Students at Good Samaritan engage in Physical Education/Sport each week. All students participate in the School Athletics and Cross Country Carnivals. Eligible students participate in the Swimming Carnival. After these carnivals squads are chosen to represent the School at Regional and Diocesan Carnivals. Students can then be selected to compete at MacKillop and State levels. Good Samaritan has a clear policy regarding student participation in sporting gala days and representation at competitive sports. Parents are asked to become familiar with this policy. 

This term in PDHPE, (Physical Education) Year 5 will be engaging in: 

PE - Get Active

Students will perform and apply critical and creative thinking to generate, create and access solutions to movement challenges and refine movement skills in a variety of situations. The students will focus on throwing and catching, AFL and Volleyball skills. Cross country running skills will also be developed throughout this unit in preparation for the school Cross Country Carnival. 

This term in PDHPE (Class Sport), Year 5 will be engaging in:

Relationships/ Mental Health & Wellbeing

In Health, students will focus on developing the knowledge, understanding and skills important for building respectful relationships, enhancing personal strengths and exploring personal identity to promote the health, safety and wellbeing of themselves and others. Students develop strategies to manage change, challenges, power, abuse, violence and learn how to protect themselves and others in a range of situations.

In Sport, the children will focus on catching and Cricket skills. The basic skills (catching) will aid the skills needed in cricket.