NZ Scholarship Health and Physical Education case studies
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This page is intended to support candidates preparing for the New Zealand Scholarship Health and Physical Education assessment, an NZQA Scholarship subject. However, an important caveat applies. The NZ Scholarship Health and Physical Education case studies are 5 cases and about 5,638 words.
1Fitness for Life at Kōwhai College: Whose Barrier Is It?
Kōwhai College (Years 9–13, roll 1,100) has been given a one-off $60,000 grant by a local trust. The Deputy Principal proposes 'Fitness for Life': compulsory beep-testing for every Year 10 student, a subsidised gym membership for Year 12–13, and a CrossFit club delivered by a private provider at a discounted rate.
1,081 words, about 5 min2The Resilience Workshop in Te Awa Valley
Te Awa Valley is a farming town of 4,200 people. The freezing works closed 18 months ago, taking 210 jobs; youth unemployment is 19% against a national figure of 11%, and the district has been in drought for two years.
1,114 words, about 6 min3Mere's Third Metatarsal: Welfare, Load and the Scholarship
Mere, 16, is a national age-group 3000 m runner. She trains eleven sessions and about 85 km a week on top of senior PE, and has been deliberately losing weight since a coach told her that 'lighter is faster'.
1,192 words, about 6 min4Ability Grouping, Aroha, and the Meaning of Inclusion
Rimu Intermediate (Years 7–8, roll 620) streams PE into 'extension', 'core' and 'foundation' groups on the basis of a fitness test at the start of each term. Aroha is a Year 8 student with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy; she uses a walker for distances over about 200 metres, has a mild fine-motor tremor, and plays wheelchair basketball at club level two evenings a week.
1,131 words, about 6 min5Vape Detectors and the Punitive Pipeline at Hātea College
Hātea College (roll 1,400) installed four vape detectors in student toilets at a cost of 18,000. In Term 1 they logged 63 alerts; 41 students were stood down, and the board has approved extending detectors to all eight blocks plus a 200 'clean-up' fine.
1,120 words, about 6 min