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Health and Physical Education
We teach Health & Physical Education to empower young adults to remain active and to learn to work co-operatively and constructively with people of all cultures and abilities. We endeavour to give students the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions on how to live a healthy life.
Striving for excellence from a teaching and learning perspective is a key focus as is the importance of providing our students with courses that are meaningful, relevant and suited to their future interests and ability.
Junior Health & Physical EducationPhysical Education The junior program consists of a large variety of contexts which are built on sequentially over the 2 years. At the moment a review of the junior programme is occurring and will be implemented on a year by year basis to allow reflection and evaluation to occur. Central to review is the incorporation of the New Zealand Curriculum and providing courses that are developed for and with students through a consultation process. It is a firm belief of the department that the students are provided with variety to help motivate them and to provide success for all students not just those that excel in the physical components of this subject. It is a hope that students will feel a sense of achievement and ownership in the subject as well as providing them with the skills that are necessary to continue on in NCEA Physical Education. Health The Health programme is concerned with enhancing personal and social well-being of all students. It encompasses a holistic Hauora approach, focussing on intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual and physical development. The department works to ensure that our students can make informed and valuable choices in relation to all four dimensions of Hauora in order for them to be enriched citizens in society Topics include:
Year 11 Health & Physical EducationThis course is compulsory at Lynfield College in Year 11. In 2011 students will have the opportunity to choose between Core Health and Physical Education Advanced. All courses offered are assessed using NCEA achievement standards. Core Health & Physical Education This Health component of this course involves planning and implementation of personal goals, developing healthy patterns of living, developing skills to participate in a range of social activities, building responsible relationships, respecting others, developing personal responsibility, coping constructively with challenges, peer pressure and social conflict. This Physical Education component of this course focuses on level 6 of the Health and Physical Education Curriculum. It will offer students the opportunity to experience and participate in a wide range of physical activities, in a variety of contexts. Students will study how the body moves and responds to physical activity, as well as be able to develop your interpersonal skills in a variety of settings. The main focus of this course is to equip students with the necessary skills to maintain and develop their personal well-being, both now and in the future, as well as to prepare them for future academic and vocational opportunities within the physical education domain. Physical Education Advanced In addition to the components offered above, this course focuses on equipping those students who wish to choose physical education as a pathway for their future with the necessary skills to assist with their understanding of how and why the body functions the way that it does. Units of work that focus on anatomy, biomechanics, exercise physiology, and the sociological impacts of sport on self and others are taught in addition to those offered in core Health and Physical Education. Year 12 Physical EducationYear 12 PE is about developing who you are and discovering what your body is capable of. Year 12 PE involves an awesome camp, Lawn bowls in the local community and going to Les Mills. Year12 PE is the time where you begin finding out how your body actually works.
Year 13 Physical EducationThis course offers 20-24 Level 3 NCEA credits. Level 3 Physical Education is a theory based course that applies concepts to physical /practical examples and experiences.
The practical and theoretical concepts covered are:
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