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[Nobby]

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[Liuy]

Maintain rank 1 in SACS throughout the year.
As you only have 2 subjects next year, I would recommend you try and finish unit 3 AOS1 during the summer holidays and keep ahead of the class during the year notes wise so you have ample time to consolidate theory and begin practice questions as soon as possible. My downfall was that I knew all the theory but when it came to structuring my answers to questions, I tended to provide too much information and elaborate too much, and this prevented me from achieving a higher SS.
Knowing how to provide succinct and short answers which get to the point straight away is crucial for success in PE.
You should aim for at least 15 practice exams, writing down what you got wrong in each exam and familiarizing yourself with the relevant mistake.
Otherwise, utilize a range of study techniques when learning the course. I filled up two 120 page books for my notes, as well as using flash cards, podcasts and other texts/notes.
All the best with it, pm me if you have any questions!

[Special At Specialist]

Do you have to be a very fit person to score a 50 in PE? Or are the assessments all written?

[Nobby]

Do you have to be a very fit person to score a 50 in PE? Or are the assessments all written?

Haha nah the assessments are all written.

If I were to hold Rank 1 SACs for both units, what exam score would I be looking at for a 50?

[Deceitful Wings]

I would like to know this as well
If there is anyone who did well in PE, could they make a post sharing their experiences, tips and other stuff they did to achieve so high?

What I will be doing during the summer holidays will be summarising AOS 1, and try and cover half of AOS 2. I also bought checkpoints for PE and Nelson 'PE notes'   Hopefully they will help in providing questions which are exam/SAC style and can help me familiarise my material more

[Liuy]

Do you have to be a very fit person to score a 50 in PE? Or are the assessments all written?

Haha nah the assessments are all written.

If I were to hold Rank 1 SACs for both units, what exam score would I be looking at for a 50?

The general rule of thumb is 110/120 for the lowest 50.

[Liuy]

I would like to know this as well
If there is anyone who did well in PE, could they make a post sharing their experiences, tips and other stuff they did to achieve so high?

What I will be doing during the summer holidays will be summarising AOS 1, and try and cover half of AOS 2. I also bought checkpoints for PE and Nelson 'PE notes'   Hopefully they will help in providing questions which are exam/SAC style and can help me familiarise my material more

Yepp that's good, I would also recommend using all 3 textbooks during the year, especially Macmillan as it is by far the most comprehensive.
I forgot to add that your teacher should become your best friend. Ask ask and ask anything and everything PE related and if possible, get them to mark questions/practice exams.

[Nobby]

I would like to know this as well
If there is anyone who did well in PE, could they make a post sharing their experiences, tips and other stuff they did to achieve so high?

What I will be doing during the summer holidays will be summarising AOS 1, and try and cover half of AOS 2. I also bought checkpoints for PE and Nelson 'PE notes'   Hopefully they will help in providing questions which are exam/SAC style and can help me familiarise my material more

Yepp that's good, I would also recommend using all 3 textbooks during the year, especially Macmillan as it is by far the most comprehensive.
I forgot to add that your teacher should become your best friend. Ask ask and ask anything and everything PE related and if possible, get them to mark questions/practice exams.

Haha sweet, my PE teacher is the best bloke
How is the availability of practice exams with the recent syllabus change?

[hala_madrid]

Hey, everything Liuy has said is great stuff; I used the Nelson textbook so maybe I can also offer a bit of advice from a different aspect.

I got a study score of 46, was aiming anywhere in the 45-50 range so I'm extremely happy I achieved that. I was ranked no. 1 overall for sacs (probably about 2nd or 3rd overall for unit 3 and 1st or 2nd for unit 4, but overall no. 1 through both units). Recently got my statement of marks. My unit 3 sacs scaled to a score of 99/100, while my unit 4 sacs scaled to a score of 100/100 (was in a cohort that got around five 45+ scores including one 50, and about ten 40+ scores so quite a strong cohort for PE, tbh probably best ever in our school lol). For the exam my score was 102.5/120. I made about 2-3 marks of stupid mistakes, the rest was probably not enough detail in longer response questions - I didn't get 0 marks for any question, except for 2 of the multi choice I got wrong. Most marks lost were like getting 6/7 for the long answer q, or 3/4 for the last question. Also note, however, that the A+ cut off for this year's exam was higher than previous years. You can find that info yourself when it is released on the vcaa site next year.

