Gross motor skills use larger muscles to help perform basic movements such as walking, running, and jumping. They usually require the whole of the body or key core stabilising muscle groups.

In high school, students refine, transfer, and adapt movement skills in different physical activity contexts. Children also learn to control and execute movement with more accuracy and apply skills to more challenging situations.

Fine motor skills involve the coordination of small muscles in the wrist, hand, fingers, and even toes. They help your teenager interact with the world in more detail. 

In the teenage years, skills such as writing, cutting, and drawing are still important to allow children to demonstrate their learning. However, in the high school years, children extend on this and learn new skills that require more specialised fine motor skills, such as sewing, baking, or woodwork. This will build a skill set they will use day-to-day or even to gain employment after school.

Language skills involve the ability to document, communicate, and understand thoughts, feelings, and needs through words, speech, and texts.

In the high school years, children learn to reflect, critically assess, and make connections between comprehensive texts. They are taught how to recognise themes in texts and express points of view. Children also learn to compose and produce longer texts for different purposes and audiences. Opportunities to practice oral communication skills are often provided to develop tone, pronunciation, confidence, enthusiasm, speed, and fluency in speech.