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Term 3 saw our Year 7–9 PE classes continue to build on their practical skills through a range of different sports and activities. Year 7 students participated in a throwing and catching unit involving sports such as netball, basketball, ultimate frisbee and European handball, where they focused on developing and refining throwing and catching techniques using various different implements. Year 8 students explored the impacts that different types of activity can have on the body, particularly on a person’s heart rate and explored the reasons that our heart rate changes as we exercise. Year 9 students explored a variety of modified international sports and games including Gaelic football, lacrosse, hurling, and European handball. Throughout these units, students developed their passing, movement, defensive positioning, and decision-making. Year 9 students also researched the physical activity opportunities available to them in their local areas and the benefits of have a wide variety of options available. Students across all year levels continued to build their capacities to work with a wide range of their peers in different roles and game situations.

Our Year 10 PE: Sport and Recreation classes started fresh this semester and had a similar focus to our semester 1 group of strategies in invasion games and began research the history and tactics of some international sports before beginning to look inward at the musculoskeletal system.

Pathways Through Athlete Development

In Pathways Through Athlete Development, students continued to improve upon their teamwork, communication and encouragement in various sports. Year 7 students developed their understanding of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and how these systems help us to get oxygen moving through our body giving us the energy to play sport and be physically active. Year 8 students developed their understanding of the energy systems that we have in our muscles that allow our body to produce energy for exercise at different intensities. Both Year 7 and 8 Pathways groups had the pleasure of attending the MCG Tour this term where they explored the history of the iconic venue and the range of events and sports that have occurred there over the years, both groups also had the opportunity to meet and hear from some Australian Olympians, the year 8s hearing from Carrie Smith an Olympic Sailor and the year 7’s heard from Peter Byrne and Olympic Basketballer.

Health

In Health during Term 3 Year 7 students explored the changes that their bodies will experience has they begin to transition through puberty. Helping students to understand the reasons for the changes and how they may impact the way that they feel and interact with others as they continue to grow. Year 8 students dove into their new topic of Party Safe, where they learn of the dangers and potential risks that can arise at parties as they move through high school. Students explored the risks and harms associated with behaviours like vaping and drinking alcohol and how to support themselves and friends in situations where they may feel pressure to engage in behaviours that they aren’t comfortable with. Year 9 Health students moved onto the topic of Road Safety this term. Students explored ways to ensure their own safety and the safety of others as they move closer and closer to beginning their journeys to getting their learners permits and begin learning to drive. Students developed an understanding of the wide range of people that road safety impacts and the different ways in which everyone can participate in making the roads a safer place for everyone.

Year 10 Health, like Sport and Recreation has had a restart this semester due to being a single semester subject. This saw new 10 health students working through the topics of Development exploring how we as humans grow and change as we transition through various lifespan stages. Along with this, year 10’s began their next topic of dimensions of health where they dove into exploring how health is a multifaceted part of our lives and each part of our health can impact the other parts both positively and negatively.