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Physical Education

Building children’s engagement and enthusiasm for physical activity is vital for their wellbeing.

Daily physical activity promotes a healthy heart, healthy mind and healthy body.

Being active is easy and can be as simple as washing the car, taking the dog for a walk or going bike riding with the family. This year we will continue to promote the importance of physical activity through PE and through the Premier’s Be Active Challenge, a program for all South Australian children. The Challenge encourages students to do 60 minutes of physical activity everyday, 5 days per week for 4 weeks. We will encourage children to set personal, achievable goals and track their growth throughout the year. After completion of the challenge, children will be rewarded with personal satisfaction and a medal at the end of the year. This year the Olympic Games might motivate and inspire some children to get active and try out a new sport or recreation activity! More information about The Premier's Be Active Challenge will be provided in upcoming newsletters.

 

This semester, children will continue to develop and refine fundamental movement skills and increase levels of fitness, through cooperative team building games, athletics and exploring different sports. Children will learn basic movement patterns like jumping, throwing and running that are transferable across all sports.

They will be given opportunities to apply strategies to participate with others in physical activities in a safe and fair way, learning to follow basic game rules successfully and respond to a whistle. 

Children will engage in warm up activities, learning the importance of stretching before and after physical activity followed by developing and refining new skills and techniques. Every lesson, children are given opportunities to reflect on what went well and articulate their strengths and areas of improvement. 

 

New skills will be explicitly taught and promoted through game based activities, with a focus on object control skills. Children will develop their gross motor skills through various ball sports involving throwing, catching, kicking and rolling. They will also engage in various types of locomotion such as, skipping, jogging, hopping, dodging, galloping and jumping.

 

Throughout the semester children will be involved in sporting clinics, explicitly teaching children skills that can be implemented and developed throughout the year.

 

Children have been busy getting off to a great start, establishing learning agreements and building on teamwork and sportsmanship. With our annual Sports Day coming up at the end of Term 1, Friday 27th March we are busy practising the tabloid events, ensuring children can feel confident, successful and participate with enthusiasm on the day. Sports Day supports children to build confidence, foster communication between peers and learn important social skills like turn taking, sharing and encouragement in a safe, supportive environment.

 

Children are reminded to wear suitable clothing and footwear to all PE lessons to ensure their full participation.

Our Reception PE lessons are Tuesday M6 and Thursday R7 and R8.

 

Amy Byrnes Early Years PE

Amy.Byrnes464@schools.sa.edu.au

German

In our weekly German lessons, students use language in context through familiar routines, games, songs and repetition.  They exchange greetings and information making connections between English and German.  This semester will be an introduction to learning German including the concept of where we are in the world and where German is spoken. There is a high component of oral interaction in our learning experiences.  

At our whole school assembly in week 11, the reception children will be presented with a German ‘Schultüte’, a traditional gift received by children when they start school in Germany.

 

Please encourage your child(ren) to tell you about what they have been learning in German. See what they can teach you!  

 

(Frau) Libby Edwards (R-4 German)

Elizabeth.Edwards559@schools.sa.edu.au 

Science

It has been a great start to Early Years Science with the Receptions settling in well to school. The first two weeks of term have been used to focus on building strong connections to set up positive relationships for the year. Students have been encouraged to work collaboratively in lesson times to get to know their peers as well as share and discuss observations and ideas.

Reception Science lessons are Mondays M6 and R7, and Tuesdays R8. Each class has a double lesson of Science per week, the focus for the first term is observing and describing the characteristics of a selection of living things and that they have basic needs, including food and water. Students are exploring through a range of engaging, hands on inquiry experiences. This topic fits into the Biological Sciences strand of the Australian Curriculum and develops their scientific thinking and critical and creative thinking skills.

Linking with the Australian Curriculum strand of Biological Sciences, students will have the opportunity to predict, observe and question to then share conclusions and observations.

 

Richard Barwa

Richard.Barwa911@schools.sa.edu.au