25%
• Examination
(not ob6)
|
| Year 12 | Unit 3 |
Community as a
resource for health living (Elective topic: Road Safety)
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Summative internal assessment 1 (IA1): 25%
• Investigation – action research
Summative internal assessment 2 (IA2): 25%
• Examination – extended response
|
| | Unit 4 |
Respectful
relationships in the post-schooling transition
|
Summative internal assessment 3 (IA3): 25%
• Investigation – analytical exposition
Summative external assessment (EA): 25%
• Examination
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