Personal Development Health and Physical Education
St Ives High School’s Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) involves students learning about and practising ways of maintaining active, healthy lifestyles and improving their health status. PDHPE is also concerned with the social and scientific understandings of movement.
In high school, the focus is on improving performance through the adaption, transfer and improvisation of movement skills and concepts. The thrill of the movement, the satisfaction of getting the skill right and the feelings of success when you make the right decision at the right time are the outcomes for which we aim.
At high school in PDHPE students will also explore questions in relation to safe, active and healthy lifestyle choices, respectful relationships, identity, belonging and change.
SPORT
Students in Year 9 and 10 compete in grade sport on Thursday afternoons across the zone. Grade sport is divided into three seasons - Summer, Winter and Spring.
Sports are selected at annual sports fixtures meetings held by zone sport organisers. Grade sport choices include soccer, touch, ultimate frisbee, futsal, handball, basketball, speedaway, oz tag, netball, hockey, badminton and table tennis.
Years 7 compete against other schools in the zone on special Gala Days. The sports played include netball, speedaway, oz tag, soccer 7’s and ultimate frisbee. Older students have a chance to act as umpires and coaches.
TALENTED ATHLETE PROGRAM
As part of the High Potential Gifted Education Program (Physical Domain), St Ives High School offers the Talented Athletes Program (TAP) to students in Years 9 to 11. The TAP offers support for students who are identified as an athlete that competes at a high level (Representative, State etc. There is also a pathways program for students in Years 7 and 8 who may transition into the program.
KNOCKOUT SPORT TEAMS
Students can represent the school in multiple sports in the Sydney North Knockout Competition.
REPRESENTATIVE SPORT
Students who compete at a high level in a particular sport have the opportunity to trial for Ku-ring-gai Zone or Sydney North teams. From there, students can be selected to play for NSW and possibly at the national level.
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