The Physical Education & Health teachers at Queen’s High School are committed to offering all students an inclusive programme that makes them feel challenged and valued. Through Physical Education our vision is to provide our students with the skills, strategies and opportunities for lifelong learning and participation. Units of work provide a variety of learning experiences for students to develop and enhance their practical and theoretical knowledge in Physical Education and Outdoor Education.
Year 9 and 10 students are taken through a comprehensive Health Education programme. Developing self-belief and leadership skills is a focus from Year 9 through to the senior school.
Year 9: Physical Education and Health
The aim of PE & Health is to offer a fun and educational programme that promotes maximum participation and inspires lifelong involvement in sport and physical activity.
PE & Health in Year 9 covers the following topics:
- Basketball
- Futsal/Football
- Hockey
- Athletics
- Small ball skills (cricket, softball)
- Caring for others – values, beliefs, friendships
- Hauora caring for yourselves – teen years, puberty, vaping, smoking, keeping safe
Year 10: Physical Education and Health
Topics:
The Year 10 Physical Education and Health course combines these two topics of study. Students spend three hours per week working either in the classroom, gymnasium, or outside. This is the second year of a comprehensive two-year junior programme that consists of a number of modules. Some modules are specifically health-based while some directly focus on physical activity as the medium by which we learn.
- Physical Education:
- Touch Rugby
- Fitness Studies
- Sport Science
- Badminton
- Tennis
- Softball
- Health Education: Good decision making around:
- Alcohol & Drug use
- Relationships and Sexuality
- Outdoor Education:
- Knowledge and skills to prepare for Year 10 Camps in Term 4
Skills:
- Self- management
- Practical skills
- Research
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Problem solving
- Application of knowledge
- Reflection and evaluation
Year 11: Physical Education & Outdoor Education
Topics:
- Participating and reflecting on strategies to enhance kotahitanga within a variety of movement contexts (orienteering, snorkelling, adventure racing, team sports).
- Applying knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics & exercise physiology to a variety of activities (rock climbing, mountain biking).
- Apply movement strategies to various movement contexts (Ki-o-Rahi, Frisbee Golf, Football).
- Demonstrate understanding of the influence of personal movement on Hauora, Aotearoa New Zealand or the Pacific.
Skills:
- Mana Whakatipu
- Self-management
- Practical skills
- Communication
- Mahi Tahi
- Planning and organising
- Problem solving
- Ako
- Technology
- Manaakitanga
- Evaluating
Year 12: Physical Education & Outdoor Education
Topics:
- Applying leadership strategies to coaching young people to perform to nationally developed standards in turbo touch and ice skating.
- Applying knowledge of the body’s physiological systems and fitness training concepts to a 2 day tramp and camp.
- Applying knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics, skills learning & sport psychology to an ice skating skill analysis performance.
- Apply and analyse risk management strategies to a 2 day tramp and camp.
- Performing to nationally developed standards in surfing and ice skating.
Skills:
- Self-management
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Planning and organising
- Problem solving
- Application of knowledge
- Technology
- Research
- Evaluating
- Critical thinking
Year 13: Physical Education
Topics:
- Evaluate past and present physical activity experiences, in order to continue to be active in the future.
- Evaluate a personal exercise programme that is reflective of a personal goal. This is linked to training and competing in the duathlon event.
- Contemporary principles and apply these to an outdoor education setting.
- Perform to nationally developed standards in Badminton and a Duathlon Event (2.5km run, 10km bike and 2.4km run)
- Use biomechanics to analyse a badminton skill.
Skills:
- Self-management
- Communication
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Planning and organising
- Problem solving
- Application of knowledge
- Technology
- Understanding self and others
- Research
- Evaluating
- Critical thinking