My athletic identity

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Healthy Communities and Environments
Movement concepts and motor skills
Mental health
Attitudes and values
Sport Studies
Physical activity
Personal health and physical development
Hauora
Health promotion
Socio-ecological perspective
Years 9–10

Learning about sport and identity through athletics.

Sport studies — Resource collection

This resource is part of the Sport studies resource collection.

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A teenage student stretching on a green court

Context

Learning about sport and identity through athletics.

Unit aim

This unit explores the social and cultural significance of participation in athletics, both for the individual and for the school.

General overview

This unit uses the 5 Star Award scheme and assumes that the school is going to run some form of athletics/tabloids competition (preferably towards the end of this sequence of lessons).

This unit can be modified to use a tabloids approach or a variable standards approach (where athletic standards are set to the ability level of each class).

Key area(s) of learning

Sports studies

Underlying concepts

This unit will enable ākonga to reflect on their attitude towards personal and community wellbeing (attitudes and values); and make a positive contribution to their own wellbeing and that of their school community (health promotion).

AO	Learning Outcome	Learning experiences	Assessment opportunities
5A4	Ākonga will investigate and describe their sense of self worth and its impact on their identity and participation in athletics.	Ākonga pre-test their performances in athletics and identify and describe their attitude to athletics and how this relates to their sense of self worth and their desire to participate. Ākonga practise athletic events and post-test these. Ākonga reflect on their level of achievement and effort, and the impact of their achievement on their feelings of self worth.	Ākonga complete pre- and post- records of attitude and ability and the impact on their desire to participate and their feelings of self worth.
5D4	Ākonga will investigate and evaluate athletics in their school and make recommendations for future athletics programmes.	Ākonga will investigate and evaluate athletics in their school and make recommendations for future athletics programmes. Ākonga discuss and rank social and cultural factors affecting why athletics is taught in their school. Ākonga discuss and rank social and cultural factors affecting their schools athletics day. Ākonga make recommendations on future athletics programmes.	Ākonga complete the resource to rank social and cultural factors and, in groups, make recommendations about future athletics programmes.

Learning Outcome

Learning experiences

Assessment opportunities

5A4

Ākonga will investigate and describe their sense of self worth and its impact on their identity and participation in athletics.

Ākonga pre-test their performances in athletics and identify and describe their attitude to athletics and how this relates to their sense of self worth and their desire to participate.

Ākonga practise athletic events and post-test these. Ākonga reflect on their level of achievement and effort, and the impact of their achievement on their feelings of self worth.

Ākonga complete pre- and post- records of attitude and ability and the impact on their desire to participate and their feelings of self worth.

5D4

Ākonga will investigate and evaluate athletics in their school and make recommendations for future athletics programmes.

Ākonga discuss and rank social and cultural factors affecting why athletics is taught in their school.

Ākonga discuss and rank social and cultural factors affecting their schools athletics day. Ākonga make recommendations on future athletics programmes.

Ākonga complete the resource to rank social and cultural factors and, in groups, make recommendations about future athletics programmes.