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Physical Education Stage 1
Subject outline

Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024.
Accredited in November 2017 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2019. Refer to subject changes.

Stage 1 | Subject outline | Capabilities | Intercultural understanding

Intercultural understanding

In this subject students extend and apply their intercultural understanding capability by, for example:

  • understanding that participation and performance of physical activities is a global endeavour with significant contributions from diverse cultures
  • respecting how different cultural or religious beliefs may influence how people participate in physical activities
  • identifying how social and cultural factors may encourage or inhibit participation in physical activities
  • participating in physical activities to investigate how social and cultural factors affect or are influenced by participation
  • understanding how physical activities can contribute to Reconciliation actions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.