Personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE) is mandatory from Kindergarten to Year 10.
According to the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), students are expected to participate in PDHPE for 300 hours per year in Years 7 to 10.
PDHPE provides students with opportunities to explore issues that are likely to impact on the health, safety and wellbeing of themselves and others – now and in the future. Students also participate in challenging and enjoyable physical activity, improving their capacity to move with skill and confidence.
In Year 11 and 12, courses available include:
- Community and Family Studies
- Exploring Early Childhood
- Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
- Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation Studies.
This year our PD/H/PE team have been working very hard to create great learning experiences for our students. Students in Years 7-12 have been studying various units that have helped them to further develop an understanding of, behaviours relating to improving their health, personal development, and growth. Staff from the faculty have been able to use their expertise to develop authentic learning experiences for our students that has led to them having a stronger understanding of the importance of being a health conscious individual who makes positive and safe decisions by adopting a self-valuing attitude. The faculty has been busy organising experiences for students that involved Road and Driver safety programs, First Aid Training, Coaching sporting teams, Carnivals, Camps, Peer Coaching, Dancing programs, excursions and more. During PE this term, students begun with a unit that focused on the different kinds of dance. Students from years 7-10 studied a dance unit and eventually completed a dance assessment. In week 9 we have our Annual Sports Award achievements where we recognise the wonderful sports achievements from the students at our school.
haviours, safety on the road as a driver/passenger. This unit was further explored in term 3 by allowing students to be spoken to by special guest presenters from the ‘NRMA live, learn, drive program' with an NRMA driving instructor and road safety consultant. In week 7 students attended the ‘BSTREETSMART Program' at the Allphones Area in Homebush, where they got a firsthand insight into the effect our decisions can have when driving or being a passenger. The main focus of term 3 was on a unit that focussed on teaching students to accept diversity called "Dealing with difference". This unit focussed on discrimination and its effects on individuals and communities. Students prepared an oral response based on their understanding of difference and the positive and negative ways that we can deal with difference. Also to finish the dance unit with some fun "Partner Dancing", students learnt ‘the Cha Cha Cha' and the ‘Modern Waltz'. The 9/10 PASS classes have also been focussing on ‘Biomechanical principals that affect our performance' and ‘Current issues in sport'.
Our Staff:
| Mrs Alanah Elford | Relieving Head Teacher (M,T,Th,F) |
| Mr Stephen Hanley | |
| Mr Taher Safadi | Relieving Deputy Principal |
| Mr Elie Estephan | Year 10 Year Adviser |
| Mr John Faiumu | Relieving HT (Wed) |
| Ms Sundance Fuller | |
| Mr Nicholas Watson | |
| Ms Rhonda Graham | Girls Adviser (M/W) |
| Ms Cheyenne Jurgutis | |
| Mrs Lesley Langmack | Head Teacher Administration |
| Mr Jonnathan To |