PHYSICAL EDUCATION, GRADE 5 AND 6

P.E. Lessons – All students should be dressed in full P.E. uniform.

This term during P.E. the grade 5/6 students have been learning ball handling sports.

Ball Skill (throwing and catching)

With Shane, our play ball teacher, they have been developing their basketball and netball skills through competitive games and races by using throwing and catching skills.

Racquet and Ball skills

In the period they spend with me (Miss Height), the students have been learning how to hold the tennis racquet. They have also been trying to master controlling the ball by bouncing it on their racquets and then using their racquets to bounce the ball continually on the ground. Another skill they are learning is to use the tennis racquet to hit a forehand. The next skill will be controlling where the ball goes when they hit the forehand stroke. They are finding this skill very difficult. It is recommended that if your child has access to a racquet and ball that they try to practise these skills in their own time because they are not easy to master without repetition.