We’ve had a great start to 2025 in the Health and PE department. A huge highlight of every year is our Peer Support Program. The program is run by Year 10 Peer Support Leaders for our Year 7 students as they make their transition into high school. The leaders are tasked with creating engaging lesson plans on topics and issues students will face as they commence high school. Students love having an extra face to look up to in the yard and maybe even ask questions they may not yet feel comfortable asking their teachers. Leaders are commended for their fantastic efforts so far, the lessons have included topics such as friendship, bullying, how to navigate Compass and Learning Tasks and even some core lessons on our school values of Respect, Resilience, Endeavour and Compassion.
We can’t wait to see our leaders continue to flourish in supporting our Year 7’s to have the best year possible.
Another huge highlight of the calendar was our Open Night held late Term 1. It was a fantastic night engaging with our parent community. The HPE team is passionate about sharing our specialist subjects and showcasing what our students get up to throughout the year. Our specialist subjects include; Advance Sports Leadership and Advance Duke of Edinburgh at Year 9, Talented Sports Program at Year 10 and our huge interschool sports program which runs from Year 7 through to Year 12.
It was another opportunity to showcase our new weights room which has received a huge upgrade with the support of ex-student Daniel Miller. We can’t thank him enough for providing such amazing equipment. The facility is available to students in Year 9 and above, who will get a chance both in their PE classes to use it but also once the weights room lunch time club is back up and running.
Stephanie Reid
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION KEY LEARNING HEAD
