St Peter's College Physical Education
Health Education Scheme
| Health education is the process through which people
develop the understandings, skills, and motivation to act in
a responsible
way
for their own health and the health of others" (Health Education
Syllabus, 1985:4) |
Mission Statement
Health Education at St. Peter's College is an essential part of the holistic
development of the boys. It is the aim of the health programme to provide
boys with the knowledge to enable them to understand the basic requirements
of good health, to develop a sense of responsibility for their own
health, and to take constructive action for personal health, for the
health needs of others, and the health needs of the community.
Aim The aim of the programme is to develop the understandings,
skills, and motivation to act in a responsible way for the student's
health and the
health of others.
Learning Objectives
- to become aware of their own strengths, abilities and feelings and to
appreciate these qualities in other people
- to develop an understanding of the physical and emotional changes
taking place in adolescence
- to provide students with an adequate knowledge of their own physical,
mental and emotional maturation
- processes as related to sexuality
- to encourage students to develop appropriate interpersonal relationships
with others to develop skills to make health enhancing decisions
- to examine attitudes which promote well-being
- to advocate for health promoting policies and practice in the community
including the school setting
- to understand that the dimensions of well-being include physical, emotional,
social and spiritual aspects
- to provide a knowledge of the guidance counselling and supportive social
services available in schools and the community
Overview
Health Education is taught as a stand-alone subject in Years 8, 9 and
10 with each class time tabled for one period (50 minutes) of health
and two periods of physical education per week. Health shares content,
skills, and attitudes with other subject areas including; English, Social
Studies, Science, Physical Education, Religious Education and Economics.
Course Outline/Content
The Health programme content is organised around four underlining concepts.
They are:
- Well-being, Hauora
- Health promotion
- The socio-ecological perspective
- The importance of attitude and values that promote Hauora
From within these concepts, 'the Key learning areas' are to reflect
and address current health and physical education needs of students.
The Key areas of learning that are relevant to Health are:
- Mental Health
- Sexuality Education
- Food and Nutrition
- Body care and Physical Safety
The content has been organised to develop themes that are based and
cover the following essential learning skills:
Numeracy
Communication
Problem Solving
Self Management and Competitive skills
Social and Co-operational skills
Physical Skills
Work and Study skills
Assessment Statement
Assessment in the Health programme is related to the essential skills
(see above) that are covered in the programme.
We assess:
Knowledge
content knowledge
use of resources
Attitudes
co-operation
tolerance
Skills -communication
social and co-operative
problem solving
physical
The purpose of this assessment is to:
- Improve student learning
- Provide direction for teachers in the development and delivery of programmes
- Measure students performance in knowledge, skills and attitudes
- Monitor students progress
- Report progress
Method of Assessment:
- Self assessment, peer assessment and teacher assessment are
all used
- Assessment tasks are related to learning objectives
- Each assessment is carried in a way best suited to the unit/ module
Community Involvement It is essential that parents' of students at St Peter's College have
the opportunity to discuss the Health Scheme. This will be carried
out through written submissions made by the public.
Also community health professionals and agencies will be asked to
take a positive role in the development of the College's health content.
It
is envisaged that at the year 10 level, students will have a health
day where they visit local body health professionals and agencies
for a 'mini
expo' outing. e.g. the Olympic pools and fitness, the public health
nurse, 'smokefree', sport injury prevention groups, etc would be
on site to
answer students' questions.
Special Character of St Peter's College
Due to the fact that St Peter's College is a school for Catholic boys,
this special character must be taken into account when teaching some
of the themes in health e.g. sexuality.
It must be clarified that the content with in certain aspects of Health,
go against the teachings of the Catholic Church. Where this applies,
it is the responsibility of the teacher to side with the teachings of
the College's Special nature. However, the legislative provisions for
Sexuality Education in Schools must be included in the decision making
process (Health and Physical Education Curriculum 1999:38-39)
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