OED - Land skills - Rock, Tramp, and Bike
- Learning Area:
- Physical Education & Health
- Year(s):
- 2021 - 2022
- Approx Cost:
- $200.00
- Technology Requirements:
- A laptop is of benefit for this course
- Entry Recommendations:
This course is suited to those who have a strong interest in the outdoors, and especially are willing to try rock climbing, tramping and mountain biking. Students who choose this course are expected to go on several trips, including an overnight camping trip.
- Course Outline:
This course starts with learning basic climbing skills, using the climbing wall at school, and going on trips to Uprising bouldering gym and YMCA indoor wall in Christchurch. The students will also have an outdoor climbing experience.
The next unit is a tramping unit where basic tramping skills such as clothing, navigation, and safety will be covered. There will be a one-night trip where we camp, cook a meal, then do a full day’s tramp.
There will be a three-week unit on Environmental knowledge and skills.
The last 5 weeks of the semester will be biking skills, where we will go on short mountain biking trips, including to Christchurch Adventure Park. Students are expected to bring a mountain bike for this part of the course.
There will be no internal NCEA assessments in this course.
- Where Does It Lead:
OED203
- For further information see:
- Mr Aitken
In Year 9 students start the first year of their two year junior programme. Year 9 consists of two semesters (half year-long) with a combination of compulsory courses and option courses chosen by the students.
In Year 9 students will take 12 semester (half-year) courses that include:
a) Compulsory Courses - 2 semesters of Health & PE, Mathematics, Science, and one Semester of English and Social Studies. (the reverse happens in Year 10, the second year of the junior programme).
b) Option Courses - Four semesters of option courses (note: students choose 5 option courses in Year 10, the second year of the junior programme).
Year 10 students study five compulsory courses (English, Mathematics, Health & Physical Education, Science and Social Sciences) and six semester (half year) options (see individual course details). You can choose to do one semester course from a subject area eg: Drama - Part 1 or take two semester courses from a subject area, which is equivalent to a whole year course eg: Drama Part - 1 and Drama - Part 2. Pathways for all course at all levels are summarised on the Course Planning Chart.
A few Year 10 semester two courses require you to complete semester one first, before doing semester two.
Students won't be gaining Level 1 NCEA in Year 11. There will be up to one internal NCEA assessment per semester course, giving students the opportunity to gain approximately 45 credits but not the 80 needed for Level 1 NCEA. Some assessments maybe at Level 2 NCEA. These internal assessments will expose students to the way different subject areas assess NCEA in preparation for Year 12 and the completion of Level 2 NCEA.
Year 12 students study six year-long courses (see individual course details and Course Planning Chart). There are no compulsory courses, however, English and Mathematics are strongly recommended.
Students have the option of studying five courses. In such cases, students will be placed in the Independent Learning Project (ILP001) course, in addition to their five courses, so that they can be mentored and have their progress monitored.
Year 13 students study five year-long courses (see individual course details and Course Planning Chart) and have an Independent Study (IST). A sixth course can be selected in place of IST. Students have the option of studying four courses. In such cases, students will be placed in the Independent Learning Project (ILP001) course, in addition to their four courses, so that they can be mentored and have their progress monitored.
For students that are intending to gain University Entrance it is strongly recommended that they select at least four University Entrance approved courses. Refer to individual course details to check if a course is a University Entrance approved subject
Year 13 (IST) is independent, unsupervised learning that can take place at school or at home. Students are responsible for managing their work during this time.