Sporting News

Swimming

It has been wonderful for us to be able to offer our swimming program again this year. The students are in a fantastic routine making their way to and from the pool on Wednesday afternoons. 

Students have thoroughly enjoyed the swimming program especially with the warmer weather upon us. Students were put into groups according to their experience and confidence. This has proven to be very successful and teachers have been very pleased with the positive behaviours our students have been displaying and the improvement in their water safety and confidence.

Gymnastics Program

The students are continuing to learn a range of gymnastics skills through our gymnastics program provided by specially trained coaches from PCYC in Tamworth. The students are enjoying all aspects of the program and thriving with all the new skills they are learning and developing.

Gymnastics is wonderful for developing our students’ flexibility, strength, balance and coordination. Gymnastics is also extremely beneficial for other areas of our students development. Since gymnastics is a developmental sport, it builds skills through a progression of steps, requiring the students to concentrate and focus. These skills can be transferred to learning tasks in the classroom. Gymnastics also involves goal setting, practise and mastery of new skills, fostering the students confidence. Furthermore, social skills are enhanced in gymnastics. During a gymnastics lesson, the students will observe, wait their turn, follow directions, respect and work with others as they share spaces and equipment. As the students achieve skills in gymnastics, they increase their self esteem, gain a sense of control over their body’s movements which in turn increases healthy self empowerment and body awareness.