PDHPE/Sport Report
Once again it has been an extremely busy term for the PDHPE Faculty. This term our students have learnt about a wide range of health issues affecting young people today and our practical units have seen students continue to develop their movement skills.
Year 7
Year 7 undertook their swimming program at Gosford Pool. This gave students an opportunity to express their talents outside the classroom while also learning about the importance of various survival swimming strokes. Students were ability grouped to ensure they got the most out of each sessions with our more able swimmers challenging themselves in relay based events. While our learn to swim students participated in survival strokes, kickboard practice and treading water.
Year 8
Summer Safety has been the theme for Year 8 this term, with students learning about the risk factors associated with skin cancer. Students undertook a range of activities on how best to protect themselves in the Australian sun.
Year 9
Think Before you Click. With the launch of the new E-Safety website students have been learning about the importance of Digital Citizenship, Digital Intelligence and their online footprint https://www.esafety.gov.au/
Year 10
As students in Year 10 finish with the Stage 5 program they have learnt about Risk Taking behaviours in particular making effective decision making around alcohol and safe partying as they come the end of the year
In practical PDHPE students have engaged in a wide range of games and sports including fitness based activities, boxercise, volleyball, racquet sports, bocce, basketball, oz tag, soccer and with the implementation of the new PDHPE syllabus in Year 7 and 9 in 2019 we hope to build on these sports to ensure that physical activity becomes a regular part our students lives.
Year 9 and 10 PASS Kayaking
Year 9 and 10 PASS students attended Avoca beach for their annual kayaking and paddleboarding trip. Year 9 students participated in Duck Hunting Games while our Year 10 undertook some paddleboarding challenges. A huge thanks to Miss Imer and Mr Mellish for organising the excursion.
Sports Selections Term 1 2019
Sports Selections for students who are currently in Year 7, 8 and 9 finished up on Friday 14 December. All students in these year groups should have now selected their sport for Term 1 2019. Payments will now be accepted by the office staff and all sports rolls for next year will be placed on the PDHPE noticeboard in Week 10.
Year 7 and 8 Brisbane Water Zone Gala Day
On Friday 30 November, 40 students across Year 7 and 8 participated in the annual Brisbane Water Zone Gala Day at Adcock Park. Due to the poor weather during the week all sports were moved to the netball courts. Students participated in kick tennis, end zone, bin ball and netball. The day was all about fun and enjoyment and an opportunity to meet other students from different schools within the zone. Congratulations to the following students who represented Henry Kendall on the day.
A huge thanks to our three Year 9 PASS students who umpired numerous games throughout the day.
Year 7 Boys
Henry Chen
Ping Chang
Lachlan Knowles
Kasm Al Rybayi
Brendan Ackoski
Benjamin Hunter
Cody Matthews
Jake Matthews
Chase Aldridge
Year 7 Girls
Julie Fabroa
Kaylee Kacmarczyk
Sage Sharman
Sophia Thomas
Tara Beyer
Jessica Worboyes
Molly Cho
Samantha Edwards- Mccallan
Alliana Tabayag
Karla Gardener
Kaleah Blackett
Year 8 Boys
Oliver Bull
Cooper McElroy
Phu Thien Nguyen
Tyson McClinchie
Dmitry Uvarov
Harrison Day
Jordan Sibley
Tyson Pagacs
Richard Newing
Year 8 Girls
Annabel Worrad
Erika Braithwaite
Isabelle Kusterin
Jess Batarseh
Jade Sweeney
Zoe Delaney
Anneka Argent
Year 9 PASS Students
Jack Hunter
Archie Tebbutt
Bianca Moran
Sportsperson of the Week
The Sportsperson of the Week initiative has continued throughout Term 4 with the following students receiving the award:
Week 4 – Adrian Crnalic and Zoe Webb
Week 5 – Joshua Gunn
Week 7 - Linden Barber
Week 8 – Liam Horn
Adrian Crnalic - Year 10
Liam Horn - Year 10
Zoe Webb - Year 8
Joshua Gunn - Year 8
Linden Barber - Year 7
Adrian Crnalic - Year 10
Liam Horn - Year 10
Zoe Webb - Year 8
Joshua Gunn - Year 8
Linden Barber - Year 7
Thanks to all the staff and students for participating in the weekly sport program. We try to offer a wide range of sports to cater for the diverse needs of our students and we look forward to another successful year in 2019
Has your child been successful in sport outside of school??
Has your child been successful in sport outside of school…if so we would like to hear about it. Please send through your photos/stories to the school’s email and we can publish the successful sporting achievements of our students in our Henry Kendall Highlights.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the PDHPE faculty – Mrs Starkey, Mr Mellish, Miss Imer, Mr Pratt and Miss Perkins for all of their work with our students this year. The PDHPE faculty would like to wish all of our families a safe and happy holiday and we look forward to another successful year in 2019.
Congratulations Katie Gunn!
Katie has won the Girls U16's Long Jump at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships in Cairns on Sunday 9 December with a jump of 5.59m
http://athletics.com.au/2018AustralianAllSchoolsChampionshipsResults
http://results.athletics.org.au/results/2018/AllSchools/aa_as2018.php?filename=181207F029.htm
Mr Gareth Wright
Head Teacher PDHPE
Sports Coordinator