Senior School Sports Science and Outdoor Education

Health and Physical Education at St Mary’s College is compulsory for students from Kindergarten to Year 10, with elective subjects available for our Year 11 and 12 students. We offer our students a wide variety of sports, skills, games, team work strategies, recreation and fitness activities within our program. Our Health program is sequential for our secondary years where we cover a broad range of health topics, as you can see below.

The Health, Outdoor and Physical Education program is an integral part of the curriculum at St Mary’s College. The program we teach is from the Tasmanian curriculum and we will be implementing the new Australian Curriculum once it becomes available for our subject area.

One of our mottos’ is “Moving, Learning and Achieving” and we strive to provide a framework in which our student can develop physically, mentally, socially, spiritually and emotionally. Through Health, Outdoor and Physical Education experiences students have the opportunity to gain knowledge, develop team work skills, enhance physical health and fitness, and to acquire skills like coping strategies, which promote a healthy lifestyle.

At St Mary’s College we offer numerous extracurricular sports from fun run and surfing competitions to sporting rosters organised by Southern SATIS. We also hold Swimming (Big Splash), Cross Country and Athletics carnivals throughout the year. These days really highlight our SMC and house spirit and very enjoyable days with a lot of participation and colour!

Below are examples of topics covered in the Health, Outdoor and Physical Education area at St Mary’s College, Hobart.

Physical Education (Grade 7-10, Elective Grade 11-12)

• Minor Games
• Cooperation Games
• Team Sports
• Individual Activities
• Gymnastics
• Dance
• Recreation Activities
• Athletics
• Aquatics
• Fitness
• Self Defence

Elective Subject for Grade 11-12

• Physical Recreation

Health Education (Gr 7-10, Elective for Grade 11-12)

• Harm Minimisation
• Sexual Health
• Fitness for Life
• Mental Health
• Nutrition
• Bullying
• Personal Health
• Road Safety
• Values
• Risk Taking
• First Aid

Elective Subjects for Grade 11-12

• Health Studies (Pre Tertiary)
• Personal Health and Wellbeing

Outdoor Education and Outdoor Leadership (Elective Grade 10-12)

• Camping
• Bush Walking
• Kayaking
• Mountain Biking
• Goal Setting
• Self Management
• Navigation
• Rock Climbing
• Orienteering
• Surfing

Sport Science (Grade 9-12 Elective)

• Energy Systems
• Biomechanics
• Coaching
• Sport Psychology
• Skills Acquisition
• Games Analysis
• Sport Nutrition
• Training Principles
• Current Issues
• Drugs in Sport
• Exercise Physiology
• Body Systems

Some of the Extracurricular Sports Activities offered at SMC

• Cricket
• Athletics
• Soccer
• Softball
• Swimming
• Cross Country
• Volleyball
• Softball
• Tennis
• Rowing
• Surfing
• Equestrian
• Netball
• Waterpolo
• Basketball

	For information about enrolling in our Senior School, please contact the Enrolments Officer by email, telephone (03) 6234 3381, or view or download the Senior School brochure.