Physical Education

Students in Prep and to Grade 6 students will participate in Physical Education once a week.

The Physical Education Program will develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to enable students to:

• Become physically active across their lifespan by participating in activities, sports and games that are learned with the purpose of enhancing and developing sports and life skills
• Acquire, apply and evaluate movement skills, concepts and strategies to respond confidently, competently and creatively in a variety of physical activity contexts and settings
• Engage in and enjoy regular movement-based learning experiences
• Have targeted lessons focusing on the students’ point of need and align with the current Victorian Curriculum
• Foster students’ awareness, understanding and passion for physical activity
• Improve, build and refine upon student’s knowledge on fundamental movement skills (P-4), as well as specialised movement skills (5/6)
• Allow for personal and social development of characteristics such as fairness, teamwork and growth mindset, along with increasing fitness, endurance and sports knowledge.

Expectations:

To enhance each students’ participation in the Physical Education Program students are encouraged to:

• Wear runners, have short nails and hair tied up
• Have a go at participating in the lessons
• Try their best
• Bring a labelled water bottle
• Respect their peers and all staff members
• Use sports equipment safely

Sport

All students will participate in our annual Sunshine North Primary School athletics day.

The Grade Six students partake in various interschool sports as a part of the Sporting Schools Victoria competition. 

The interschool sports learnt in class and played against other local schools are:

• Australian Rules Football
• Soccer
• T-Ball
• Netball
• Basketball
• Tennis
• Newcomb
• Cricket
• Cross Country
• Athletics