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=Physical Education Department=
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HOD: Miss H Abraham
Department Team:


 * Miss M Hartevelt
 * Mrs M Tagamoa
 * Mrs H Barwig-Uini

Term 3: __**Junior Physical Education**__

Week 1-3 Students this term are participating in the Health Unit, "Dare to Make a Choice". The unit focuses on giving students the skills to deal with situations that are challenging with focus on the effects of smoking.
 * __Year 7__**

Week 1-3 Students this term are participating in the Physical Education Unit, "Games of Pastimes". The unit focuses on giving students experience in a range of traditional Maori Games, such as Short Sticks and Long Sticks.
 * __Year 8__**

Week 1-3 Students are continuing on with the Physical Education Unit, "Movement to Music" in an Aerobic and Gymnastic Environment. The foucs is for students to arrange a routine using gymnastic and aerobic skills and perform this as a team.
 * __Year 9 & 10__**


 * __Senior Physical Education

Year 11__** Students are studying AS 90524 and AS 90525, "3 on 3 Volleyball. This unit involves students demonstrating quality movement skills and examining the quality of performance in Volleyball.

Currently students are studying AS 90433. This unit is about describing how functional anatomy and biomechanical principles relate to performing physical activity. It involves students observing and examining how principles of anatomy and biomechanics relate to physical activity.
 * __Year 12__**

From week five onwards students will be completing AS 90434. The unit, "Bigger, Faster, Stronger", examines principles and methods of training in relation to participation in physical activity. It involves students completing a training log that provides evidence of participation and analysing a sample training program in the medium of Touch Rugby.

Currently students are studying AS 90744. The unit, Getting Year 7’s and 8’s, critically examine physical activity and take action to influence the participation of others. Involves students finding out what type of activities year 7 and 8 students enjoy, what influences their participation in physical activity and organising a range of lunchtime activities for them to participate in
 * __Year 13__**

Later in the term students will complete AS 90742. This unit involves students performing a physical activity to nationally developed performance standards in an applied setting.

__**Senior Health Education**__ Currently students are studying AS 90064. The unit involves students to develop an understanding about the skills required to enhance relationships and applying a problem solving model.

Later in the term during week four students will be studying AS 90066. The unit, "Issues relating to drug use, involves explaining issues relating to drug use, completing some steps of a decision-making model and making valid health-enhancing choices. This is an external unit and an examination will be held.