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SCHOOL PE AND SPORTING ACTIVITIES
At Blackwood Primary School physical activity is an important part of school life. The school is on 10 acres with large ovals, play grounds and many shaded areas which enables students to fully explore who they are physically by providing lots of space to be challenged in the environment.
Whole school activities are designed to integrate physical activity into the school life of students, and celebrate what students have learnt in PE Classes.
For up to date information about School PE and Sporting Activities please visit the PE/Sports Calendar.
Whole School PE activities can include:
Sapsasa is an independent body which organises representational sport in both public and private primary schools for students aged 10 years and over. Sporting competitions organised by Sapsasa, in which our school has recently participated include:
Whole school activities are designed to integrate physical activity into the school life of students, and celebrate what students have learnt in PE Classes.
For up to date information about School PE and Sporting Activities please visit the PE/Sports Calendar.
Whole School PE activities can include:
- Athletics Day for 10 year olds and over
- Bluearth Sports Day for the whole school
- Community Sports Day
- Jump Rope For Heart jump off
- Harmony Day Indigenous Games
- Book Week fitness circuit
- Playing in ‘the gully’ during lunch breaks
- House team sports Carnival for Years 3-7
- Class fitness, brain breaks and skill lessons run by class teachers
- Sporting clinics run by community organisations, allowing students to experience a range of activities that they can then go out and participate in the community.
- Specialist PE lessons based on the Bluearth Approach. Students are challenged to explore, reflect and develop their participation in ball skills, coordination and agility, movement challenges and games, core, dynamic movement control and moving in the environment activities.
- Competitive sporting opportunities appropriate to the age of the student. Students who are turning 8 that year or who are in Year 3 and older are eligible to compete in school sport. Students who are 10 years and older may be eligible to compete in SAPSASA teams.
- All Reception students participate in a coordination program called ‘Action Based Learning’
- Student Leadership opportunities for a range of students and year levels.
Sapsasa is an independent body which organises representational sport in both public and private primary schools for students aged 10 years and over. Sporting competitions organised by Sapsasa, in which our school has recently participated include:
- District and State Athletics, Cross Country and Swimming competitions
- Carnival days for Basketball and Beach Volleyball
- Knockout matches in girls and boys soccer, girls and boys netball and football
Contacts For School PE and Sporting Activities
Rosanne Fuller & Brooke Lindquist
Simone Pedro
Rosanne Fuller & Brooke Lindquist
- PE specialist lessons
- School cross country trainings and team, Terms 1 and 2
- School athletics trainings and team, Terms 2 and 3
- Term 1 Yrs 3-7 3PM Sports Carnival
- Term 2 school Athletics Carnival for 10-13 year olds
- Term 3 whole school Community Sports Day
- Term 4 whole school Bluearth Day (sports day)
- PE Week celebrations (Week 5 Term 4)
- Reception coordination program
- Premier's be active Challenge
- Class involvement in inter school sport carnivals
- SAPSASA (10-13 year old competitions, try outs and general information about sports at District and State level)
- Jump Rope demo team
Simone Pedro
- Blackwood Primary School after school sport opportunities
Useful Links
Blackwood Primary School is affiliated with SAPSASA- South Australian Primary School Amateur Sports Association. Information on SAPSASA events for 10-12 year olds interested in trying out for State selection in a range of sports can be found at:
http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/sport/pages/sapsasa/sapsasa/?reFlag=1
As we also have some 13 year old students in Primary School there is information available at the SSSA website for students interested in trying out for State selection in a range of sports:
http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/sport/pages/secondaryschoolsportsa
Other physical activity websites that may be of interest for parents and children include:
Nature Play SA
https://natureplaysa.org.au/
Bluearth: (The Teacher Resource tag has many ideas to explore our physical capabilities in a variety of ways)
http://www.bluearth.org/
Blackwood Primary School is affiliated with SAPSASA- South Australian Primary School Amateur Sports Association. Information on SAPSASA events for 10-12 year olds interested in trying out for State selection in a range of sports can be found at:
http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/sport/pages/sapsasa/sapsasa/?reFlag=1
As we also have some 13 year old students in Primary School there is information available at the SSSA website for students interested in trying out for State selection in a range of sports:
http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/sport/pages/secondaryschoolsportsa
Other physical activity websites that may be of interest for parents and children include:
Nature Play SA
https://natureplaysa.org.au/
Bluearth: (The Teacher Resource tag has many ideas to explore our physical capabilities in a variety of ways)
http://www.bluearth.org/
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