PDHPE
Year 12 PDHPE Students Explore Elite Sports Science at ACPE
On Monday the 2nd of June, a group of our Year 12 PDHPE students had the exciting opportunity to attend a hands-on HSC enrichment workshop at the Australian College of Physical Education (ACPE) in Sydney Olympic Park.
This specialised workshop, designed specifically for HSC PDHPE students in Years 11 and 12, provided an immersive learning experience focused on energy systems and training principles within a high-performance sporting context.
Throughout the day, students:
- Explored the practical application of aerobic and anaerobic energy systems in sport;
- Took part in exercise testing protocols used with elite athletes;
- Gained a deeper understanding of training principles and their real-world application;
- Engaged in a tour and activities within ACPE’s state-of-the-art performance gym;
- Connected classroom theory with elite-level practice in a professional sporting environment.
The experience was both educational and inspiring, giving our students valuable insights that directly support their HSC studies while opening their eyes to future career and study pathways in sport, exercise science, and health.
We are proud of the way our students represented the school and embraced the opportunity to further their learning beyond the classroom.
Ms Leitch and Miss Nikitovic
Year 11 Community and Family Studies
On the 26th of May, Year 11 CAFS students took part in an adventure to the city, for a CAFS themed treasure hunt.
Each group was given a small booklet filled with activities and meeting points. The aim of this was to work as a team to safely arrive at each location, complete activities such as taking photos with specific things in them and collecting information about every place we passed. This aligned to our unit of study and provided us with practical learning experiences that explored concepts such as group dynamics, relationships, roles and conflict. This sounds so easy, right? Well, that’s what we thought, until we found ourselves walking what felt like the entire perimeter of Sydney.
From racing between checkpoints, to challenging discussions about which street to walk down or what activities we needed to complete, this experience pushed us to think on the spot about alternative options, communicate clearly and assertively, and to laugh through (at times), the frustration. There were moments where GPS signals dropped out, group members “accidentally” led us the wrong way and legs were begging for us to stop, but we battled to keep going!
Despite our sore feet and the growls of our hungry stomachs, this excursion taught us so much about collaboration, group cohesion, leadership, and the importance of listening to each other (even when an individual’s sense of direction may have been questionable).
Most importantly, we realised that working together, even through the stress, made the whole experience not just meaningful, but genuinely fun and exciting and we are grateful for the opportunity to put our learning in class into action.
- Kaelah Garcia and Dier Majak (YR11 CAFS students)
