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PDHPE

Ms Camilla Clydesdale

National Health and Physical Education Day - 2nd September 2020

Last week the College PDHPE KLA encouraged staff and students to get involved in National Health and Physical Activity Day. To mark the occasion O'Connor held “Workout Wednesday” all day. We were encouraged to be active on Wednesday and everyday in as many ways as we can! In PAC classes, classes, students chose an active activity to kick start cognitive functioning for the day.

During the course of the day students chose to attend from a rang of activities run by our PDHPE Department including tennis, bench press and rowing competitions, badminton and volleyball.

Child Studies

Child Studies have been doing a unit on Children and Culture and looking at different games that can be played with children.

RUOK Day

In Year 9 PE we are studying the unit RUOK this term.

PHOTO: Year 12 with a banner that they created when they were in Year 10.

Mr Channon organised a well-being day for Year 12 with guest speakers, counsellors, teachers running sessions. One of the workshops was led by Mr Hawthorne and it included the background information on RUOK Day. The students were then given a piece of yellow fabric and a black fabric marker to create their own artwork. Mrs Channon then stitched each piece together to create a unique and very special banner that hangs proudly in the Benilde Indoor Street. What a lovely legacy:)

PDHPE Challenges

Can you do more steps than Mrs Mellowship-Brown in one day: 29, 368 steps.

Can you run 10km faster than Mr Honnery: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Can you ride further on a mountain bike than Miss Clydsdale: 260km

Can you calf-raise more than Mr Russell: 200kg

Can you climb higher than Mrs Patrick: 5400 meters

How are you staying active in our community??

Are you reaching your daily movement goals?

Compare your daily habits with this document: Australian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Young People (5-17 years)

Guidelines

For optimal health benefits, children and young people (aged 5–17 years) should achieve the recommended balance of high levels of physical activity, low levels of sedentary behaviour, and sufficient sleep each day. A healthy 24 hours includes:

Accumulating 60 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day involving mainly aerobic activities;
Several hours of a variety of light physical activities;
Limiting sedentary recreational screen time to no more than 2 hours per day;
Breaking up long periods of sitting as often as possible;
An uninterrupted 9 to 11 hours of sleep per night for those aged 5–13 years and 8 to 10 hours per night for those aged 14–17 years; and
Consistent bed and wake-up times.

Activities that are vigorous, as well as those that strengthen muscle and bone should be incorporated at least 3 days per week.

For greater health benefits, replace sedentary time with additional moderate to vigorous physical activity, while preserving sufficient sleep.

International Games

Year 9 have been participating in a unit called International Games. Jujitsu is one of the games that our students have enjoyed.