Westlake Boys High School
Level 2 Outdoor Education - Marine
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Miss L. Jackson.
Level 2 Outdoor Education
This course fills up and students will be selected by ballot if the course is full. Please request entry into this course, and state which course you would drop if your application is successful. You cannot take 12PED and 12OED. If you select 12PED, 12OED will replace it if you get in.
The aims of this course are to increase pupils skills, knowledge and awareness of the outdoor environment and outdoor pursuits. Trip planning, risk management, building leadership and developing communication skills are a strong focus of this course. Students will be involved in outdoor activities such as scuba diving, sea kayaking, bush navigation, first aid, expedition skills and boating skills. There is also a significant theory component to this course, teaching students boating and diving theory, self reflection, risk analysis, and evaluation of group development. If successful, students will gain their First Aid qualification, SSI Open Water Diver, and Coastguard Boating Day Skippers. There are 27 credits available through Achievement and Unit Standards. This course is all internally assessed.
Assessment
All achievement standards will have a practical and theory component. Students must attend the course trips to enable them to complete their achievement standards fully.
Trips and Safety
The practical aspects of this course are an opportunity for students to put their knowledge and learning into practice and demonstrate their understanding of a topic. Students are required to complete all preparatory tasks prior to a trip to ensure their safety and that of their peers while in the outdoors. Alongside this, students must demonstrate safe practice and maturity during in school practical lessons. A student may be denied attendance on a trip if the above requirements have not been met.
Entry Criteria
Level 2 Outdoor Education Marine is an open entry course. This is a limited entry course.
You cannot take 12OED and 12PED.
Limited Entry Courses: While Westlake endevours to provide all students with their first choices, in some courses there are limits for specialist staffing and/or rooming and equipment reasons. When student numbers exceed these limits students places will be determined by ballot. When students have selected more than one limited entry course, we will aim to place students in at least one of these courses. Students who have taken the subject in the previous year will have priority entry.
Students will require a completed dive medical prior to course commencement.
Students must also:
- meet the requirements to study a Level 2 NCEA Award
- complete all Consent and Medical Forms associated with this course at the end of this school year through attendance of a Outdoor Education information evening.
- complete (on time) the payment schedule for the course contributions. This is a requirement for acceptance into this course.
All trip costs are covered by the course contributions along with activity specific equipment. Students will be required to have access to suitable outdoor clothing for all trips. Approximate subject contributions for this course in 2025 are $1350 (Please be advised this is not the finalised course cost), this course is heavily subsided by STAR and we endeavour to keep cost to families at a minimum.
Equipment/Stationery and Course Costs
This course makes significant use of digital learning material at various times during the year. It is advantageous for a student to have a laptop during these times. Some learning activities, including assessments, will not be able to be completed without a laptop. All trip costs are covered by the course fees along with activity specific equipment. Students will be required to have access to suitable outdoor clothing for all trips.
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for NCEA Course Endorsement.
External
NZQA Info
Manage first aid in an emergency situation
NZQA Info
Provide first aid
NZQA Info
Provide basic life support
NZQA Info
Demonstrate basic knowledge of the operation of pleasure craft by day
NZQA Info
Physical Education 2.4 - Perform a physical activity in an applied setting
NZQA Info
Physical Education 2.7 - Analyse the application of risk management strategies to a challenging outdoor activity
NZQA Info
Physical Education 2.8 - Consistently demonstrate social responsibility through applying a social responsibility model in physical activity
NZQA Info
Physical Education 2.9 - Examine the implementation and outcome(s) of a physical activity event or opportunity
NZQA Info
Physical Education 2.10 - Analyse group processes in physical activity
Disclaimer
Course selection does not guarantee a course will be available or that you have approval to take a course. Final course confirmation is in January and depends on your final results and in rare cases, staff availability.
WEB88, Rendered 8.75MB in 0.0824 seconds with 19 queries.
