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Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum

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General aims

The aims of the health and physical education curriculum are for students to:

A

develop the knowledge, understandings, skills, and attitudes needed to maintain and enhance personal health and physical development;

B

develop motor skills through movement, acquire knowledge and understandings about movement, and develop positive attitudes towards physical activity;

C

develop understandings, skills, and attitudes that enhance interactions and relationships with other people;

D

participate in creating healthy communities and environments by taking responsible and critical action.