Health/PE

We have busy in 2023 working towards a whole school approach to physical activity. We set our active schools priority area and have been working hard with leadership to ensure our project was delivered this year.

The core purpose of the Department of Education’s Active Schools Framework was the promotion of physical activity for all students at every opportunity through a whole of school and community approach.

The priority area of the Active Schools Framework that Lyndale Secondary College targeted was:

Active Travel

Active travel gets children moving every day. Active travel involves walking, cycling, scooting or other active ways of getting to or from school, for the whole journey or as part of the journey along with other travel modes, such as public transport.

We have upgraded our bike compound by moving it to provide a more visible and secure environment that encourages more students to ride or scoot to school. Also we have implemented a ‘Tag On’ system that rewards students for using active transport as a mode of travel to school. This kiosks where students can record their active travel is in the stadium foyer and next to the library in the foyer. PE Teachers will continue informing students how to go about this process at the start of 2024. To learn more about ‘Tag On’ and how it works please visit https://tagon.net.au/.

Our extracurricular school lunchtime activities in Term 4 continued to be a huge hit during the warmer weather. We had the following running. Check out the photos and see all the lunchtime activities that ran out on our school oval, in the stadium and also on our new synthetic court surface.

Active Schools Lunchtime programs that were covered;

Cardio/Weights (Strength and Conditioning) PE Staff

Wednesday:- Term 4

Meeting Place: - Weights Room

Soccer (Football Star Academy)

Wednesday:- Term4

Meeting Place: - Left Hand Side Soccer Field

Volleyballl (Volleyball Academy)

Thursdays:- Term 4

Meeting Place: - Stadium Court 1

Thank you to all the students who have participated in Term 4..

We are looking to continue with the extra-curricular sessions in 2024. We have received funding again for extra-curricular programs, a PE boost for equipment and are awaiting to see if we receive another $30,000 grant towards our active travel program to further add to it.

Have a great break and remember to stay ACTIVE.

Theo Petkaris

Health and Physical Education Subject Leader