I read through unit 3 and answered all the questions on the holidays from Nelson. I finished unit 4 on the term 2 holidays. I did this because I was in year 12 and also had 4 other subjects + the umat to juggle, so after I did this I was able to forget about PE for a little while. If you're in year 12 I would recommend a similar strategy so you don't neglect your other subjects, if you're in year 11 I guess just concentrate more on finishing earlier and getting top rank in sacs.

I set out a goal of doing heaps of practise exams for PE, but when exam revision came, I found most of the exams sucked so much for PE, plus the new study design made it difficult, plus I spent lots of time writing essays for English. So I mostly focused on all the vce ones all the way back to 2002. Basically for most people, if you're aiming for the very top in PE, a lot is down to luck whether you get 40-45, 45-50. Just do your best and work hard. One thing the exam writers love to do though is 'trick' people who don't read the question, so make sure you read every word carefully; I did that on the exam and it saved my ass. Feel free to ask if you have any other questions

[Nobby]

So with 102.5/120, your exam mark was still A+?
And are the VCAA past exams from pre-2011 still serviceable despite the study design changes?

[hala_madrid]

Yeah it was, you can lose heaps of marks in PE and still get an A+, mostly because there's so much you can be asked it is close to impossible to get 100%. I was about 10 marks above the A+ cut off, in other years I think it would have been 15-20 marks above the cut off. Yes past exams can still be helpful, but the annoying thing is you can't really do it under exam conditions because there will always be at least 1 short answer question that is not applicable to the new study design

[Nobby]

Yeah it was, you can lose heaps of marks in PE and still get an A+, mostly because there's so much you can be asked it is close to impossible to get 100%. I was about 10 marks above the A+ cut off, in other years I think it would have been 15-20 marks above the cut off. Yes past exams can still be helpful, but the annoying thing is you can't really do it under exam conditions because there will always be at least 1 short answer question that is not applicable to the new study design

Do you know what isn't in the current study design, that was in the previous one?

[hala_madrid]

Mostly ethical consderations and stages of change? i think it's called

[Black Cat.1]

if u try ur very hardest there is no reason why u cant get a 50. i went to a crappy school where the highest SS in pe ever was 43. i had a horrible cohort, so that didnt help matters and to top it all off, i had surgery 3 weeks before my end of year exam (had to get appendix removed). miraculously, i still pulled a raw 45, cause i put in the work, used tonnes of resources throughout the year and believed in myself the whole way through. just make sure u use a number of resources (i recommend getting a uni level bio book or an anatomy book to help consolidate ideas)!
and good luck. people make vce WAAAAAAAAAAY harder than it really is. just try ur best, believe in yourself, and aim for the stars and you will definitely succeed

[Nobby]

if u try ur very hardest there is no reason why u cant get a 50. i went to a crappy school where the highest SS in pe ever was 43. i had a horrible cohort, so that didnt help matters and to top it all off, i had surgery 3 weeks before my end of year exam (had to get appendix removed). miraculously, i still pulled a raw 45, cause i put in the work, used tonnes of resources throughout the year and believed in myself the whole way through. just make sure u use a number of resources (i recommend getting a uni level bio book or an anatomy book to help consolidate ideas)!
and good luck. people make vce WAAAAAAAAAAY harder than it really is. just try ur best, believe in yourself, and aim for the stars and you will definitely succeed

Haha thanks for the advice!
And surgery 3 weeks before your exam, and still whipped out a 45? Shit, hats off to you