Welcome back to another year of HPE at the Heights!

Hello and welcome back to a fun filled and active year of Phys Ed at Mill Park Heights PS!

This year in Phys Ed we have Mrs Maxwell and Mrs Taleski teaching Phys Ed and 5/6 Sport.

We are excited to get back in action next week with our programs officially kicking off! We are looking forward to some fun getting to know our students and reinforcing our rules and expectations through some fun, active and engaging team building games. Please make sure that your child has their hat and a drink bottle filled with water as well as appropriate footwear on their Phys Ed and Sport days.

Year 5 and 6 Interschool Sport and ASP Sport

Trials for our year 5 and 6 interschool sport and alternative sports programs are well under way. Students will know by this week what team they have made it in to for term 1. There has been quite a process to team selections to ensure we provide these opportunities to our students at the Heights so well done and thank you to all the staff involved in making this happen.

Our first interschool sport games will be held on February 14 with the Rockets playing at home against the Plenty Parklands Bushrangers with Hot Shots, Netball and Volleyball played at MPHPS. The Jets have a bye for round 1 so that will have a training session at school with their coaches. Good Luck!

Our Alternative Sports Program will kick off this week with Taekwando, Football Star Academy, Rugby and Hot Shots at MPHPS.

What a great way to start the year in sport at the Heights!

BDSSA swimming carnival

Our annual Bundoora District Sports Association Swim carnival is coming up on February 25. We look forward to taking a squad of 19 students to participate on the day! Good luck to everyone involved, we love to see our school values of Personal Best and Team Work in action.

Heights, heights, heights goooooo heights!!

What's happening in PE and PMP this term

We cannot wait to get started with our programs next week in week 3!

We have had the opportunity to connect with our students but we are looking to begin our formal programs.

Initially we will spend some time getting to know our students and reinforcing the rules and expectations that we have in our Phys Ed classroom.

Moving forward our program for this term sees the F-3 students continuing to refine and master their Fundamental Movement skills whilst our 4-6 program will be focussing on various areas in game sense.

Foundation:

PE Run/dodge and underarm toss

PMP shoes and socks on and off, boundaries, spatial awareness, locomotor skills and balance

Year 1

Run/dodge and underarm toss in isolation and small group settings

Year 2

Run/dodge and underarm toss in Minor Game settings

Year 3

Overhand throw and Catch in Minor Game settings

Year 4

Striking and Fielding games with particular focus on hitting to space to score more runs and covering space to stop the opposition scoring runs

Year 5

Striking and Fielding Games with particular focus on where to hit the ball to score more runs and how to work as a team to stop the opposition scoring runs

Year 6

Striking and Fielding with particular focus on how and where to place the ball and 'judge a run' and score runs safely. Whilst building on our Fielding tactics of covering space and working efficiently in the field as a team to get the opposition out.

We cannot wait for a great term of Phys Ed and we are really looking forward to teaching our students at the Heights!

Bike safety

We love to see so many students riding their bikes to school and seeking active transport to get to school. A reminder to walk bikes and scooters in and out of the school grounds and to ensure that all students who are riding bikes or scooters where a helmet which is properly secured.

Attendance