The Health
and Physical Education program uses the National Curriculum. Students learn skills
though moving the body, understanding movement, working together, being
healthy, safe and active.
A specialist
teacher delivers the movement and physical activity component of Health and
Physical Education at our school. Students from Prep to year 6 take part in
regular weekly lessons. The Health and Physical Education program contains
developmental units comprising of the following content below.
Year Level
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Yearly
Overview: 2015
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Prep year
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Students
have opportunities to demonstrate fundamental skills such as underarm/overarm
throwing, catching, rolling, bouncing, trapping, kicking and striking.
- Locomotion movements such as hop, gallop,
jump, skip, side step, leap and run
- Running games
- Applying the fundamental
skills into simple games and activities
- Movement exploration with
bean bags and large balls
- Body movements such as
balancing, coordination and laterality as part of Perceptual Motor Program
- Parachute and movement
activities
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Year 1-3
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Students practise and refine fundamental movement skills
in different situations during different activities and modified games.
These
include:
- Small and Large ball skills such as
throwing, catching, bouncing, dribbling and kicking using a variety of equipment
- Modified Soccer
- Modified Hockey
- Australian Football
League
- Kanga Cricket
- Tee-ball
- Modified Athletics events
and tabloids
- Running and fitness games
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Year 4-6
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Students
practise specialised movement skills and apply them in different situations and
games.
![]() These include:
- Australian
Football League
- Soccer
- Softball
- Volleyball
- Athletics track and field events
- Running games
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Throughout
the year students participate in:
- Swimming Carnival (currently Term 1)
- Cross- Country Carnival
(currently Term 2)
- Athletics Carnival (currently Term 2)
- Inter-house sport competitions (all
year)
(Dates are subject to
change for each year)