He oranga ngakau, He pikinga waiora 

Positive feelings in your heart, Will raise your sense of self worth

KAUPAPA:

• The learning activities in health and physical education arise from the integration of the following four strands and their achievement objectives, and seven key areas of learning.

• The four strands are:

  1. Personal health and physical development, in which students develop the knowledge, understandings, skills, and attitudes that they need in order to maintain and enhance their personal well-being and physical development

  2. Movement concepts and motor skills, in which students develop motor skills, knowledge and understandings about movement, and positive attitudes towards physical activity

  3. Relationships with other people, in which students develop understandings, skills, and attitudes that enhance their interactions and relationships with others

  4. Healthy communities and environments, in which students contribute to healthy communities and environments by taking responsible and critical action.

• The seven key areas of learning are:

  1. mental health

  2. sexuality education

  3. food and nutrition

  4. body care and physical safety

  5. physical activity

  6. sport studies

  7. outdoor education

PREREQUISITES:    

• None.

COURSE CONTENT:

• Students in Year 11 physical education will learn and develop through a wide range of movement activities, sports and outdoor education.  Students will gain the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values to enjoy a healthy lifestyle and to contribute actively to the well-being of other people and the well-being of their communities. 

• Students will take increasing responsibility for their own health and will learn movement skills in a wide range of contexts. They will develop the skills that will enable them to enhance their relationships with other people, and they will participate in creating healthy communities by taking responsible and critical action.

• Sports and activities that will be used to teach the course content include lacrosse, kī-o-Rahi, ultimate, basketball, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, lawn bowls, korfball, tchoukball and mountain biking.

COSTS:

• $15 for activities used for AS 1.1 outside of school including lawn bowls.

• $200 for camp

FUTURE STUDIES / CAREER OPTIONS:

• Physical education may lead to further studies at NCEA level or tertiary courses including exercise sport science, outdoor education, tourism, sport management and health sciences.  Future career options may include work in these areas but the skills and knowledge gained will also be applicable to a variety of other vocations.

PATHWAYS @ JMC:

• Year 10 Health & PE

• NCEA: Year 11 Physical Education

• NCEA: Year 12 Physical Education

• NCEA: Year 13 Physical Education