3.7 'The journey'

3.7 essay writing

Essay structure:

• Intro of essay

• Safety management - the risks people/equipment/environment

• Wider implications or impacts – why we use these safety management issues, and what would happen if we didn’t: E.g. the impact on the ecosystem, school policies, legislation. 

MUST HAVES:

• clearly identified safety management issue(s) for the selected outdoor activity

• why this is a safety management issue for their outdoor activity

• how and why factors can influence each safety management issue with specific examples

• clearly identify safety management strategies that will address each safety management issue

• how and why safety management strategies will address each safety management issue with specific examples.

• The inter-relationship between factors influencing the safety management issues (M)

• Evaluated the issues in terms of their relative importance (E)

• Questioned and challenged assumptions and practices relating to safety management in outdoor activities (E)

A safety management issue is something that already exists such as inexperience of the instructor or participant. Whereas a risk is something that may or may not happen such as getting hypothermia or falling off your bike. 

Exemplar links: https://www2.nzqa.govt.nz/assets/NCEA/Subject-pages/Physical-Education/Exams-and-exemplars/Level-3/91504/91504-Exemplar.pdf

Challenge: Can you find any articles that show articulate your safety management issue being in full swing:

Article re:cave stream: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3508847

This link is good for what to write in your paragraph: https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/subjects/physical-education/clarifications/level-3/as91504/