PDHPE

Year 12 PDHPE

On Monday 23rd May, myself and Mr Frankham took our year 12 PDHPE classes to the ‘Big Day out’ in the CBD. 

The Big Day Out for HSC PDHPE brought together leading academics, industry experts and world recognised athletes to share their insights on the PDHPE syllabus with Year 12 HSC students. These included Rohan Browning, Olympic Semi Finalist & Australia’s Second Fastest 100m Runner, John Quinn, High Performance Coach and Doctor Tom Cross, Consultant Doctor to the Sydney Swans as well as experts from the University of sydney, Dementia Australia and the Heart Foundation.

This was the first time that St Andrews was fortunate enough to attend this valuable learning opportunity where students were offered a practical insight into their learning and a way to put their knowledge into practice, listening to those who work in industries relevant to our areas of study.

Here are some testimonials from some of our year 12 students about their thoughts on the day:

• “This was a very beneficial experience that allowed me to take this learning and apply it further in the classroom.”
• “Hearing an Olympian discuss his training and regimented program, especially talking about how he handles stress and pressure was very insightful.”
• “It summed up everything that we had been learning in class and linked concepts together.”
• “Those working in the industry provided us with a variety of examples that will benefit our writing.”
• “The industry knowledge that presenters brought allowed us to see how difficult concepts studied in class were applied to elite athletes and to discuss the future of sport and training.”

Year 11 Community and Family Studies

Year 11 CAFS students have been learning about observation as a primary research method. Students were assigned to the task of the ‘marshmallow challenge,’using 90cm of sticky tape, 90cm of string, 20 pieces of spaghetti and one marshmallow to build the tallest freestanding structure in 20 mins. Whilst some groups worked together under the pressure of time, other groups watched on and commented on areas of our learning such as leadership, group dynamics, conflict and the roles individuals adopted in groups. Here is what they created!

Mrs Kayla Brogan
Leader of Learning PDHPE (Junior Campus)