CURRICULUM

Health & Physical Education

Mr John Brimstone  – Head of Health & Physical Education

A new year brings new excitement for students and increasing enthusiasm for their involvement in classes. This semester the HPE Department will continue to provide a variety of experiences across a wide range of physical activities. To provide these quality experiences, there are several things we would like you to know about our classes.

Use of offsite facilities

To enhance our HPE program, classes are held at many local sporting facilities. This means that during your son’s scheduled practical HPE lesson, he may travel off campus on a college bus or by foot. This semester, these locations will include Barlow Park, the showgrounds, Your Fitness Gym, Cairns Golf Club, West Cairns Bowls Club, Cairns Basketball Stadium and the Cairns Youth Centre. If you have any concerns about this, please don’t hesitate to email me  – jbrimstone@cns.catholic.edu.au 

At least one spare sport uniform is needed for practical classes

If your son is doing HPE, he will participate in at least two practical lessons a week. In these lessons boys must wear their full sport uniform. Couple this with sport on Wednesday, and he will use this uniform frequently. Therefore, it is important that he has access to more than one uniform to ensure he can participate in all classes.

Bringing a hat to practical lessons

The prevalence of skin cancer in Australia is confronting. We live in a part of the country where the sun’s ultraviolet rays are extreme and unforgiving. Often our HPE lessons are outdoors, exposing us to this harmful environment. Therefore, it is compulsory for all students to own and wear a Saints hat when participating in outdoor physical activity. It is also recommended that your son’s hat is clearly marked with his name, whether in permanent marker or even embroidered to avoid loss or confusion. 

Thanks in advance for your support of the Saints HPE Department.