From the Head of PE & Sport, 06.04.19
KIS Sport Education Awards Ceremony
On Tuesday afternoon, all students in Years 7-10 filled the hall for the much anticipated Sport Education Awards Ceremony. After a term of fiercely fought competitions between the teams in each year group; the points for all the ongoing work that students had been doing, both in and out of lessons, had been tallied and finalized and the certificates for the overall winning teams and individuals were ready to be presented.
One of the main principles of Sport Education is that it is predominantly student led, and as such it was the students who ran the show with the Sport Council reps from Year 7-10 announcing the nominations and winners for each of the award categories. Many of the teams were proudly displaying their team uniforms while other teams chose to accessorize with head bands or in Pisang Goreng’s case, some interesting artwork attached to their shirts.
MC’s Tiggy and John; along with the other Sport Council reps of Nicholas, Trinity, Marc, Margot, Darrell and Celeste, were wonderful in their roles and like any good awards show there was even a little build of suspense in the final moments before announcing the overall Sport Education Champions for 2019 with the award envelope briefly disappearing!
The Sport Education Model is invaluable in teaching students key ‘Social’ and ‘Personal’ skills that are transferable across all aspects of their school life. The PE Department would like to congratulate not only the students who received nominations and awards in the different categories but also extend their praise to many other students in Years 7-10 who applied themselves in learning new skills, placed themselves outside their comfort zones to develop their confidence in leading others or simply working cooperatively with teammates who they may not normally choose to work with.
Read below for just a small selection of comments from students on their Sport Education experience.
“I really enjoyed being encouraged by my team to take on the challenging and responsible leadership role of Team Manager; just having the title alone would give me a sense of responsibility.” – Chanel
“I think being in Jalan Sesame has made me feel more inclusive and has boosted my confidence by a lot as I was given a very important role as performance analyst.”- Jayden
“This was one of them most enjoyable terms of physical education in Kinabalu International School. I had the opportunity to play different roles in the team. It was really interesting to be a part of a team, especially if the team is a strong, united one.” – Ryan
Primary Sports Day – Tuesday 23rd April
A reminder for all our Primary students and parents, after the break on Tuesday 23rd April the whole of Primary from Reception to Year 6 will be headed to Penampang Stadium for Sports Day. Parents, please make sure you go directly to Penampang and not to school on that day. A letter went out to all parents earlier in the week but just to reinforce a couple of points.
- All students should arrive by no later than 7:45am so that the first events can begin on time at approximately 8:00am.
- Students in EYFS and KS1 (Year 1 and Year 2) will finish their carnival at 9:45am. At which time they will need to be collected by a parent. If you are staying to watch more of the carnival, please make sure you keep your child with you in the stands.
- KS2 students (Years 3-6) will finish at 12:15pm.
- All students should wear their PE uniform and bring a hat and water bottle as well as some snacks for the day.
We are looking forward to seeing as many parents as possible come and cheer on all the children as they try their best and compete to see which House will take home the champions trophy for Sports Day 2019!
Good luck to GAYA, SAPI and SULUG!!!
Miss Catriona Watt
Head of PE and Sport
