Kaitaia College
Level 2 Physical Education Academic
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr L. Berghan
What will I learn and how will I learn?
Level 2 Physical Education Extension aims to develop understanding and apply strategies to improve an individual's level of skill in a range of activities; to plan and deliver a training programme; to coach a team for a season; apply risk management strategies in the outdoors; learn and apply Social Responsibility; develop leadership by working with our junior students in a range of physical activities and use teamwork to build a sense of confidence, pride and determination to succeed.
Students have the opportunity to gain 21 Level 2 achievement standard credits, all of which are internally assessed. They also have the opportunity to gain Course Endorsement with Merit or Excellence in this subject. To gain an Excellence endorsement, students need to gain 14 or more credits at Excellence level. To gain a Merit endorsement, they need to gain 14 or more credits at Merit (or a combination of Merit and Excellence). Individual teachers will also give students access to their own Google Classroom site. This is a safe digital environment for student learning that enables students to view assessments, ask online questions about work and allows students to catch up on any work/resources that are missed, if absent. It also allows research resources to be posted by both student and teacher encouraging collaborative learning.
Students have the opportunity to earn three additional Level 3 unit standards from Recreation & Sports and Diving (20673, 26223 and 28392 worth 18 credits in total). Refer Head of Learning Area for more information.
Conditions of Assessment
Internal assessment conditions require students to submit written reports or essays that have been individually written. These can be electronically submitted. Students will sign an authenticity statement declaring their work to be their own. Any referencing should follow APA format. Students will be provided with opportunities for feedback on their work before an assessment is due.
Submitting Internal Assessments
Assessment will be submitted in relation to the students Level 2 Physical Education programme.
Resubmission and Further Assessment Opportunities
Resubmissions can only be offered once and only when small errors or omissions need to be corrected in your work in a short period of time. There is no further teaching available. Further Assessment Opportunities are not available in every standard.
NOTE: Courses may change with the review of standards at the end of each year.
Course Overview
Term 1
Introduction to course theme; AS91335 Get Up and Go; AS91330 - Introduction; AS91334 - Hellison's Model introduction
Term 2
AS91329 - Biophysical skills (Training programme); AS91132 - Coaching a team for a season; "Growing Coaches" course
Term 3
AS91333 - Risk Management in the outdoors
Term 4
Disabled surfing with Te Puna Aroha and Blomfield
Pathway
Recommended Prior Learning
For entry into this course, students need to have excellent attitude, effort and participation in Level 1 Physical Education. They will need a minimum of fourteen credits gained in Level 1 Physical Education at Merit level, or a combination of Excellence grades. There is a high theory content in this course. Therefore, coompetent writing skills would be an advantage. This includes understanding how to structure a good paragraph, using a variety of different sentence styles and endeavouring to use subject specific language. Students can gain entry upon recommendation from their Physical Education teacher or approval from Head of Learning Area.
Credit Information
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
Total Credits Available: 21 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 21 credits.
External
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Term: 3, Week: 10
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Term: 1, Week: 11