HSC Health & Movement Science past exams 2026–2026, by year and topic

The rest of the syllabus

Question-level mapping for these areas is still being verified. Every official paper covering them is in the year table above.

• Year 12 — Health in an Australian and global context — How healthy are Australians? (morbidity, mortality, life expectancy, health inequities incl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, OECD comparisons, ageing population) · How does Australia's healthcare system work? (system effectiveness and equity, government/non-government responsibilities, funding and expenditure, complementary health approaches, health consumer skills) · How is technology and data impacting healthcare? (technology and health, digital health systems and services, data use, privacy) · What actions improve Australian health? (Sustainable Development Goals and their application to community health)
• Year 12 — Training for improved performance — How can exercise assessment and prescription be personalised? (pre-exercise screening, fitness/performance testing, program development) · How does training influence movement and performance? (types/methods of training, principles of training, physiological adaptations) · How does training differ for individual and group sports? (session design, yearly training program phases, psychological strategies) · What impact does sleep, nutrition and supplementation have on movement and performance? (dietary requirements, hydration, sleep, supplements) · How do individuals train for sustained movement and performance? (efficient movement technique, recovery strategies, technology, injury management and prevention, drug use impacts)
• Year 11 — Health for individuals and communities — How do we understand and measure Australia's health? · What are young people's meanings of health? · What key issues affect the health of young people and how can they protect and promote good health? · What are the opportunities for improving and promoting young people's health?
• Year 11 — The body and mind in motion — Skeletal and muscular systems and their interrelationship; biomechanical principles of muscles, bones and joints · Respiratory and circulatory system interrelationship · Digestive and endocrine systems interrelationship · Nervous system and movement interrelationship · ATP-PCr, glycolytic (lactic acid) and aerobic energy systems; role of nutrition · Aerobic and anaerobic training and physiological responses · Purpose and outcomes of physical fitness · How movement skills are acquired; movement skills and sports of choice · Psychology, movement and performance; communities of exercise
• Year 11/12 — Depth studies and Collaborative Investigation — Year 11: at least 2 depth studies, with 20 hours of in-class time · Year 12: at least 2 depth studies, with 30 hours of in-class time · Year 11: a separate Collaborative Investigation, allocated 20 indicative hours