Health & Physical Education

At Somerville Intermediate, Health and Physical Education is aimed at providing regular, progressive and safe learning experiences where positive attitudes to health, physical education and sport are encouraged. Students are provided with the opportunity to develop critical inquiry through a varied and interactive Health and Physical Education programme.

Programmes are developed to meet the needs of students of intermediate age, specific to our school and community.  Our aim is to plan and deliver culturally responsive and engaging units of learning that empower students to make health enhancing choices in the key areas of learning: mental health; sexuality; food and nutrition; body care and safety; physical activity and emotional wellbeing.

Students are encouraged to set goals, develop independence, resilience and responsibility and promote wellbeing for themselves, and others. Opportunities are provided for students to work cooperatively and play fairly. Somerville Intermediate School teachers use a range of appropriate teaching strategies that engage students and enable development of the key capabilities/competencies, while taking opportunities to integrate Health Education learning with other aspects of The New Zealand Curriculum.

People with experise from within the school and the wider community are involved to enrich and extend the programmes. An interactive partnership between the school and home is maintained to involve and keep parents/the community informed of activities and expectations. Students' learning and progress are monitored through a variety of formative and summative assessment strategies and are recorded in relation to key objectives.