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Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum

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Key areas of learning

The key areas of learning reflect and address the current health and physical education needs of New Zealand students. The spiral nature of learning in health education and physical education means that key areas of learning will need to be revisited at different levels and in different learning contexts. These key areas of learning are required to be incorporated in programmes for all students at both primary and secondary levels to the end of year 10.

The key areas of learning are:

key areas of learning diagram

For each key area of learning, there is a general statement and a list of learning opportunities, which includes specific examples. Each of these examples relates to at least one achievement objective.

Achievement Objectives