Health & PE
Welcome back to Health and PE for Term 2! Looking forward to a fantastic term of learning.
This term our Health focus will be on Feelings, Relationships & Belonging. Students will explore personal characteristics and those of others, emotions they experience, different emotional responses and strategies to manage emotions as well as the influence of emotional responses on interactions, personal and social skills and strategies to build, manage and strengthen respectful relationships, the importance of valuing diversity and how this influences wellbeing, as well as identify actions that promote inclusion.
All grades commenced this week with a recap from term one of the impact of physical activity, the benefits of physical activity and ways to increase physical activity. Students also participated in team building games and activities to reconnect with class mates after the holidays. It was lots of fun and some wonderful teamwork and support was evident!
During our Term 2 Physical Education sessions, Grade F/1 students will be focusing on tabloid sports activities (with the F/1/2 District Tabloid Sports Day taking place on Friday of week 3), running, kicking, skipping, dance and PMP activities (Perceptual Motor Program) which focuses on developing skills such as balance, hand eye coordination, spatial awareness and body control. Specific fundamental motor skills addressed this term will include running, jumping, kicking, throwing and catching.
Grade 2-6 students will be focusing on cross country running (with the Grade 3-6 District Cross Country Day taking place on Friday of week 2), soccer skills, skipping, a revisit of AFL and netball, basketball skills and dance. Specific fundamental motor skills addressed this term will include running, throwing, catching, jumping, kicking, leaping, dodging, punting and ball bouncing.
The term will conclude with students voting on class games to celebrate learning and the end of term!
Looking forward to a fabulous term of learning and activity in Health & PE!
What’s Coming Up – Term Two:
*Friday 1st May – Grades 3 to 6: District Schools Cross Country Day (Wesley Hill)
*Friday 8th May – Grades F to 2: District Tabloid Sports (Wesley Hill)
Permission notes including more information about these events have been sent out via PAM – please complete these to enable your child/ren to participate. Thank you!
Families are always welcome to come along to support the students at these events!
Clare Grainger
Health & PE and Science Specialist Teacher