Rosmini College
NCEA Level 1 Outdoor Education
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr T. Hill.
Outdoor Education (OED) is an exciting opportunity for students to gain life skills and be exposed to new activities throughout NZ. The course is designed alongside the NCEA level 1 Academic P.E course. Students participate in the same internal assessments as 11APD, but these have been rewritten to focus on different aspects such as rock climbing, kayaking, tramping, and safety in the outdoors.
Students can not choose to take both OED and APD, because they run the same courses (just with a different focus as stated above), but upon completion of 11OED students can either advance to Level 2 OED or Level 2 APD.
11 Outdoor Education is a course that examines both the physical and theoretical understanding of movement and is delivered under the new NCEA pathway. In 11OED, we recognise that physical activity in Aoteroa contexts is a valuable component of all life, and we endeavour to not only experience being physically active but to examine why and how it is important to us.
In regards to assessment, we collect work in an ongoing manner as a portfolio of written and verbal submissions with a large focus on physical activity and the 'BIG IDEAS' within the new Physical Education curriculum, these are:
* Movement is integral to Hauora
* Participation in movement enriches our lives
*Through movement, we develop diverse capabilities
* There are diverse ways of understanding movement contexts and the moving body
11OED will offer 15 Credits, through three assessments, two internally marked by the department, and one externally marked by NZQA. We are also able to offer a second externally marked assessment, which students will need to opt into and work towards throughout the year (A possible 20 credits overall if opt-in occurs).
Please note, There with be trips/activities associated with this course, that whānau will be asked to pay for. Due to the nature of the course, there is a cost of $650 per student to cover the hiring of qualified instructors, travel costs, equipment, etc. This can be paid all at once, per term, or in instalments. This fee covers the year's activities, which are then used for our course content for students to gain credits.
Planned activities include (but are not limited to); white water kayaking, rock climbing, kio-rahi, white water rafting, waka ama, and the Tough Guy/girl mud-run.
11OED will be 9 periods a cycle and students will only miss a total of 3 full days of school.
Email: [email protected] for more details or the proposed course outline.
Recommended Prior Learning
An interest in the outdoors and a sense of adventure are essential. Any previous experience in tramping, camping, orienteering and the outdoors is also an advantage, but not necessary. Swimming is an essential component of this course. All students must be competent swimmers to a distance of 200m.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
WARNING: This course has a significant cost associated with it. Around $650 per student for the first year with additional costs that families will need to cover like food on trips and equipment such as thermals, waterproofs, cooking gear etc.
Students, you MUST have permission from your parents to select this course due to the high cost.
Pathway
This course has the exact same internal assessments as year 11 APD, but just with an outdoor focus instead (for example, rock climbing instead of soccer). For this reason, it will teach you all the necessary skills and information you need to know to enable you to progress to Level 2 Academic P.E. or Level 2 OED.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Physical Education 1.1 - Participate actively in a variety of physical activities and explain factors that influence own participation
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Physical Education 1.2 - Demonstrate understanding of the function of the body as it relates to the performance of physical activity
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Physical Education 1.3 - Demonstrate quality movement in the performance of a physical activity
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Physical Education 1.5 - Demonstrate interpersonal skills in a group and explain how these skills impact on others
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Physical Education 1.7 - Demonstrate, and show understanding of, responsible behaviour for safety during outdoor education activities
Disclaimer
Rosmini College's timetable is student-driven and a new timetable is generated each year based on student subject selection. Unfortunately, while we do our best to avoid them, timetabling clashes may still occur and a few students may be required to choose an alternative subject option.
The 2025 timetable, including the number of classes in each subject and staffing allocations, is created based on student selections made in 2024. Because of this, changing subjects at the beginning of 2025 may not be possible. Please, make your subject choices carefully.
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