Physical Education Studies learning area contacts:

• ATAR

  The Board of the Authority, at its meeting held on Tuesday 21 May 2024, endorsed the revised Year 12 ATAR Physical Education Studies syllabus, including the replacement of the practical (performance) examination with a school-based practical external assessment process, to be implemented for Year 12 in 2025. See the School-based practical external assessment (SPEA) material accordion below.

  
  Physical Education Studies contributes to the development of students’ physical, social and emotional growth. In the Physical Education Studies ATAR course students learn about physiological, psychological and biomechanical principles, and apply these to analyse and improve personal and group performances in physical activities. Throughout the course, students learn through integrated written, oral and active learning experiences. The course also provides students with opportunities to develop skills that will enable them to pursue personal interests and potential in physical activity as athletes, coaches, officials, administrators and/or volunteers.

  Syllabus

  • ATAR Year 11 Syllabus – For teaching from 2026 (621.2 KB)Last updated: 31 Jul 2026 2:37pmAlso available in Word Format (395.8 KB)
  • ATAR Year 12 Syllabus – For teaching from 2025 (600.6 KB)Last updated: 31 Jul 2026 2:38pmAlso available in Word Format (400.5 KB)

  What's changing

  • ATAR Year 12 What's changing - General capabilities (406.5 KB)Last updated: 30 Sep 2025 1:14pmAlso available in Word Format (316.1 KB)
  • ATAR Year 12 What's changing - Rationale and Aims (394.1 KB)Last updated: 30 Sep 2025 1:14pmAlso available in Word Format (314.5 KB)

  Grading

  • Grade descriptions in Year 11 syllabus

  • Grade descriptions in Year 12 syllabus

  Support Materials

  • Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (381.7 KB)Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 11:38amAlso available in Word Format (212.3 KB)
  • School-based practical external assessment teacher handbook (519.2 KB)Last updated: 20 Mar 2026 1:17pm
  • ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline (383.4 KB)Last updated: 17 Jun 2025 10:33amAlso available in Word Format (355.2 KB)
  • ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks (619.4 KB)Last updated: 17 Jun 2025 10:33amAlso available in Word Format (543.4 KB)
  • ATAR Year 12 sample course outline (484.9 KB)Last updated: 17 Jun 2025 10:33amAlso available in Word Format (364.8 KB)
  • ATAR Year 12 Syllabus support document (613.4 KB)Last updated: 19 Mar 2026 10:38amAlso available in Word Format (330.8 KB)
  • ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline  (466.5 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:39pmAlso available in Word Format (557.6 KB)
  • ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks (544.9 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:39pmAlso available in Word Format (375.0 KB)
  • ATAR Year 11 sample course outline  (544.1 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:39pmAlso available in Word Format (366.1 KB)
  • ATAR Year 11 Syllabus support document (307.0 KB)Last updated: 27 Feb 2024 10:58amAlso available in Word Format (395.3 KB)

  Examination Materials

  • 2025 Summary examination report for candidates (252.1 KB)Last updated: 19 Mar 2026 2:28pm
  • 2025 Examination (524.9 KB)Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 1:27pm
  • 2025 Marking Key (892.5 KB)Last updated: 16 Mar 2026 9:31am
  • Additional Past ATAR Course Examinations

  School-based practical external assessment (SPEA) materials

  • SPEA - Application for Approved Absence 2026 (442.8 KB)Last updated: 21 Jul 2026 3:32pm
  • 2025 SPEA Lead Assessor Reports (637.8 KB)Last updated: 04 May 2026 10:07am
  • Application for an Alternative SPEA  (168.6 KB)Last updated: 27 Mar 2026 3:28pm
  • Application for an Alternative SPEA (165.2 KB)Last updated: 27 Mar 2026 3:29pm
  • Expression of interest for SPEA assessors (271.6 KB)Last updated: 12 Feb 2026 4:12pmAlso available in Word Format (196.6 KB)
  • Application to form a collaborative SPEA (404.6 KB)Last updated: 06 Jan 2026 3:54pmAlso available in Word Format (205.5 KB)
  • Application for an Authority administered SPEA (224.3 KB)Last updated: 06 Jan 2026 3:54pmAlso available in Word Format (214.2 KB)
  • School-based practical external assessment teacher handbook (519.2 KB)Last updated: 20 Mar 2026 1:17pm
  • SPEA SIRS Guide 2026 (1.4 MB)Last updated: 11 Mar 2026 10:48am
  • School-based practical assessment – FAQs (319.6 KB)Last updated: 20 Mar 2026 1:19pm
  • SPEA – Student fact sheet (215.4 KB)Last updated: 20 Mar 2026 1:22pm
  • SPEA Teacher Marks Collection Form Sample (782.4 KB)Last updated: 09 Jun 2025 4:31pm
  • Assessment guide – Australian football (321.5 KB)Last updated: 20 Jul 2026 12:09pm
  • Assessment guide – Badminton (337.4 KB)Last updated: 20 Jul 2026 11:57am
  • Assessment guide – Basketball (318.6 KB)Last updated: 20 Jul 2026 12:34pm
  • Assessment guide – Cricket (323.8 KB)Last updated: 20 Jul 2026 12:36pm
  • Assessment guide – Hockey (332.4 KB)Last updated: 20 Jul 2026 12:43pm
  • Assessment guide – Netball (341.8 KB)Last updated: 20 Jul 2026 12:44pm
  • Assessment guide – Soccer (365.5 KB)Last updated: 20 Jul 2026 12:45pm
  • Assessment guide – Tennis (345.5 KB)Last updated: 05 Jun 2025 9:33am
  • Assessment guide – Touch football (348.5 KB)Last updated: 20 Jul 2026 12:46pm
  • Assessment guide – Volleyball (361.4 KB)Last updated: 20 Jul 2026 12:47pm
• General

