PDHPE and Sport News

PDHPE AND SPORT NEWS

PDHPE staff would like to give warm welcome to all students for Term 2 2019.

There will be lots happening in regards to sport, health and fitness.

SCHOOL SPORT

Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon sport is well underway. Students should have returned their notes if they are attending any out of school activities. We hope that students are all looking forward to their new sport choices this term. If students have any questions, please see Ms Hartas.

The sports offered this term are:

• Walking
• Fishing
• Flipout
• Indoor games
• Tennis
• Beach games
• Laser tag and epic gaming
• Plus fitness
• Bowling

FITNESS CLUB

Fitness club is back up and running this term. With the new gym completed, the new fitness club will be more exciting than ever. Students need to register their interest with Ms Hartas at the PDHPE staffroom. ALL students are welcome and encouraged to attend.

WHEN: every Tuesday morning 7:00am – 7:45am (FREE breakfast afterwards till 8:20am)

WHERE: The fitness lab level 2 at LIHS

WHAT TO BRING: Drink bottle, towel, exercise clothing and school uniform to get changed afterwards.

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Well done to all the students who attended the athletics carnival on Wednesday the 8th of May.

Aside from the wind, the day was excellent! It was great to see students get involved and enjoy all the opportunities events like this bring. The athletics carnival is a positive community event that brings together students, teachers and parents outside of the normal classroom context.

There were some outstanding results on the day and we would like to congratulate the following students who received special awards:

SPIRIT AWARDS

The spirit awards are given to students who display a good attitude, enter most events and make an effort to represent their house in a positive. The two students to receive these awards are:

1. Brittany Skeen
2. Ruben Anthony

AGE CHAMPIONS

Upcoming events 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS

Chelsea Ezeoke

Chelsea Ezeoke competed in the Australian Little Athletics Championships in Hobart during the school holidays.

Ezeoke won gold in the under 13 200m, 400m and 4 by 100m relay! Well-done Chelsea!

Jarrod Dyer

Jarrod Dyer takes a clean sweep of the pool at Nationals finishing with phenomenal nine medals! Jarrod spent the majority of April in Adelaide competing in the National Open and Age Swimming Championships. He started off at the Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships from 4-12 April competing in the Open Multi-class category. Jarrod competed in 9 events throughout the Championships making it through to the final in 50m Fly (4th), 50m Breaststroke, 50m Back and 50m Free.

The action didn't stop here for Jarrod with the Australian Age Swimming Championships running from 15-22 April. Jarrod competed in another 9 events in the Boy 17-18 Multi-class. 

Jarrod came away with outstanding results and nine medals!

GOLD in the 100m Free, 50m Fly

SILVER in the 50m Free, 50m Breaststroke, 100m Fly, 200m Individual Medley

BRONZE 50m Back, 100m Breaststroke, 100m Back

Jarrod also performed outstanding at the all schools competition during week 3. He came home with $ silver, 1 Bronze and a gold in the multiclass relay.

He has now been selected into the NSW Para Potential Squad for swimming.

We are all so proud of him at LIHS!

Bilyana Milevski

Bilyana made the South Coast Netball Team this year. The team recently competed in the all schools competition and finished in 4th out of 9 schools. Well done!

We would like to congratulate all the students who attended the zone cross country on the 17th of May. Every student that attended were an excellent representation of the school and we are all so proud of their achievements. 

Congratulations to the students who will progress to the south coast competition. The students are as follows: 

Kelly Blair, Ruben Anthony, Lainey Hooper, Jen Annettes and Adam Young. 

BREAKFAST CLUB

A Reminder to all students that breakfast club is back on! Come and have a healthy breakfast with us!

WHEN: every Tuesday and Thursday morning 7:45- 8:15am

WHERE: Room C21

SAFETY MESSAGE

We are reminding all students to get home safe each day. Students use all different methods of transport. It is very IMPORTANT that all students arrive home safe everyday! When using the roads as pedestrians in particular, students need to be responsible for their safety. It means remaining vigilant and aware of the traffic conditions.

Some key messages we would like to reinforce are:

Wear a helmet if you are riding a bike

Ride on the correct side of the road or on the footpath.

ALWAYS look every way before crossing a road

Never assume a car has seen you

ALWAYS prioritise your safety to and from school!

A STORY FOR THOUGHT

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. One day, his father gave him a bag of nails and a hammer. The father, then asked the son to hammer a nail into the back of the fence every time he lost his temper on the he first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger a bit, the number of nails hammered daily gradually started to dwindle down.

Soon he discovered, it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence….

Finally, the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper. He was thrilled to tell his father about it. As he shared this achievement, the father suggested that he now go ahead and pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The day passed and the young boy was finally able to eventually remove all the nails from the fence. He was even more excited this time to share this new achievement with his father. As expected, the father was extremely pleased. He congratulated the son and told him how proud he was for this achievement.

However, the father, slowly led the boy to the fence and he said, “You have done well, my son. I am very proud of you for what you have achieved today! But look at the holes in the fence. They will remain there forever. The fence will never be the same. Similarly, when you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.

You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there. But, a verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends and loved ones are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us. Water your relationships with kindness… and they will grow. So be careful little lips what you say… and you won’t chase friendships away.“

The boy now stood silent as he began to understand the value of the lesson his wise father tactfully taught him.​

Congratulations Mr Davis

Big congratulations to Mr Davis who had his first child Lucas John Davis. He came into the world at 6:53pm 18th April 2019.  We wish Mr Davis and the whole family the best of luck.