Perceptual awareness

What it could look like:

• Recognising an opponent’s body position in order to anticipate their intention
• Recognising where teammates or opponents are in order to move with/or around them
• Recognising changing weather conditions and adjust movement or activity accordingly

Pre-foundational - Stage 0

I have the potential to learn through movement and physical activity.  At this stage I do not understand why, when and how I would participate in movement and physical activity.

Foundation & Exploration - Stage 1

Develops a sense of awareness to respond appropriately in movement and physical activity.

• Playing tennis and beginning to predict where your opponent is going to hit the ball
• Running/moving around a playground and recognising the need to change speed and direction in response to the movements of other people

Acquisition & Accumulation - Stage 2

Articulates a sense of awareness utilised in different contexts of movement and physical activity.

• Increasing success across different physical activities, when anticipating where an opponent may direct a ball e.g. anticipating a tennis shot as well as predicting a batter's strike in cricket or baseball
• Increasing success at recognising patterns within a game e.g. position of players on the field/court and adjusting own position accordingly

Consolidation & Mastery - Stage 3

Makes sophisticated decisions from an acute sense of awareness.

• Processing a variety of information from an opponent serving in tennis (e.g. height/position of ball, angle of racket, wind conditions), anticipating the likely outcome (e.g. direction, speed, spin of the ball) and generating a successful return
• Successfully predicting an opposing team’s intentions (e.g. attacking quickly) based on recognising previous situations

Transfer & Empowerment - Stage 4

I am empowered by movement and physical activity. I continually transfer my skills, knowledge and feelings to different movement and physical activity contexts. I use combinations of elements from all four domains, and apply my learnings through movement and physical activity to other aspects of my life.

• Deciding to become a volunteer at your local surf club, so that you can pass on your knowledge of a range of aquatic activities (swimming, surfing, paddling) and your knowledge of the local environment to others. Personally, this also enables to you to enjoy more time on the beach/in the water, as well as support your own fitness and lifestyle goals.