PDHPE/Sports News

Cross Country Report

It has been another huge term for the PDHPE faculty at HKHS. We have had the school, zone and regional cross country carnivals in which we have had a number of students who have represented Sydney North at the CHS carnival. Congratulations to the students below:

Sydney North Cross Country Representative

Age                               Boys

13 Years                      Maxwell Finn

14 Years                       Joel Dickey

14 Years                       Mitchell Finn

15 Years                       Hamish Watts

16 Years                       Kyle Briggs

Sydney North Cross Country Representative

Age                                Girls

12 Years                      Jade Patrick

12 Years                      Leah Reynolds

13 Years                      Meg Watts

14 Years                      Casey Weinart

14 Years                      Ellanor Meese

Athletics Report

We have had both the school and zone athletics carnivals this term with the following students being selected to represent Brisbane Water Zone. Congratulations to the following students:

Brisbane Water Zone Team Representative

Name                            Event

Skyla Bedford           13 Years Discus

Esha Dobie                 12 Years High Jump

Charlotte Gott           12-15 200m

Katie Gunn                  15 Years 100m

                                         200m

                                         Long Jump

                                        Javelin

                                        Triple Jump

                                        Shot Put

Krystal Harris            12-15 Years 100m

Madison Purvis        15 Years 4 x 100m Relay

                                        Shot Put

Lateesha Mead         13 Years 100m

                                        200m

                                        Long Jump

                                        Shot Put

                                        Javelin

Clare Norris               15 Years 4 x 100m Relay

Jarrod Parker           15 Years Long Jump

Oscar Tebbutt          16-19 3000m Walk

Caitlyn Tyndall        15 Years 4x 100m Relay

Ebony Wright           16-19 Years 100m

PDHPE Faculty

Students in Years 7-10 PDHPE have been learning about a range of issues and topics which include:

• Year 7 Sport – Oz Tag/Ultimate Frisbee/Soccer and Futsal
• Year 8 - Adolescence a Time of Change – Puberty, Growth and Development
• Year 9 – Mirror Mirror – Body Image, Eating Disorders and Positive Wellbeing
• Year 10 - Don’t mind me – Mental Health and Resilience
• Year 9 and 10 PASS -  Tag it – OzTag and Flag Football

Our senior students have been working tirelessly through a range of modules:

• Year 11 PDHPE – Body in Motion – Skeletal, Muscular, Circulatory, Respiratory System, Fitness Testing and Is Fitness Predictor of Performance
• Year 11 CAFS – Individuals and Groups – Groups in the community, Roles individuals adopt within groups, Power within groups, Conflict within Groups
• Year 11 SLR – Athletics
• Year 12 CAFS – Parenting and Caring – Becoming a Parent or Carer, Factors Affecting the roles of Parents and carers, Support for Parent and Carers
• Year 12 PDHPE – Factors Affecting Performance – How does training affect performance, How can psychology affect performance, How can nutrition affect performance, How does the acquisition of skill affect performance?

Newcastle University Internship – Miss Sexty

Miss Sexty from Newcastle University has been with the faculty this term to complete her university internship. We have had lots of positive feedback from both the staff and students at Henry Kendall High School and we wish her all the best in gaining employment within the department from Term 3.

Faculty Planning Day

During Term 2 the PDHPE faculty had the opportunity to begin planning for the implementation of the new 7-10 PDHPE syllabus for 2019. The new PDHPE syllabus will be implemented throughout Year 7 and Year 9 in 2019 and the staff at Henry Kendall have started developing the Scope and Sequence for next year. If you are interested in finding out more information about the new PDHPE syllabus follow the link below;

https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/k-10/learning-areas/pdhpe/pdhpe-k-10-2018

Mr Gareth Wright

PDHPE Head Teacher/ Sports Coordinator

Boys Opens State Futsal

On Thursday 21 June the Open Boys Futsal team went to Broadmeadow for the State Championship. Unfortunately two of the boys had to pull out of the team the day before due to other football commitments however, we still had an extremely strong team. 

Our first game was against St Phillips from Newcastle and whilst we continually had shots at their goal and played to a higher standard, we narrowly lost 0-1. The second game was against Mereweather who were a very skilled team and there was nothing between the two teams however, they got up by 2-1 when they were awarded a direct penalty close to full time. The final game of our pool was against Kurri, we convincingly out played them to win 4-1. Unfortunately, we failed to make it to the semifinals. The boys showed excellent sportsmanship on the day.  As one of the boys said on the way back in the train “it’s a lot more fun than sitting in the classroom all day!” The team consisted of:

Year 12    Brayden Gunn-keeper /field

                   Lachlan Muir -Captain

                   Aaron Bamford

                   Horus Roque

Year 11    Tom Marsh- keeper/field

                   Mitchell  Wood

Year 10    William Day 

I would like to thank the current Year 12 students who have represented Henry Kendall High School for up to 6 years at the regional and state levels.