Planning

Accreditation period Units 1 and 2 from 2025; Units 3 and 4 from 2025

Introduction

The VCE Physical Education Study Design Units 1-4 from 2025 support materials provides teaching and learning advice for Units 1 to 4 or Units 3 and 4 and assessment advice for school-based assessment in Units 3 and 4.

The program developed and delivered to students must be in accordance with the VCE Physical Education Study Design Units 1-4 from 2025.

Developing a program

The VCE Physical Education Study Design outlines the nature and sequence of learning and teaching necessary for students to demonstrate achievement of the outcomes for a unit. The areas of study describe the specific knowledge and skills required to demonstrate a specific outcome. Teachers are required to develop a program for their students that meet the requirements of the study design including: areas of study, outcome statements, key knowledge and key skills. 
 

The VCE Physical Education study provides students with the opportunity to engage in a range of learning activities. In addition to demonstrating their understanding and mastery of the content and skills specific to the study, students may also develop employability skills through their learning activities


 

The nationally agreed employability skills* are: Communication; Planning and organising;

Teamwork; Problem solving; Self-management; Initiative and enterprise; Technology; and Learning.


 

The table links those facets that may be understood and applied in a school or non-employment related setting, to the types of assessment commonly undertaken within the VCE study. 
 

Assessment taskEmployability skills selected facets
A case study
  • Communication (sharing information; writing to the needs of the audience)
  • Self-management (evaluating and monitoring own performance)
  • Learning (managing own learning; having enthusiasm for ongoing learning)
A written report/ Extended response question
  • Communication (reading independently; writing to the needs of the audience)
  • Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
  • Initiative and enterprise (generating a range of options; initiating innovative solutions; being creative)
  • Learning (managing own learning; having enthusiasm for ongoing learning)
  • Self-management (evaluating and monitoring own performance)
     
A laboratory report
  • Communication (sharing information; writing to the needs of the audience; using numeracy)
  • Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
  • Problem solving (developing innovative solutions, solving problems in teams, testing assumptions using data)
  • Teamwork(collecting and sharing information)
  • Technology(using IT to organise data)


 

Completion of a visual presentation, such as a concept map, an annotated poster, or a digital presentation
 
  • Communication (sharing information; writing to the needs of the audience; using numeracy)
  • Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
  • Technology (using IT to organise data))
Structured questions
  • Communication (writing to the needs of the audience))
  • Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
  • Learning (managing own learning)
     

*The employability skills are derived from the Employability Skills Framework Employability Skills Framework (Employability Skills for the Future, 2002), developed by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Business Council of Australia, and published by the (former) Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training
 

Implementation videos

VCE Physical Education (2025) Implementation videos

Online video presentations to support the delivery of the new VCE Physical Education Study Design.

 

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions (DOCX, 121.83 KB)

A set of frequently asked questions for the VCE Physical Education Study Design Units 1-4 from 2022.