The main aim of the course is discovering more about yourself and your follow students through the provision of adventurous and challenging activities in a wide variety of environmental and social contexts. Learning will take place through a mixture of theory and practical instruction sessions, classroom discussion and activity reviews. One afternoon per week is available for practical lessons during most weeks of each term.
The course themes of teamwork, organisation, self-responsibility, communication skills and goal setting are all introduced and reinforced through each activity. Each experience is reviewed to gain further understanding of our achievements and discoveries. There are no formal prerequisites and you do not need to have any outdoor experience to do this course. This course will help students discover basic skills and knowledge related to outdoor pursuits, allowing the student to carry on with further study in other Outdoor Pursuits courses. In addition, it will help the student discover an understanding of how people value our environment differently and allowing them to start developing how they value it. This course will be assessed using Unit Standards at Level 1 and 2 (19 credits) and Achievement Standards at Level 1 (5 credits).
The Level 1 Outdoor Pursuits course is intended to allow students to discover a wide variety of practical outdoor pursuit activities. The course is framed around the various pursuit activities. Each of these is taught for a block of time, anything from 3 – 9 weeks. The core components of the course are:
The course is based on assessment in a selection of Unit and Achievement Standards. All Standards are internally assessed. MAC Assessment and Reporting Policies and Procedures are applicable to Level 1 Outdoor Pursuits assessments.
The course can contribute credits towards NCEA Level 1 and 2. Please consult the MAC Outdoor Pursuits Website for further clarification. For all standards the majority of assessment tasks are assessed in a practical setting. In many cases there may only be a solitary opportunity for students to demonstrate competence in a task. There is no guarantee of a reassessment opportunity in this case. For this reason it is imperative that students attend all practical sessions. The assessment for snowsports takes place as a practical test on the skifield. There will only be one opportunity to do this test.
Evidence for assessment is typically collected from tasks completed over a number of weeks. In some scenarios it is not possible to complete all tasks in the lessons available (such as if weather events cause cancellations). Every endeavor will be made to offer sufficient assessment opportunities. For this reason some assessments may not be able to be fully completed until Term 4. The MAC NCEA Student Handbook outlines the expectations in relation to student work. There may be situations where you may miss a practical assessment for legitimate reasons. In that situation if it is possible to reschedule assessment, every effort will be made to do so, although it may not always be possible. If an assessment is missed and the reason is not legitimate the student will score a “not-achieved”. Assessment will occur both in class and during most practical sessions. A detailed calendar of practical sessions can be found on the practical calendar.
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