Exam+Prep+and+important+info

Your Sports Science is on TUESDAY 1st June starting at 10:15am in G5 . Make sure you are there by 10am. All you need is a pen (and spares just in case). The exam will be 2 hours long and is all theory. It only covers Achievement Standard 1.1 (Wellbeing), as this is the final assessment for this unit of work.

I have marked the questions you answered on Monday when I was away, so if you want some feedback of where you are at or what you need to work on, you are welcome to come to the PE Office anytime Monday or Tuesday morning before your exam to collect yours (if you come Monday and I'm teaching, tell one of the other PE teachers in the office that it is on my desk).

The link below to the NCEA assessment wording is what we did in Wednesday lesson before you went on exam leave - would be worth looking over before your exam to remind you what you are being asked. Assessment Words

Below is a list of things I __**HIGHLY**__  suggest you practice writing about in preparation for Tuesday....


 * Be able to **DESCRIBE and EXPLAIN** how participation in the 3 activities (Tramp, Touch, Tony Martin's/Fitness Centre) influences all 4 dimensions of well being.
 * **EVALUATE** how **ALL FOUR** dimensions of wellbeing would be affected by ongoing participation of each activity (i.e if you were to continue playing/participating, in the long term, how would this effect you - remember to talk about all 4 dimensions). Whatever factors you come up with in your evaluation, talk about them in terms of whether they are positive or negative influences. Also see if you can find the links between the dimensions and try and discuss these (//e.g if you dropped the ball in touch, it would have a negative effect on your physical wellbeing, because you failed in the basic skill of catching, but it also made you feel embarrassed, effecting your mental and emotional dimension negatively. It also may have effected you negatively in the social dimension because your team mates gave you a hard time for dropping the ball and wanted you to sub off!//)
 * Decide whether you would participate in each activity again in the future. **EXPLAIN** why or why not. **EXPLAIN** how you would make this happen (e.g find out bus routes, costs, membership fees etc - remember to **EXPLAIN**. **IDENTIFY** any factors that would affect your participation in these activities i.e //enablers and barriers//

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