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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, playgrounds and many shaded areas encouraging students to explore and be challenged in the environment. Students are allowed to climb, and play in the gully area in lunch breaks.
​Students are encouraged to explore a range of physical activities in PE lessons, break times, whole school activities, and extra-curricular activities in and after school. Community sporting opportunities are fostered through Blackwood Primary School’s Community Sports Day, Sporting Schools sports and promotion of community activities.
 
PE Lessons
All students have one Specialist PE lesson each week. The lessons are based on the Bluearth Approach, challenging students to explore, reflect and develop self-awareness through participation in a range of activities. These activities include ball skills, coordination and agility, movement challenges and games, core work, dynamic movement control and moving in the environment.
Rec/1 classes all participate in a coordination program called ‘Action Based Learning’ guided by Year 6 students who coach them through a series of 60 activities.

Whole School Physical Activities
Students at Blackwood Primary School are encouraged to explore a wide range of physical activities to develop their Physical literacy through participation in the following.

  • Athletics Carnival for 10-12 year olds
  • Bluearth Undokai Day (Sports Day)
  • Community Sports Day
  • Premier's be active Challenge
  • PE Week celebrations
  • Jump Rope demo team
  • Jump Rope Jump Off (every second year)
  • Sporting Schools sport clinics; (gymnastics, athletics, lacrosse, golf, lawn bowls, judo, taekwondo, rugby league, basketball, tennis)
  • Student Leadership opportunities for a range of students and year levels
  • Wheels Day to celebrate Ride2School Day
  • Running Club
  • Lunchtime activities run by students during World Sporting events, Ie Olympics
  • Clinics run by Blackwood High School netball and football program students

Celebration of Blackwood Primary School physical activities and school sporting achievements of students are published in the school newsletters. Let the school know if you would like your child's out of school physical achievements recognised in the school newsletter. Outside of school physical activity opportunity information is posted on the windows of Ashby Hall.

School Sport SA
School Sport SA is an independent body which organises representational sport in schools for students aged 10 years and over. Blackwood Primary School’s involvement in the different activities depends on student interest. Sporting competitions organised by School Sport SA in which our students have recently participated include:
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  • District and State Athletics, Cross Country, Swimming and Diving competitions
  • Carnival days for Basketball and Golf
  • Round Robin matches in soccer, netball, cricket and tennis
  • District representation at Cricket, Netball and Football
Contacts For School PE and Sporting Activities

Rosanne Fuller  (Tuesday, Thursday and Friday only)
  • PE specialist lessons
  • Term 1 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
  • School Sport 

Chrishnali Perera
  • Blackwood Primary School after school sport opportunities for 8-12 year olds

​John Darrell
  • Running Club for 10-12 year olds

​Kris Robson
 
  • Jump Rope demo team
Useful Links

School Sport SA (Formally known as Sapsasa):
 
https://www.education.sa.gov.au/schools-and-educators/programs-students/school-sport-sa
 
 
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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