Physical Education

As a part of their P.E. curriculum, the Prep/1 class and the 1/2 class are now participating in the Perceptual Motor Program (P.M.P.)

What's in a PMP session?

• Gross motor activities  - Rolling, crawling, walking, running, jumping and landing, hopping, skipping, galloping, leaping and dodging.
• Visual motor activities - eye-hand co-ordination (striking)  eye-foot co-ordination activities (kicking)  ball activities (throwing and catching)  temporal awareness (developing an internal time structure)
• Auditory motor activities - responding to auditory cues/commands, ability to utilise auditory cues, shapes directions Infront/Behind
• Tactile activities - direct touch of difference surfaces  rolling  textures and patterns
• Lateralisation activities - Ability to control two sides of the body together or separately.  Bilateral movements (Simultaneous or parallel).  Unilateral movements (one side of the body)  Cross lateral movements (Simultaneous movement of different limbs on opposite sides of the body e.g. crawling)  Directional awareness.
• Body awareness
• Spatial awareness
• Vestibular awareness - Rolling, spinning, balance, scooter boards, skipping), jumping activities

To this aim, students work their way through different stations each Tuesday afternoon.  Some of the favourite stations so far include the balance beam, scooter boards, coordination ladder and the jump box. – Steph Sanders

Handball at break times has gained momentum this week.  It's great to see every year level mixing with each other and respecting the rules they set out.