Health and Physical Education is one of the learning areas of the Australian Curriculum. A specialist physical education teacher works with all classes for a forty minute lesson each week and classroom teachers deliver the health components of the curriculum during class time. During Physical Education lessons the children learn about a variety of different sporting skills with a strong emphasis on sportsmanship and fair play in the games that they learn linking with the focus areas that the Australian Curriculum recommend.
Water Safety
All students participate in the School Swimming Program with students participating in either Term 1 or Term 4. Our school is committed to students understanding the importance of water safety and building their confidence in the water.
School Carnivals
The school holds Swimming, Cross Country and Athletic Carnivals for the different year levels. We believe that the children gain a great understanding of who they are as a person when they are part of a team and we like to give all children the opportunity to represent our school.
Representative Sport
Children can be selected for the Zone 6 Catholic Schools Competition in Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics where we participate against other local Catholic schools. Being part of a school representative team teaches children to work together as a team and to experience the joy of winning and learning how to be a gracious loser.
Children (9–12 years) are also chosen to participate at the Bramble Bay Regional Competitions in many different sports. Our school has a great tradition of being successful at these carnivals and a number of children often make Metropolitan North and State Teams.
Gala Days
Students from Years 4–6 participate in two Gala Day Sports Competitions with other local Catholic schools in Term 2. We develop the skills at a school level to participate in Gala Days, with the highlight being the competitive days of competition. The sports on offer are AFL, Netball, Rugby League and Ultimate Disc.
After School Sport
The school also works with local sporting clubs to offer after school sport to students. Some of these sports include AFL, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Soccer and Netball. We also have a tennis coach available for weekly tennis lessons for students.
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