Our Team
HOL: Josh Badger
Teaching staff and specialties:
Josh Badger (Physical Education, Health and Outdoor Education),
Nancy Reed (Health, Physical Education),
Antony Wilson (Physical Education, Health and Outdoor Education),
Bea Carter-Judd (Physical Education and Health)
Rhys Fallan (Physical Education and Health),
Tini Williams (Sports coordinator)
The PE, Health, and Outdoor Education Department offers a crucial curriculum spanning Year 7 through 13. We are dedicated to developing students as lifelong participants in movement and activity while prioritising their holistic wellbeing. Our subjects include Physical Education, Health Education, and our unique Stand Alone Outdoor Education Programme.
What makes our department unique is our commitment to real-life application and community engagement. We empower students with essential interpersonal skills, leadership opportunities, and team work, fostering genuine personal growth. In Health, we underpin all learning with the three core concepts: Hauora (holistic wellbeing), health promotion, and a sociological perspective on societal issues.
We support student learning and wellbeing by providing multiple opportunities in sport and recreation, including dedicated Y7, Y8, and Y9 camps. Furthermore, we actively engage with Whānau and the wider community, collaborating with key service providers like HB Police, Te Kupenga, Sport HB, and Activators. This ensures our learning extends beyond the classroom walls. We also manage a cost-effective system where a $50 annual sports fee covers all sporting costs for students.
Students develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to live active, healthy, and connected lives. Learning builds physical competence, wellbeing, leadership, teamwork, and decision-making across physical, social, and outdoor contexts. Junior programmes build foundations and confidence, while senior courses offer clear pathways, choice, and
preparation for life beyond school.
How Students Learn Learning is active, inclusive, and student-centred. Teaching emphasises participation, strong relationships, culturally responsive practice, and clear learning intentions. Students learn through movement, experience, reflection, and discussion, with literacy and numeracy explicitly supported within authentic contexts.
Learning is active, inclusive, and student-centred. Teaching emphasises participation, strong relationships, culturally responsive practice, and clear learning intentions. Students learn through movement, experience, reflection, and discussion, with literacy and numeracy explicitly supported within authentic contexts.
Activities are varied and meaningful, allowing students to apply learning in real-life contexts.
Assessment supports learning and progress. A mix of formative and summative assessment is used, including practical performance, reflections, and written or digital evidence. Feedback is timely and specific, helping students understand what they are doing well and how to improve. Students are encouraged to reflect and set goals to support next steps.
Support is embedded through differentiated tasks, scaffolded assessments, clear exemplars, and targeted teacher support. Extension opportunities include leadership roles, higher-level challenges, outdoor education experiences, and pathways into sport, health, and outdoor-related careers. These ensure learning is inclusive, challenging, and responsive to student needs.
Senior students can choose from a range of Physical Education, Health, and Outdoor Education courses. Programmes offer flexibility and clear pathways, with learning assessed through NCEA achievement and unit standards. Courses are designed to cater for different interests, strengths, and post-school goals, supporting students to achieve meaningful qualifications and personal success.
Subject Selection Booklet - pages 15 & 16
Students develop transferable skills that support success at school and beyond, including:
These skills are developed through practical experiences, reflection, and authentic challenges.
Senior programmes support multiple pathways, including:
Courses emphasise real-world application and preparation for life beyond school.
Students are offered a range of opportunities to extend learning beyond the classroom, including:
These opportunities build confidence, independence, and a strong sense of connection to others and the wider community.
Our department values strong, respectful partnerships that support student learning, wellbeing, and achievement. We work collaboratively with students, whānau, and iwi to ensure learning is meaningful, culturally responsive, and inclusive.
Key approaches include:
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