Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

Year 7 PDHPE

Year 7 have been studying a practical unit called ‘Teamwork makes the dreamwork.’ In this unit, they have been learning about the importance of communication, problem solving and decision making as well as fostering new friendships and relationships within the class as students get to know each other.

Please enjoy some photos from Mr Houseman’s class who engaged in our ‘leaky pipes’ activity. This particular task focused on initiative and developing team-building skills. Each group was provided with a PVC pipe which had holes in it, a ping pong ball and a bucket. Each group was required to work together to fill their pipe with water which meant they had to use their fingers to plug the holes and prevent water from escaping, with the objective of the game being to float the ping pong ball out and over the top of the pipe. The first team to do this, would be crowned the winner!

Some groups were very inventive and used sticks to plug the holes which was impressive, yet did not stop water from escaping. After a 20 min time cap, some groups were still scurrying to the tap, as they raced to fill their pipe before the buzzer. A few groups were able to achieve this task (and very well done to each of you), with the exciting part watching the water rush out once the objective was achieved and students quickly moving away from the pipe to avoid getting wet!

It was a great way to end the week and enjoy the sunshine on a warm day, all whilst learning valuable skills which will be refined and used in both theory and practical PDHPE throughout their years at the College.