Junior Health at CBHS
This is a compulsory course based on the four strands of the Health and Physical Education curriculum. Students receive one dedicated period of Health per week, as well as Health concepts being interwoven into their Physical Education lessons. These aim to develop, personal health and physical development, movement skills, relationships, healthy communities and environments.
We teach and assess six key values: Active Involvement, Acceptance of Challenges, Self-Management, Movement, Motor Skills and Relating to Others and research and wider context. Topics are taught to improve knowledge and to help make good, informed decisions in life situations.
The course attempts to up-skill the individual as a whole; concentrating on mental and physical health and development, movement skills and social development through the medium of life experiences and movement.
Students are assessed each term on the six key values of CBHS Health. They receive an average grade at the end of the year.
Year 9 Health Education Topics
- Hauora/Wellbeing
- Who am I?
- Smoking
- Bullying/Cyber bullying
- Body image/Obesity
- Sexuality/Relationships
Year 10 Health Education Topics
- Hauora/Wellbeing
- Alcohol
- Drugs
- Sexuality
- Nutrition
Curriculum Strands of Health Education
Personal health and physical development, in which students develop the knowledge, understandings, skills, and attitudes that they need in order to maintain and enhance their personal well-being and physical development.
Movement concepts and motor skills, in which students develop motor skills, knowledge and understandings about movement, and positive attitudes towards physical activity.
Relationships with other people, in which students develop understandings, skills, and attitudes that enhance their interactions and relationships with others.
Healthy communities and environments, in which students contribute to healthy communities and environments by taking responsible and critical action.
Underlying concepts of Health Education
Hauora – A Māori philosophy of well-being that includes the dimensions taha wairua, taha hinengaro, taha tinana, and taha whānau, each one influencing and supporting the others.
Attitudes and values – A positive, responsible attitude on the part of students to their own well-being; respect, care, and concern for other people and the environment; and a sense of social justice.
The socio-ecological perspective – A way of viewing and understanding the interrelationships that exist between the individual, others, and society.
Health promotion – A process that helps to develop and maintain supportive physical and emotional environments and that involves students in personal and collective action.
CBHS HPE Key Values in Health Education
- Accepting Challenges
- Actively Involved
- Relationships with others
- Movement and Motor Skills
- Self-Management
- Research and wider community
Senior Health at CBHS
Year 11 Health Education
In this course students learn about their own wellbeing and that of others and society through health-related contexts. The course is assessed against the new NCEA Level One Achievement Standards.
This course suits students with an interest in Health education and students who have achieved Achievement Standard 90971 in year 10 Health.
The topics covered are based around the following areas: alcohol and drug use, promoting positive sexuality, skills to enhance relationships, teenage eating patterns and healthy eating, and how changing states of health can affect our Hauora (well-being). The course will be primarily classroom based; however, there is potential for a range of guest speakers, field trips, and practical elements, which will reinforce theoretical learning. There will be a significant emphasis on students leading their own learning so that topics covered are specific to the learner. Health studies will continue into Level 2 Health in 2025 and Level 3 Health in 2026.
NCEA STANDARDS
External
92010 Health 1.3 – Demonstrate understanding of personal, interpersonal, and societal factors that influence hauora.
92011 Health 1.4 – Demonstrate understanding of strategies that enhance hauora.
Internal
92008 Health 1.1 – Demonstrate understanding of wellbeing through the application of a model of health.
92009 Health 1.2 – Demonstrate understanding of a decision-making process in a health-related situation.
Year 12 Health Education
This is a new subject offered in 2024, in this course students learn about their own well-being and that of others and society through health-related contexts. The course is assessed against NCEA Level Two Achievement Standards.
This course suits students who chose Year 11 Health in 2023, or who demonstrate a keen interest in promoting positive health, personally, interpersonally, and societally.
The topics covered are based around the following areas: change, enhancing wellbeing (personally, interpersonally, and societally), sexuality education, and adolescent health. We have the flexibility to link alcohol and drug use, mental health, nutrition, addictions, and other relevant context to make the learning for meaningful and purposeful.
NCEA STANDARDS
External
91235 Health 2.1 – Analyse an adolescent health issue.
Internal
91236 Health 2.2 – Evaluate factors that influence people’s ability to manage change.
91237 Health 2.3 – Take action to enhance an aspect of people’s well-being within the school or wider community.
91239 Health 2.5 – Analyse issues related to sexuality and gender to develop strategies for addressing the issues.