NSW PDHPE Stage 6 syllabus core and option structure, expressed in Dux teaching language.
Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did Personal Development, Health and Physical Education” becomes a list of specific things you can already do and specific things you have never been asked. Open a module for all of its dot points, written out.
Measuring the health of a population, the determinants behind the patterns, and the strategies intended to shift them.
The body systems, energy systems, biomechanics, skill acquisition and training that determine how well a person can perform.
Preventing, assessing and managing injury across the lifespan, from the young athlete to the athlete with a disability.
Participation patterns, access and equity, and the commercial and ethical forces that shape sport in Australia.
A Personal Development, Health and Physical Education paper is not one question type repeated. Each command word asks for a different shape of answer, and each is worth a different number of marks.
| Command word | Question type | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| analyse | Problem solving | 4–6 |
| analyse | Short answer | 4–6 |
| apply | Multiple choice | 1 |
| apply | Problem solving | 4–6 |
| calculate | Calculation | 2–4 |
| classify | Multiple choice | 1 |
| design | Problem solving | 5–7 |
| evaluate | Short answer | 4–6 |
| evaluate | Extended response | 8–10 |
| explain | Short answer | 4–6 |
| identify | Multiple choice | 1 |
| justify | Short answer | 4–6 |
| justify | Problem solving | 4–6 |
HSC PDHPE - Trial Paper Shape — 100 marks, 180 minutes. Practice papers in Dux are assembled to this shape rather than invented, so the timing is training too.
Diagnostic first, then questions written in the shape this course uses. Written answers come back marked against the bands, not just scored.