Scooters and Bikes
Please remind your children that if they ride their scooters or bikes to school, they must walk them on school grounds and they must wear a helmet. Please also talk with them about riding their scooter or bike safety on the footpath before and after school. We have had a number of complaints that children are weaving in and out of people walking on the footpath.
Sit Less, Move More, Sleep Well Physical Activity Guidelines for Children and Young People
For school-aged children and young people (aged 5 to 17 years) high levels of physical activity, low levels of sedentary behaviour and sufficient sleep each day achieves greater health benefits.
A healthy 24 hours includes:
- quality uninterrupted sleep of 9 to 11 hours per night for those aged 5 to 13 years and 8 to 10 hours per night for those aged 14 to 17 years, with consistent bed and wake-up times.
- an accumulation of at least one hour a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (incorporate vigorous physical activities and activities that strengthen muscles and bones, at least three days a week).
- no more than two hours per day of recreational screen time.
- for the remainder of the day:
- sitting less, moving more – break up sitting time.
- participating in structured and unstructured light physical activities.
Preserving sleep, trading indoor time for outdoor time, and replacing sedentary behaviours and light physical activity with additional moderate to vigorous physical activity can provide greater health benefits.
P.E.A.K.S (Participation, Effort, Action, Knowledge, Skills)
P.E.A.K.S (Participation, Effort, Action, Knowledge, Skills) is our home learning programme where we celebrate the effort and commitment of students who take on a challenge and complete it in their own time. It enables us the chance to recognise the depth and wealth of learning opportunities students engage in in their leisure time.
Each team offers slightly different challenges they can engage in and there is also the opportunity to design their own challenge.
Each year level has a set number of challenges to achieve in the year. Those that complete these will be awarded a trophy at the end of the year in recognition of their efforts.
Principal Awards
Congratulations to the students who received principal awards at last week’s assembly.
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