Boys+Class+PE

PE is an important part of the boys class. We use a variety of fitness activities to break up our subjects and keep us focused. These include various tackling games such as TNT (tackle n tag), a game made up by the 2008 boys class; Team challenges involving co-operation, problem solving, and team building are also popular.

We also do "7 minute challenges" where the boys will be told to drop everything and prepare for a challenge of some form to be held in the next 7 minutes. The idea is that when the attention spans are getting low and focus is fading we have a break for no more than 7 minutes and come back much more focused and ready to learn. Examples of challenges used this year include: paper plane comp, dizzy walk, cracker eating comp, arm wrestling,

We also do formal PE lessons on skills and sports.

In term 1 the bulk of our PE was strength testing and fitness training. We did a lot of this down at the Halswell Rugby League Gym. Each Thursday we would leave school at lunchtime and jog the 1km or so run down to Halswell Domain. At the domain we did a range of activities including fitness circuits, sprint testing, resistence training, balance and core excercises, endurance testing.



In Term 2 we are doing a PE unit on Aussie Rules. We will first learn the skills and rules of the game and later make teams and play a triangular tournament.