HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Demonstrations of excellence have not been difficult to find this year. What better representation to highlight such work is the annual night of excellence. It was a tremendous success, and it was fantastic to see work from both health and physical education students on show. The students should be extremely proud of what they created.
With all this wet weather we have been having it can be tricky to find activities for students to do in PE. However, with 9-Square and a bit of Table Tennis it makes all the difference. 9-square is like downball but with a volleyball. The Year 9’s have been enjoying their lesson and even got a little competitive!
Just last week our Year 7 girls Volleyball team made it all the way to the STATE FINALS! The girls played an incredible match winning 2 and losing 1. The girls made it to the semi-final and ended up coming runners up. We are so incredibly proud of their efforts. A huge thankyou also goes out to Belinda Cannington and Ryan Exon for coaching this incredible team.
What better way to revise and cement understanding than by creating or modifying a board game. Our Year 9 Health students were assigned the task of creating a board game that will help students review the unit of work in a fun and interesting way. Some examples of board games include Monopoly, Snakes and Ladders, Cluedo, Trivial Pursuit, and many more. Below are some of the awesome examples that were created by our students.
Year 7 Health students have continued to be busy bees this term. Recently, they explored the topic of body image. Students discussed the influences on body types such as social media and filters, the 3 diverse types of bodies and how we can all strive to have a good outlook on our own bodies using positive self-talk. Students then explored magazines to try and find 3 images of each body type. We then discussed why some were easier to find than others, and how that influences people’s feelings about themselves.
Year 10 PE classes have been experiencing diverse ways to get physically active in the local community with a spin & pump class down at good life and a game of ten pin bowling.
Staff and students have been treated to some special activities this week. We had Pierre from Omnikin Canada teach our students Kin Ball. Pierre has travelled far and wide to 50 different countries sharing his games to schools. Kin Ball is an internationally recognised sport, the balls are light weight and made of a special type of latex. The students had the opportunity to play so many different games including Poison Ball and Beat the Ball. We’d like to thank @International Kin-Ball Federation for sharing Omnikin with us and we hope to see you visit another time.
Stephanie Todd
Health & Physical Education Key Learning Head