Albany Senior High School/Curriculum plans/Physical Education

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Vision
At Albany Senior High School


 * we nurture each other
 * we inspire each other
 * we empower each other

How will we contribute to the realisation of the school’s vision?

In Physical Education, Health, and Outdoor Education, students will be empowered to enhance their own wellbeing and that of others, in both movement and health-related contexts.

Activities will nurture students' physical, social and emotional development through experiences involving co-operation, problem-solving, decision-making, critical thinking, leadership and reflection.

Throughout all of these subjects students' will be inspired to lead their own learning and work collaboratively in a challenge based programme.

Values

 * Excellence in all that we do.
 * Warm, mutually respectful relationships.
 * Families as part of our learning community.
 * Fairness, openness, honesty and trust.
 * Learning together and making decisions together.
 * Using evidence and reflection to make decisions.
 * Curiosity and enquiry, creativity and innovation.
 * Contributing to our local and global communities.
 * Protecting and enhancing the environment.
 * Diversity that enriches our learning community.

How will we affirm and promote the school’s values?


 * ow will we affirm and promote the school’s values?We will promote excellence in all we do through: High expectations for our students and for ourselves. Keeping up with developments in movement and health related contexts Celebrating success
 * Develop warm, mutually respectful relationships by: listening to and respecting the views of others working effectively together to achieve our goals operating under a 'challenge by choice' philosophy in our outdoor education programme
 * Families as a part of our learning community: drawing on relevant family experiences in discussions inviting parents to attend field trips and camp briefings including subject updates in the school newsletter inform them of their child’s success and struggles through praise postcards and phonecalls
 * Fairness, openness, honesty and trust through: Respecting the views and contributions of others Encouraging questioning Promoting safe learning environments
 * Learning together and making decisions together through: student designed learning programmes and assessment tasks (see appendix 1) collaborative learning Sharing knowledge and ideas
 * Using evidence and reflection to make decisions through: expecting referencing of sources questioning and challenging assumptions designing learning programmes Individual and peer reflection and review
 * Foster curiosity and enquiry, creativity and innovation through: experiencing the thrill of movement sharing passion for the subject and for learning in general showcasing success and encouraging students as teachers connecting with students' interests to give ownership of learning varying teaching and learning techniques
 * Contributing to our local and global communities through: links with experts and relevant industries in the local, national and international community. ie: A working relationship has been established with Massey University sports science department. Mentoring with researchers will occur. Promoting health and well-being strategies to the school community
 * Protecting and enhancing our environment through: Awareness of our subjects role in environmental issues appreciating the environment through outdoor education minimising our impact on the environment participating in restoration and conservation activities for outdoor education
 * Diversity that enriches our learning area through: Wide range of contexts and content student led activities ie: student choice of contexts Exploring societies treatment of diversity
 * Partnership with families through: Celebrating success, e-portfolios Sharing course information with families online Drawing on relevant family experiences/expertise where possible Use of praise postcards
 * And in the life of the school we honour the unique place of Maori as tangata whenua of New Zealand

Expectations
Expectations for teaching and learning including embedding ICTs

1. How will our teaching and learning meet the school’s expectations for 21st century pedagogy based on current research?

2. How will our assessment promote effective learning?

3. What does an effective 100-minute lesson look like?

Key competencies
How will we develop each of the key competencies in the learning area? How will we promote the split screen? These are a means and an end.

Curriculum design
What do we want our students to learn and/or develop?

Quality assurance
How will we ensure that standards are transparent, clear, reliable, valid and fair?

Self review
What data will we collect and how will we use it?