Achievement Standard
Subject Reference / Physical Education 3.4Title / Perform a physical activity to nationally developed performance standards
Level / 3 / Credits / 4 / Assessment / Internal
Subfield / Health and Physical Education
Domain / Physical Education
Status / Expiring / Status date / 4 December 2012
This achievement standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place before the expiry date set out below.
Expiry date / 31 December 2013 / Date version published / 4 December 2012
This achievement standard requires performing a physical activity, in an applied setting, to nationally developed performance standards.
Achievement Criteria
Achievement / Achievement with Merit / Achievement with Excellence- Perform the physical activity to achievement level of the nationally developed performance standards, in an applied setting.
- Perform the physical activity to achievement with merit level of the nationally developed performance standards, in an applied setting.
- Perform the physical activity to achievement with excellence level of the nationally developed performance standards, in an applied setting.
Explanatory Notes
1This achievement standard is derived from Level 8 Achievement Objectives A1, B1, B2, of Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum, Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 1999 and Hauora i roto i te Marautanga o Aotearoa: He Tauira, Te Pou Taki Kōrero Whāiti, Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, 2000.
2This achievement standard can be used to assess a range of physical activities. The nationally developed performance standardsand guidelines have been constructed as an appendix to this achievement standard and can be accessed at under ‘NCEA support material’. The standard must be read and applied in conjunction with this appendix.
3Applied setting requires that the physical performance skills are demonstrated in an authentic setting; such as during a game, in the appropriate environment, or in a competitive situation. An applied setting could include: tournament games or modified games, competition games, festivals or events, performance in an appropriate outdoor environment for outdoor activities/pursuits.
4A teaching programme could include more than one physical activity that may provide more than one opportunity for assessment. The student’s best performance should be used to determine the final level of achievement.
5This achievement standard could be assessed against in association with AS90741, Physical Education 3.3, where the programme for performance improvement could enhance the assessed performance.
Replacement Information
This achievement standard has been replaced by AS91501.
Quality Assurance
1Providers and Industry Training Organisations must have been granted consent to assess by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against achievement standards.
2Organisations with consent to assess and Industry Training Organisations assessing against achievement standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those achievement standards.
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0226 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018