Health & Physical Education Curriculum Review 2024

Health Curriculum Review Reporting to the Board of Trustees Health Programme Consultation Purpose:
Section 60B of the Education Act 2020, as amended by the Education Standards Act 2001, requires Board of Trustees to produce a written statement, following consultation with the school’s community, about how the school will implement health education at least once every two years.   
To consult with parents, caregivers and teachers about the health learning needs of the students at Rotorua Seventh-day Adventist School and to design programmes that will make a difference to their well-being.   
The Key Areas of Learning in the National Curriculum Document: The Key areas of learning reflect and address the current health and physical education needs of New Zealand students: 
The four relating to Health are:  
  • Mental Health - This key area is about providing children with opportunities to develop knowledge, understanding and skills to strengthen personal identity, enhance a sense of self worth and to develop effective relationships with others.  
  • Sexuality Education - Sexuality Education provides students with the knowledge, understanding and skills to develop positive attitudes towards sexuality, to take care of their sexual health and to enhance their interpersonal relationships now and in the future.  
  • Food and Nutrition - Food and Nutrition education enables students to make informed decisions about food and the choices that will contribute to their own well-being and that of other people.  
  • Body Care and Physical Safety - Learning about body care provides students with opportunities to make informed decisions about body care, to recognize hazards in the environment and to adopt safe practices in relation to these. 
In line with our Special Character and alongside the Ministry of Education’s supporting material on Sexuality Education, the programme will be outlined as follows:
  1. God’s design for intimacy and love
  2. Physical Changes (Puberty)
  3. Spiritual & Social community health aspects
Health Education is about enhancing students’ sense of self-worth through learning to think critically about health-related contexts. Students learn that well-being is a combination of physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual aspects of people’s lives.

Consultation Process:
The purpose of the consultation is to outline the programmes being delivered, how they are being delivered and to identify some of the health education needs of the students. 

The consultation process will:
  • Include staff consultation and review of current Health Curriculum - June 2024
  • run over weeks of 6-10 of Term 2, 2024. 
  • The school community will be informed of the review through the school’s newsletter, a PDF emailed to parents/caregivers of the Draft 2024-2024 Health Curriculum Plan, and documents put on the school website.             
  • Further to this a parent information evening will be held on Tuesday 25th June, 6pm.
  • Parents/Caregivers will be emailed a Google Form to complete. Paper copies are available also.
  • Student voice will occur throughout the delivery of the programme as self-review to improve the programme over the course of the two year cycle. 
  • Student Whare Tapa Wha Survey to provide snapshot of student wellbeing.
  • Proprietor to provide approval of Health Consultation. Final Health Curriculum documentation, feedback and next steps be sent for final approval to Adventist Education.​
Summary Feedback from The Consultation Process here:
Rotorua SDA School Health Curriculum Plan 2024-2026
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 Health & Physical Education Programmes Links