From the Head of PE & Sport 23.03.2024

PE and Sport Coffee Morning

On Wednesday morning, I had the absolute pleasure of being able to talk to some of our parents about something I am tremendously passionate about, PE and Sport at KIS. It was lovely to welcome nearly 20 parents into the hall as I presented on the importance of Physical Education in supporting children’s health and well-being and how our PE curriculum emphasises a holistic approach to student growth and development through the Head, Heart, Hands model.

Parents got to experience the concepts presented through some fun activities, and I have to say, I was very impressed with both the enthusiasm and learning shown. All participants were able to demonstrate elements of the head, heart and hands model whether it be through their skillful art of bouncing a ball, moving creatively like a sloth, devising tactics to work around the rules of the game, or lending a hand to help a friend so that everyone completed their Hula Hut challenge. 

I hope that those present now have a more thorough understanding of what we are aspiring to create for students in our PE and Sports program and can share the word with others who were not able to make it.     

Sport Education Awards Ceremony

Over the course of Term 2, students across Key Stage 3 have been developing the skills of indoor cricket. However rather than lessons being led by the teachers, students were given the opportunity to take charge of their own learning. 

In Sport Education, students are organized into teams, which then compete against each other in various sports throughout a season. Students were divided into teams at the start of the term with every player taking on a specific role. These included a range of coaching positions to work on bowling, batting and fielding as well as a fitness coach and as all top sports teams need, a data analyst to track their progress and a media team to ensure that the team’s progress and results were well documented and publicised. 

This approach allows for students to build confidence and independence in leading their peers and taking responsibility for their own success. It fostered a lot of the ‘soft skills’ that are so important for students to develop in order to become successful global citizens such as positive communication, planning & organisation, collaboration and leadership. 

Lessons were structured with a training session and then a match each week. Teams were able to accumulate points in both their cricket league matches as well as through weekly tasks that were set which all went towards determining a Sport Education Champion Team. 

Like any Sports Season, we finished with an Awards Ceremony to recognise those students and teams that had really excelled either in their individual roles or as a collective team unit. The whole event was overseen by student MC’s who did a marvellous job in presenting the awards and keeping the crowd entertained as did the fantastic highlights videos submitted by each team’s media representatives. 

Overall, the feedback on the unit has been overwhelmingly positive and all PE staff commented on the wonderful progress that they observed throughout the term. 

Well done to all students and especially those that walked away with special awards on Thursday!  

2024 Sport Education Champions

Year 7  

The Cricketeers – Ashlyn, Blossom, Sofea, Caelan, Bryan, Jones, Amy, Shenee and Alexa

Year 8 

Purrari – Seth, Arthur, Zidane, Kayden, Isaac, Janesse, Nadeem and Janice

Year 9 

Capybara Kings & Queens – Ian Zi, Benson, Henry N, Abraham, Andy, Jaehoon, Nayeon, Yuhan, Bethany 

(swipe on slideshow below for photos!)