Perseverance

PURPOSE

To practice persisting in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success

You don’t need to be faster, tougher or smarter than anyone else. You just have to rely on your own mental and physical strengths to get through, rather than measuring yourself against the successes and failures of those around you.

UNIT CONTENTS 

• Perseverance

• Perseverance strategies

• Grit

• Motivation

• First Aid

• Mountain Biking

• MTB Skills

• Trip Intentions

CLASS TRIP

• Day trip to Woodhill MTB Park to practice perseverance in a practical setting

OPPORTUNITIES TO DEMONSTRATE TRANSFERABLE SKILLS, OUTDOOR PURSUIT SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

• Your ability to persist in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success

• Your demonstration of mountain biking skills (downhill and uphill riding i.e. weight distribution, braking, controlling speed, gear changing; cornering i.e. appropriate speed, line and gear)

• Your ability to recall and apply knowledge through a mountain biking knowledge written test

NB: You will also have the opportunity to demonstrate self-management, manaakitanga and positivity