Physical Education News

Term 2 in Physical Education and Sport

Term 2 provides our students with a variety of interesting and challenging activities incorporating some of the Fundamental Motor Skills used in bouncing a ball, Throwing and Catching and hitting a ball using a Single Handed Strike as well as a fitness program for the children in Grade 3 to 6.

Winter Inter School Sport begins in Term 2 with five teams from Grade 6 representing our school in Football, Soccer, Netball Girls, Mixed and Tee Ball. Games are scheduled between 11:30am to 1:30pm on a Friday and all children involved have been provided with a fixture with specific starting times and venues for each week.

The children in Grade 5 will focus on the same games in an Intra School format at school and local reserves.

Some of our middle and senior children will also be participating in the Maribyrnong Division Cross Country, which is to be held at Brimbank Park on Wednesday, 28th May. Information regarding this event will be sent out to participants via Compass two weeks prior to the date.

Physical Education

Grades Prep, 1 and 2 will continue working on the FMS of Bouncing, Throwing and Catching and the Single Handed Strike incorporating various drills, activities and ball games with a bat tennis bat and tennis ball, which require increasing degrees of difficulty.

Grades 3 and 4 will be participating in a Fitness program incorporating activities to improve their speed, core strength and endurance. The Single Handed Strike using both the forehand and backhand with a bat tennis bat and tennis ball. The use of minor games and drills will make up a large proportion of the activities incorporating these skills.

Grades 5 and 6 will be participating in a Fitness program incorporating activities to improve their speed, core strength and endurance. The Single Handed Strike using the forehand, backhand and volley. The focus of the drills and games will be of an appropriate standard and challenge to their age and development with the emphasis on performing skills under pressure and in game situations.

Stratos Tzanoudakis

Grade 6 Winter Sport Results 

Footscray West PS v Corpus Christi PS

Sport reports will be presented at assembly the week after the match has been played.

• Soccer 14 – 2
• Tee ball 16 – 5
• Netball Girls 24 – 14
• Netball Mixed 10 – 6
• AFL 101 – 1