HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Welcome to Term 1. I hope all students and their families have had a restful Christmas and New Year break. 

During Term 1 students in Year 7-10 participate in a Fitness and Minor Games unit. The unit is designed so that students can get to know each other and their teacher whilst participating in a range of fun mini games and team challenges. Below is a snapshot of some students in 8B. Their goal was to get their entire team in and out of a single hula-hoop, the only rule was that if they stepped out of the hula-hoop at any time they had to go back to the start. It was fantastic to see their teamwork and collaboration during this activity. 

Peer Support has commenced this week (Week 4) and the Year 10 Leadership Development students have been working hard in preparation to create and deliver a range of mini lessons with the Year 7’s. Lesson topics include: Making friends, identifying personal strengths, how to manage and curb bullying. Students will also commence their very first CAT – Time Capsule Assignment with the Year 10’s. This CAT is saved and stored away until students are in Year 12, they get it back. It contains information all about them, their interests, what is popular in 2023 and even a little letter to themselves. I cannot wait to see their transformations as they progress through their school years. 

Swimming Carnival was an absolute blast. The weather was not favourable, but it was great to see students in all houses dressed up and ready to go. There were many activities for students to join in even if they are not strong swimmers. Water Polo was a hit and 9-Square was an out of water crowd favourite too. So many house points and prizes to be won. Congratulations to Ngawan House who were crowned the winners and all the swimmers who got involved and who have made it onto Division Swimming Sports on Monday 6th March.  

Year 9 Human Development students have been exploring all things pregnancy and developmental changes in a new and exciting elective for 2023. Below you can see them completing a review task which required them to use their memory of the previous two lessons and match up developmental changes with the correct pregnancy stage. It was challenging but the students did an excellent job! 

Year 11 Health and Human Development students have been busy learning how to analyse data. Students were tasked with 5 different bus stop stations, each with their own set of data and questions. Students worked together to problem solve and answer the questions in a short time frame. 

There are also lots of fantastic opportunities during Term 1 to participate in Inter-School Sports that are running. Please see the Forms Link on Compass or you can speak to Mr. Exon in the Maths office. Sports include Volleyball, Baseball, Tennis and Cricket.  

I look forward to celebrating all students’ achievements in Health and Physical Education this Term.  

Stephanie Todd 

HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION KEY LEARNING HEAD