1 The dangers of alcohol and other drugs
2 Eat well, live well
3 Healthy people, healthy communities
4 Mental health and wellness
5 Positive relationships
6 Safety
7 The great outdoors
8 Participating and performing in games and sports
9 Physical activity plans
10 Fit to dance
Robert Malpeli teaches at The Knox School, Victoria. He has been a leading light in senior physical education for over 25 years and his texts and resources are used in Victoria, Western Australia and New Zealand.
Amanda Telford is Associate in the School of Education at RMIT University. In addition to experience as an academic and as a health and physical education teacher, Amanda has experience as a company director of an organisation consisting of a network of over five thousand health and physical educators. She has been an advisor for state and federal governments in the area of Health and Physical Education and was involved in the development of the 2004 National Physical Activity Guidelines for children and young people. Her research focuses on the influence of family, community and school environments on youth physical activity behaviour.
Lee Anton-Hem has over 20 years' experience as a physical education specialist. She currently lectures at RMIT University, Victoria and teaches part-time in schools.
Jonathan Fender has been a physical education teacher for over 20 years in the UK and Australia. He has mainly taught health and physical education from Years 7–12 and more recently Years P–5.
Claire Stonehouse lectures at Deakin University in Health Education, Student Wellbeing and Sexuality Education in both primary and secondary pre-service education. Claire has worked in many sectors of the community, and has experience writing curricula and educating young people. Her areas of interest include: sexuality education; the educational impact that parents have on their children; and opening up conversations about mental health.
Kim Vandervelde is currently Head of Department at Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney. Kim was part of an international team who wrote the HPE guide for all MYP International Baccalaureate schools globally.
Sam Watkins has taught physical, health and outdoor education, in both Melbourne and Perth. He currently teaches at Peter Moyes Anglican Community School, Western Australia.
Rachael Whittle has been a physical education teacher for many years. She is involved with the VCAA in assessment and curriculum development.
Emmé Wild has been involved in curriculum planning and writing for the School Curriculum and Standards Authority in Western Australia. Emmé is currently Head of Sport at St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls, Western Australia.
Written for the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education
A very visual text that is easy to read
Skills acquired through fun activities
Questions and activities from simple to extension levels
Workbook supports and extends the student book
Teacher book is full of digital and practical ideas for lessons
Students and teacher websites have extra material such as worksheets, selected answers and state curriculum grids.