Heretaunga College

Year 10 Health and Physical Education

Course Description

Big Question: What can physical activity teach me about myself and what is influencing my decisions as a teenager?

Half of each term (5 weeks) will have a Physical Education focus: Enhancing well-being and attitude towards being active. Improving interpersonal, communication and cooperative skills. Leadership and growth opportunities through physical activity.

Half of each term (5 weeks) will have a Health focus: Developing positive values, knowledge and competency to become confident, connected and resilient people.

Learning Areas:

Health & Physical Education

Assessment Information

MANA REO (COMMUNICATING)

Students will be assessed on their ability to communicate their knowledge, understanding and skills.

• Pre-structural - I need support to describe ideas and/or information.
• Uni-structural - I can describe an idea and/or information.
• Multi-structural - I can describe ideas and information.
• Relational - I link ideas and information together and explain my understanding.
• Extended Abstract - I apply my understanding to discuss my ideas in new ways.

WHAKAARO (THINKING)

Students will be assessed on their ability to develop their levels of thinking in a variety of learning experiences.

• Pre-structural - I need to support to think of an idea.
• Uni-structural - I can think of an idea.
• Multi-structural - I can think of several ideas.
• Relational - I link ideas together to organise my thinking.
• Extended Abstract - I apply my thinking in creative ways.