  Physical Education Studies contributes to the development of students’ physical, social and emotional growth. The Physical Education Studies General course provides students with opportunities to understand and improve performance through the integration of theoretical concepts and practical activities. Through engagement as performers, leaders, coaches, analysts and planners of physical activity, students may develop skills that can be utilised in leisure, recreation, education, sport development, youth work, health and medical fields.
  

  Syllabus

  • General Year 11 Syllabus – For teaching from 2026 (587.3 KB)Last updated: 31 Jul 2026 2:40pmAlso available in Word Format (389.3 KB)
  • General Year 12 Syllabus – For teaching from 2024 (372.2 KB)Last updated: 31 Jul 2026 2:39pmAlso available in Word Format (170.4 KB)

  What's changing

  • General Year 12 What's changing - General capabilities (408.1 KB)Last updated: 30 Sep 2025 1:18pmAlso available in Word Format (316.2 KB)
  • General Year 12 What's changing - Rationale and Aims (390.7 KB)Last updated: 30 Sep 2025 1:18pmAlso available in Word Format (314.2 KB)

  Grading

  • Grade descriptions in Year 11 syllabus

  • Grade descriptions in Year 12 syllabus

  Support Materials

  • Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (381.7 KB)Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 11:38amAlso available in Word Format (212.3 KB)
  • General Year 12 sample assessment outline (450.6 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:56pmAlso available in Word Format (550.8 KB)
  • General Year 12 sample assessment tasks (559.3 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:56pmAlso available in Word Format (379.4 KB)
  • General Year 12 sample course outline (487.2 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:56pmAlso available in Word Format (360.9 KB)
  • General Year 11 sample assessment outline (770.9 KB)Last updated: 24 Dec 2024 10:56amAlso available in Word Format (553.6 KB)
  • General Year 11 sample assessment tasks (853.7 KB)Last updated: 24 Dec 2024 1:18pmAlso available in Word Format (1.4 MB)
  • General Year 11 sample course outline (812.9 KB)Last updated: 24 Dec 2024 11:30amAlso available in Word Format (359.3 KB)

  Externally Set Task Materials 2026

  • 2026 General EST Unit 3 content (249.1 KB)Last updated: 25 Sep 2025 2:07pm

  Externally Set Task Materials 2025

  • 2025 General EST Unit 3 content (150.2 KB)Last updated: 18 Sep 2024 9:58am

  Externally Set Task Materials 2024

  • 2024 General EST Unit 3 content  (271.2 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:36pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2023

  • 2023 General EST Unit 3 Content (174.2 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:10pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2022

  • 2022 General EST Unit 3 Content (213.3 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:33pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2021

  • 2021 PES General EST Unit 3 Content (291.2 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:22pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2020

  • 2020 General EST Unit 3 Content (292.0 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:10pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2019

  • 2019 General EST Unit 3 content (166.2 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:50pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2018

  • 2018 General EST Unit 3 content (154.5 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:34pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2017

  • 2017 General EST Unit 3 content (149.7 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:24pmAlso available in Word Format (165.9 KB)

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2016

  • General sample EST (189.4 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:13pmAlso available in Word Format (303.3 KB)
  • General sample EST marking key (183.6 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:13pmAlso available in Word Format (316.0 KB)

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

• Foundation

  The course focuses on providing students with opportunities to develop skills and understandings related to a healthy lifestyle. This course is for students who have not demonstrated the numeracy standard in the OLNA. Through the development of health literacy, students are better equipped to make appropriate and well informed health related decisions and to develop knowledge, understanding and skills which support them to make a positive contribution to the health and wellbeing of themselves and others.

