Physical Education

Learning in Physical Education helps students grow as confident, connected and involved lifelong learners, ready to contribute to their world. It embodies the New Zealand curriculum's vision for our young people and enables them to develop the knowledge, values, and competencies to live full and active lives.

Students learn through interactive and practical activities that draw on their own experiences and needs, current and future. As they actively explore challenging situations, students increase their knowledge and skills and develop an understanding about themselves, others, and society.

Students learn to:

• develop knowledge and skills to take action to promote positive well-being for self, others, and society
• engage in a range of movement experiences that promote and support the development of knowledge and skills that contribute to wellbeing
• develop confidence, and competence, to enhance wellbeing, relating to the dimensions taha wairua, taha hinengaro, taha tinana, and taha whānau, each one influencing and supporting the others.
• minimise risk and develop protective factors to become more resilient (They develop meaningful ways of coping with adversity. They can access support for themselves and use strategies to support others.)
• explore attitudes and values, and develop an understanding of behaviours that encourage equity, respect, care and concern for others, and social justice
• think critically to develop an understanding of wellbeing related situations
• think creatively to develop constructive solutions that support and enhance well-being.
• develop an understanding of human movement, biomechanical principles and physiology.

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