Physical Education

P- 2 House Athletics 

This term, students have been preparing for the day by practising each of the individual and team events in their PE lessons to ensure they are well prepared for the day. 

The focus of the day is having fun and giving everything a go. While there will be plenty of ribbons for the top 3 finishers in each event, we encourage students to work with their classmates in their team activities such as the baton relay and tunnel ball and encourage each to do their best. 

I encourage all parents to attend for all or part of the day. The ahletics day will be held on Tuesday 10th November between 9am and 1:20pm.

(See Compass for the days schedule and location for each event)

Most of the events will be held on the oval, so the best position to see them is by watching from on the bank of the oval. This ensures you aren't entering the space designated for the events. 

Students will need to bring a full drink bottle, lunch and snack and a hat. Zooper Dooper icy poles will be distributed to all students after lunch play, free of charge. Please let your teacher know if you do not want your child to have one.

We encourage all students to wear their House colours on the day.

Bunjil - yellow

Marram - red

Gawan - blue

Walert - green

Level 4s ride to Ruffey Creek Trail

This term has seen the Level 4 students much anticipated ride to Ruffey Lake Park to complete our Bike Ed. program. The students have come a long way since the early days of the program and it was great to see them using their skills on the trip down to Ruffey Lake and their resilience in riding up the steep ascent towards Doncaster Primary. A big thank you to Jed and our amazing student teacher for assisting on those rides. A huge thank you also to all the parents who assisted throughout the program by lugging their children’s bikes to school enabling them to practise on their own bikes. I lool forward to hearing about many cycling adventures with friends and families from the Level Four students over the next few years.

Level 3- 6

This term the Level 3- 6 students have been exploring a range of fitness components to develop their overall health, fitness and physical abilities. These include cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, speed, agility, coordination and power. Through a variety of fitness activities and challenges, students learn how each component contributes to successful movement and physical performance. We assess these components to help students understand their current fitness levels, recognise their strengths, identify areas for improvement and set personal fitness goals. Developing these skills helps students participate confidently in physical activities, improve sporting performance and build healthy, active lifestyles.

The Beep Test was one of these assessments which measures cardiovascular endurance. The focus for students during this assessment is to focus on improving their own results with each new assessment, rather than comparing themselves to their peers.