Year 10 Health
Course Description
In health and physical education, the focus is on the well-being of the students themselves, of other people, and of society through learning in health-related and movement contexts.
Four underlying and interdependent concepts are at the heart of this learning area:
- Hauora1 – 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.
Year 10 Health is a full year program with a wide variety of topics, relating to well-being and future choices.
Course Overview
Term 1
Personal Identity
Ethics - Right/Wrong and the Common Good
Communication Skills - Social, Physical, Cognitive and Emotional
Body Image
Term 2
Woman's Health - Smear Tests
Sex Education - Conception, Contraception, STD's
Term 3
Alcohol - brain and body effects, size of drinks, alcohol disease, men vs women and fetal alcohol
Drugs - legal vs illegal
Vaping
Abuse
Term 4
Assertiveness
Peer Pressure
Community Health Services