Heath & Physical Education

In isolation it can be tough to get out and exercise, especially if it’s just for one hour a day. The PE team at Mooroolbark have been putting our creative minds together to try and come up with ways to encourage both staff and students to be active during lockdown. With the use of Microsoft Teams, staff members have been able to share and connect with others by posting their daily physical activities into our ‘Exercise Channel’. It has been fantastic to see staff getting active and supporting one another to go further or beat their own times.  

I must commend all the students and staff at our College for embracing the challenges set both in and out of the virtual classroom this term. As we all know, exercise can have many benefits physical and mental wellbeing benefits including improving concentration and lifting our mood, which is important when we are sitting for long periods at our desks and workstations.  

Students across Years 7-10 have been working hard to achieve their ‘Get to Camp First’ challenge that was set up by all our wonderful HPE staff at the beginning of the term. The aim is for students in each PE class to walk/ride/run/skate their way to their relevant camp destination ranging from Queensland to Tasmania and more. Students having been tracking their activity using an app called ‘Stride Kick’ which records steps or km taken during the day. This then goes towards students own personal and class goals of getting to their camp destination. I am pleased to report that it has motivated not only the students to be active but has also created some staff rivalry with each class wanting to get be the winner. Below are some images of our progress, with only a week to go in the challenge, I encourage everyone to go outside and move your body even if it’s for a small a period of time such as 10-15 minutes. 

Stephanie Todd
Health and PE KLA Head