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Health and physical education
New Zealand curriculum – draft 2006–2007
Read the health and physical education curriculum learning area introduction on pages 16–17:
- The New Zealand curriculum: Draft for consultation 2006 (PDF, 2.24 MB)
- Health and physical education curriculum achievement objectives (PDF, 336.99 kB)
In health and physical education, students learn how to support their own well-being and that of others and society, exploring these in health related and movement contexts.
Feedback from the education community suggested that the structure of the current curriculum was appropriate and generally worked well. As a result, we did not recommend significant change, but refined the health and physical education curriculum to help make it easier to use and ensure its continued relevance.
These refinements included rewording some achievement objectives and updating the related examples. Other changes included renaming the learning area (currently 'health and physical well-being') to 'health and physical education' to match the title of the curriculum.
Background reading
A recent paper written by Pat Street is now available: Home economics education in New Zealand: A position statement (Word, 149.50 kB).
A recent paper written by Gillian Tasker, Auckland University, is now available: ‘It makes you think outside the square’ – Examining the relationships between students’ perceptions of their learning in senior secondary health education, the proposed key competencies, the schooling strategy 2005–2010 and learning in the knowledge rich (Word, 134.00 kB).
