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A Welcome back to Term II message from the PDHPE and Sport Department!

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Over the last month I have found it enjoyable to see so many people return to a simpler way of life where everything is less structured. As the cinemas, shopping centres, gyms and sports facilities have shut down, this has created new opportunities elsewhere. At my local sports fields I have seen many teenagers and young children out riding bikes, skateboards, shooting goals as well as parents kicking soccer balls and footballs with their children. Many parents are out enjoying walks with their children, chatting as they go and walking the family dog together. The joy of free play time and family connection has been rediscovered. This has been a real positive in this present situation.

This term will be very different to what we are accustomed with sport. All of our inter-school sporting competitions have been cancelled in both the primary and secondary school until Term 3. In addition, social distancing requirements and government sports facility closures have added another layer to our challenge to keep everyone healthy and fit.

As with online learning in the classroom, this has presented new opportunities for us to explore in the sports arena. This week we have started trialling some online Zoom fitness, yoga and pilates classes for everyone in the secondary school. We will be adding in more sports activities as the term progresses and as students return to school life in person. If you did not enrol in an activity for Term II , please do not worry as we will open most of the activities to everyone at no cost in the short term.

We have created some resources on our Cognito Sports page for students to participate in at their own leisure and will be adding to the various modules as the term progresses. If you have any additional fun activities or links to ideas than can be included, please let me know!

 

From week 3 in the primary school we will be offering some activities after school for students on siteĀ  in large spaces such as the Sports Hall. These will include individual activities like yoga classes on a Wednesday and Fundamental Movements Skills and Hockey Skills on a Thursday. We will send out more information regarding this to parents shortly. We are optimistic about social distancing guidelines being further relaxed before the end of term so we can begin tennis training groups, resume our cross-country running club, commence athletics training and other activities such as gymnastics and sports skills sessions.

As soon as it is deemed safe to do so, we will introduce sports training sessions in football, basketball, netball and hockey in the secondary school. We will be preparing for Term III competitive sport and the various sports trials and looking at inter-house events in Basketball and Football. At this stage we are unsure about our two athletics carnivals in June and will await further government advice as to whether these can proceed.

As you can appreciate this current situation is evolving all the time. As social restrictions are hopefully softened in the upcoming weeks, we will adapt to reflect this in our sport offerings on a week by week basis. It is important for everyone to stay active for social, mental and physical benefits.

 

Sports Captains

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected as Sports Captains for Terms 2 & 3:

Football Sascha O’Rourke
Netball Charlotte Cooper
Hockey Despina Tsolakis
Athletics Mia Whalley
Basketball Isabel Hurwit

 

Alison Gowan
Director of Sport