WACE Physical Education exam 2026Exam: Thu 12 Nov · SCSA timetable
Your WACE Physical Education exam:
When and how long
- Physical Education Studies2.00 pm start2 h 30 min plus 10 min reading time
SCSA: arrive 30 minutes before the examination start time. Every ATAR written exam has 10 minutes reading time and 3 hours working time unless otherwise indicated. The timetable is final, and no allowance is made for misreading it.
Source: 2026 Year 12 ATAR course written examinations timetable (SCSA), checked Wednesday 23 September 2026. Where a start time, reading time or duration isn't shown, the timetable doesn't publish it: check your personal timetable and the front of your paper.
What the exam covers
We don't have past-paper frequency data for this exam, so here is the course, module by module. Make sure every module is covered.
Night-before and exam-morning checklists
The night before
Exam-week survival kit: The last 7 days · The night before and exam morning · What to bring, and what's banned · How to use reading time · If you're sick or something goes wrong · Handling exam-week stress.
Last-week revision
WACE Physical Education cram sheet
Key formulas, definitions and facts copied from our Physical Education syllabus pages. One page when printed.
Unit 3: Factors Affecting Performance
Momentum (kg m/s) = mass (kg) x velocity (m/s)
Impulse (N s) = force (N) x time (s)
Impulse = change in momentum, so Force x time = mass x change in velocity.
Force (N) = mass (kg) x acceleration (m/s squared)
Rearranged, acceleration = force / mass.
So for a fixed mass, a larger applied force produces a larger acceleration; for a fixed force, a smaller mass accelerates faster.
Unit 4: Enhancing Performance and Maintaining Participation
Performers are bombarded with information but can only process a limited amount. Selective attention is the process of focusing on the relevant cues (the ball, a key opponent) and ignoring the rest (the crowd). Experts attend to the most informative cues earlier, which is why they appear to have more time.
There is no single best arousal level. Fine-skill, decision-heavy tasks and beginners need lower arousal; gross, powerful, well-learned tasks tolerate higher arousal. Always state the task type (and the performer's experience) when applying the inverted-U or drive theory.