L3PED

L3 Physical Education

Subject Description

Teacher in Charge: Alex Eastwood.

  • The Level 3 Physical Education course focuses on evaluating, analysing, and demonstrating performance in physical activities using biophysical principles and socio-cultural factors. 
  • Students critically assess performance improvement programmes, to improve individual performance in training for a 6km Tough Guy and Gal mud run.
  • The course also involves analysing physical skills, breaking them down into components, and applying biomechanical principles to provide feedback for improvement. 
  • Practical performance is applied in both Badminton and the 6km Tough Guy and Gal mud run, ensuring proficiency in a wide range of skills. 
  • Students devise strategies to achieve physical activity outcomes and examine contemporary leadership principles in physical activity contexts.

Pre requisites: 11 credits in Level 2 Physical Education (including AS 91328 & AS 91334), or with HOD approval

Approximate credits: 19 credits 

Material fees: Students need to have a senior or junior physical education uniform 


Subject Overview

Term 1
Evaluate the effectiveness of a performance improvement programme
- examining a performance improvement programme by using biophysical principles and socio-cultural factors to make judgements about the effectiveness of the programme.
- evaluation of a performance improvement programme is to improve the student’s own performance in badminton.
- Students will be explaining the effectiveness of using biophysical principles, such as functional anatomy, biomechanical principles, skill learning, and sport psychology, as well as socio-cultural factors, including societal, political, economic, environmental, ethical, cultural, and historical aspects, in their training programmes.

Analyse a physical skill performed by self or others
- breaking the performance of the physical skill down into component parts.
- explaining the parts using biomechanical principles.
- using the performance analysis and biomechanical principles to provide feedback and/or feed-forward with the intent of improving their performance of the skill.
- which parts of the skill have the greatest impact on performance.

Term 2
Demonstrate quality performance of a physical activity in an applied setting
- Students will participate in badminton and the Tough Guy and Gal 6km mud run.
- In badminton, this includes technical accuracy, control, and strategic decision-making, while the mud run demands endurance, agility, and overcoming obstacles.

Devise strategies for a physical activity outcome
- selecting and explaining the knowledge that underpins specific strategies to achieve when training for Tough Guy and Gal.
- this involves developing the strategies, trialling them and adjusting them as a result of a process of ongoing reflection.
- knowledge relates to:
· Biophysical - which may include – anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, psychology, skill acquisition, methods/principles of training.
· Socio-cultural - which may include – societal, political, economical, environmental, ethical, cultural, historical factors.

Term 3
Examine contemporary leadership principles applied in physical activity contexts
- researching and explaining contemporary leadership principles, and how these are applied, to draw conclusions about their relevance and suitability for physical activity contexts.
- Contemporary leadership principles include collaborative leadership, distributed leadership, provision for individual voice and empowerment.

Recommended Prior Learning

Students are recommended to have prior learning in both Level 1 and Level 2 Physical Education. 

Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

Senior PE uniform - black Onehunga High School sports t-shirt and black shorts.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.

This course is approved for University Entrance.

Total Credits Available: 19
Internal Assessed Credits: 19
External Assessed Credits: 0
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91499 v2
NZQA Info

Physical Education 3.2 - Analyse a physical skill performed by self or others


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91500 v2
NZQA Info

Physical Education 3.3 - Evaluate the effectiveness of a performance improvement programme


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91501 v2
NZQA Info

Physical Education 3.4 - Demonstrate quality performance of a physical activity in an applied setting


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91505 v2
NZQA Info

Physical Education 3.8 - Examine contemporary leadership principles applied in physical activity contexts


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91789 v2
NZQA Info

Physical Education 3.9 - Devise strategies for a physical activity outcome


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 19
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 8
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 19

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.