Our Physical Education curriculum focuses on students enhancing their own and others’ wellbeing and physical activity participation in varied and changing contexts.

Integral to Health and Physical Education is the acquisition of movement skills, concepts and strategies to enable students to confidently, competently and creatively participate in a range of physical activities. As a foundation for lifelong physical activity participation and enhanced performance, students develop proficiency in movement skills, physical activities and movement concepts and acquire an understanding of the science behind how the body moves.

At Iramoo Primary School students from Prep to Year 6 are involved in varied learning activities to develop their strategies and skills in Physical Education. This includes:

Prep – Year 2:

• practising basic movement and ball skills including running, hopping, skipping, kicking, throwing, catching, rolling and bouncing in groups, with a partner and individually
• developing coordination and balance through Gymnastics
• participating in a range of cooperative games that encourage teamwork and ‘getting along’ skills
• participating in whole school events including the Junior Cross-Country and Junior Novelty Sports

Year 3 – Year 4:

• participating in a range of cooperative games that encourage teamwork and ‘getting along’ skills
• playing bat tennis, tee ball, soft ball and lawn bowls to improve their striking and bowling skills and to further develop hand eye coordination
• developing running endurance, setting personal goals for long distance running and in preparation for our Cross-Country
• participating in athletics training in preparation for our Iramoo House Athletics Day where they learn the skills required for sprints, relay, hurdles, long jump, triple jump, high jump, shot put and discus.

Year 5 – Year 6:

• refining and further developing a wide range of fundamental movement skills in more complex movement patterns and situations
• participating in a range of cooperative games that encourage teamwork and ‘getting along’ skills
• improving coordination, mobility, strength, endurance, balance, teamwork and cooperation
• developing striking skills and focus on improving hand eye coordination and refining bat control through bat tennis, badminton, and the modified tennis game called ‘Red Ball’
• learning how to play games such as netball, basketball, lacrosse and soccer and participate in a range of modified activities aimed at developing defence and offence strategies.
• improving their running endurance and set personal goals for long distance running in preparation for our Cross-Country
• participating in athletics training in preparation for our Iramoo House Athletics where they develop skills in sprints, relay, hurdles, long jump, triple jump, high jump, shot put and discus.

We also offer a:

Swimming program for students in Years 1 – 6 where they participate in an intensive 8-day swimming program at Swim4all.

Bike Ed program for students in Year 4 to learn about safe riding behaviours, road rules and riding in a shared environment.