Health & Physical Education

Health and PE News!

Our students continue to impress with their commitment to our program.

Some recent highlights have been:

• Our Year 7 students have developed movement skills as they created their own gymnastics routine. Routines included runs, leaps, balances, static shapes, all practiced and performed to music of the student’s choice. Well done Yr 7.
• Our Year 8tudents have displayed great leadership skills by delivering lessons to their peers. Each student works in small groups to plan and teach a session on a ‘cultural game’ of their choice. Some choose a game they have played at their Primary School or in their backyard, others choose games from their cultural heritage. The PE staff have been highly impressed with the diversity of games presented. We have also been impressed by students’ willingness to be taught by their peers. Well done Year 8.
• Our Year 9 student are having fun in their golf unit. They have also shown their creative side by designing golf courses. Students create golf challenges inside and outside. The mini golf holes designed were a sight to behold and showed that our PE students can be very creative. Well done Year 9.
• Finally, our Year 10 students have excelled in their electives.  Mr Smith has provided Outdoor Education students with abundant opportunities to experience new adventures and explore new environments. Recently this class had a wonderful day Stand Up Paddling at St. Kilda Marina. Our Active Lifestyle students have excelled in developing skills in team games and independently developing their own fitness and training programs.

• In Health studies, our students have taken a mature and engaged approach as they continue to reflect and understand their own growth physically, psychologically and socially. A particular highlight being student ability to work with peers in small groups.

   

Mr Peter Ridgway 

Domain Leader, Health and Physical Education