SPORTS
Playing sports is a great learning opportunity for children.
Some sports have traditionally been organised through schools, while others are entirely club-based.
When teams are organised through a club, they establish fees and teams.
When teams are organised through school parents are responsible for coaching and managing teams. The school supports players by organising the teams and supplying equipment for parents who volunteer to coach. Most volunteers arrange a time to practice on our school grounds.
The fees are established annually by the school based on the number of players that we expect to play. We don’t aim to make a profit. If there is an excess when fees have been paid to the club this is used to buy coaching equipment, uniforms and to sponsor students to participate in sporting opportunities.
We hope that this newsletter will be a good resource for you if you are thinking about encouraging your child to take part in a sport.
Most codes follow the research that playing in teams with friends and engagement in play are the most important factors in retaining participation. Whatever sport they play, your child will have fun, and develop fitness and skills to help them work as a team.
Schools have an important role in promoting sport through the co-curricular programmes they offer students. These programmes allow students to build on and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they develop in the school's physical education curriculum. Organised school sports programmes should neither be seen as substitutes for sport studies in this curriculum nor as the specific domain of physical education teachers.
The effective promotion and organisation of school sport should reflect the needs of students and ensure that all students have the opportunity to:
participate to the highest level of their interest and ability
experience enjoyment and achievement
become competent and enthusiastic participants
practise fair play (in the widest interpretation of the term) in all situations
experience and manage competition.
Sports programmes can be developed in partnership with clubs and other community groups and may involve interschool and club competitions.
Students require a range of structured, sequenced, and developmentally appropriate learning opportunities in sport studies. These include opportunities to develop:
skills for participating in diverse sporting roles
such as playing, coaching, officiating, and administrating
constructive attitudes, values, and behaviours that will help them to manage co-operative and competitive sports environments
skills for identifying and critiquing the contributions that science, technology, and the environment make to sporting performances
the skills to identify and discuss the social and cultural significance that sport has for individuals and for society
for example, in relation to attitudes, values, specific practices and their effects, and media influences.
