Unit Plan

Unit Title: Kia kaha

1. What is your unit called?
Kia kaha
(the danger vanishes when the
community protects itself)
2. What is this unit about?
Appropriate measures of community
safety and critical examination of the
use of Self Defence.
Development of a resource to increase
awareness in their community about
safety.

Curriculum Level: 8

5. Assessment: Which NCEA Standard can you use

to assess student learning?
NCEA L3 3.1
Evaluate physical activity experiences to devise
strategies for lifelong well-being.
6. Assessment Resource:
What relevant assessment resources are there on
NZQA/TKI to support the assessment of the
standard you have chosen?
Online document with question to get students critically
thinking: http://health.tki.org.nz/Keycollections/Curriculum-implementation/Critical-thinking
Matrix from TKI

9. What resources can you find (electronic,

books, articles, apps etc) to support this unit
of work?
-Self Defence book from Pakuranga college:
Photo copy of pages attached
-Educreation for the flipped classroom
-YouTube video on interpersonal skills:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSsPfbup0ac
-Website to bring awareness to organisations:
http://www.sophieelliottfoundation.co.nz/
-online document with question to get students
critically thinking: http://health.tki.org.nz/Keycollections/Curriculum-implementation/Criticalthinking
-online article about violence in New Zealand:
https://nzfvc.org.nz/data-summaries/childrenand-youth

NZQA quality assured assessment resources (3.1 A

and 3.1 B) : http://ncea.tki.org.nz/Resources-forInternally-Assessed-Achievement-Standards/Healthand-physical-education/Physical-education
3. Why teach this unit? What is the
relevant learning for students?

7. What learning (AOs) could you use from the NZC

in HPE to inform this unit of work?

10. What Teaching Strategies could you use

in your unit?

By providing students with the skills

and knowledge to assess and evaluate
safety issues for themselves they will
be empowered to spread their
knowledge to their friends, family,
school, outside groups and their wider
community.

A3 Safety management
Critically analyse dilemmas and contemporary ethical
issues that influence their own health and safety and
that of other people.

Practical activities
Flipped classroom
YouTube videos
KWL
Role play
Debates
Startling statement
Post box
Sticky note task

Empowering students to believe they

C3 Interpersonal skills
Analyse and evaluate attitudes and interpersonal skills
that enable people to participate fully and effectively as
community members in various situations.

can make a difference to their

community and make it a safer
environment.

D2 Community resources
Establish and justify priorities for equitable distribution
of available health and recreational resources and
advocate change where necessary.
D3 Rights, responsibilities, and laws
Demonstrate the use of health promotion strategies by
implementing a plan of action to enhance the wellbeing of the school, community, or environment.

4. What content might you teach?

-Safety concerns in our community
(violence stats in NZ, what groups
need to be targeted-who are vulnerable
etc.)
-Key self defence moves including
physical skills and verbal strategies to
defuse situations and to protect
themselves and to appeal to others for
help. (Wrestling, balancing, falling,
shoulder hold, wrist hold, arm block
and back off, roll roll run, nose strike,
eye eye palm strike, punching, kicking,
fire and picking someone to help.
-Avoiding dangerous situations
-Getting out of dangerous situations
-Bringing awareness to the community

8. What information could use from the Senior

School Subject Guide (Physical Education) on TKI
to support this unit?
NA

De Bonos thinking hats

Creative open projects
Dicta-gloss
Continuum lines
Reflective box
Story telling activity