  Students will learn about the factors influencing health, wellbeing and physical activity participation, and develop strategies to support them to make health enhancing decisions and adopt active and healthy pursuits, now and across the lifespan. The course supports the development of students’ literacy and numeracy skills and provides them with opportunities to study in contexts such as health promotion, outdoor adventure activities and improving performance in individual and team games and sports.

  Syllabus

  • Foundation Year 11 Syllabus – For teaching from 2024 (526.9 KB)Last updated: 31 Jul 2026 2:34pmAlso available in Word Format (201.0 KB)
  • Foundation Year 12 Syllabus – For teaching from 2024 (512.2 KB)Last updated: 31 Jul 2026 2:35pmAlso available in Word Format (199.0 KB)

  Grading

  • Grade descriptions in Year 11 syllabus

  • Grade descriptions in Year 12 syllabus

  Support Materials

  • Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (381.7 KB)Last updated: 28 Jan 2026 11:38amAlso available in Word Format (212.3 KB)
  • Foundation Year 12 sample assessment outline (237.8 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:57pmAlso available in Word Format (351.0 KB)
  • Foundation Year 12 sample assessment tasks (302.9 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:57pmAlso available in Word Format (384.7 KB)
  • Foundation Year 12 sample course outline (294.1 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:57pmAlso available in Word Format (373.1 KB)
  • Foundation Year 11 sample course outline (301.3 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:19pmAlso available in Word Format (374.0 KB)
  • Foundation Year 11 sample assessment tasks (318.4 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:19pmAlso available in Word Format (381.8 KB)
  • Foundation Year 11 sample assessment outline (239.7 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:19pmAlso available in Word Format (351.0 KB)

  Externally Set Task Materials 2026

  • 2026 Foundation EST Unit 3 content (255.0 KB)Last updated: 25 Sep 2025 2:59pm

  Externally Set Task Materials 2025

  • 2025 Foundation EST Unit 3 content (165.7 KB)Last updated: 18 Sep 2024 9:58am

  Externally Set Task Materials 2024

  • 2024 Foundation EST Unit 3 content  (291.1 KB)Last updated: 20 Aug 2024 2:00pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2023

  • 2023 Foundation EST Unit 3 Content (194.1 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:10pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2022

  • 2022 Foundation EST Unit 3 Content (289.6 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:32pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2021

  • 2021 HPO Foundation EST Unit 3 Content (287.0 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:22pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2020

  • 2020 Foundation EST Unit 3 Content (286.8 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:09pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2019

  • 2019 Foundation EST Unit 3 content (161.1 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:50pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2018

  • 2018 Foundation EST Unit 3 content (154.7 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:34pm

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

  Externally Set Task Materials 2017

  • 2017 Foundation EST Unit 3 content (158.9 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:24pmAlso available in Word Format (167.6 KB)

  • Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.

• Preliminary

  The course focuses on providing students with opportunities to enhance their health, safety, wellbeing and physical activity participation. Throughout the course, students are encouraged to strengthen their sense of self as well as build and maintain satisfying relationships. The course assists with their development of resilience, decision making and taking actions to promote their health, safety and physical activity participation. Opportunities are provided for students to use resources for themselves and the communities with which they identify and to which they belong.

  Students may acquire movement skills that enable them to participate in a range of physical activities as a foundation for lifelong participation. Through this, they have opportunities to develop an appreciation of the significance of physical activity, outdoor recreation and sport in Australian society. Movement is a powerful medium for learning through which students can acquire, practise and refine personal, interpersonal, behavioural and social skills.

  Syllabus

  • Preliminary Year 11 and Year 12 Syllabus – For teaching from 2024 (326.7 KB)Last updated: 31 Jul 2026 2:41pmAlso available in Word Format (160.3 KB)

  Support Materials

  • Preliminary Unit 1 and 2: sample assessment outline (266.1 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:19pmAlso available in Word Format (366.4 KB)
  • Preliminary Unit 1 and 2: sample assessment tasks (317.1 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:19pmAlso available in Word Format (366.8 KB)
  • Preliminary Unit 1 and 2: sample course outline (267.1 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:19pmAlso available in Word Format (360.2 KB)
  • Preliminary Unit 3 and 4: sample assessment outline (266.3 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:20pmAlso available in Word Format (364.0 KB)
  • Preliminary Unit 3 and 4: sample assessment tasks (294.1 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:20pmAlso available in Word Format (380.0 KB)
  • Preliminary Unit 3 and 4: sample course outline (265.3 KB)Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:20pmAlso available in Word Format (360.4 KB)