Health & Physical Education

The Australind PS Health and Physical Education Program enables students to engage in a variety of learning activities to increase their knowledge of healthy lifestyles, wellbeing and physical fitness. As a result of participating in Physical Education students will have the opportunity to:

• Demonstrate motor and fundamental movement skills to confidently perform a variety of physical activities.
• Understand movement concepts, principles and tactics as they apply to various sports and modified games.
• Understand the importance of, and make educated decisions about, achieving and maintaining healthy lifestyles.
• Demonstrate responsible personal and social behaviour in physical activity settings
• Participate in extracurricular activities such as assorted sport carnivals and competitions.

Our factions are:

• Sapphire (blue)
• Topaz (yellow)
• Emerald (green)

Our HPE lessons are designed to meet students social, emotional and physical needs to build strong, confident and resilient learners through learning programs such as:

• Zones of Regulation & You Can Do It
• The Department of Education’s Protective Behaviours Program