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Yagoona Public School Sports and Fitness Policy

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At our school we have a unique and exciting sport program. We believe that children should feel that sport is something fun and worthwhile to be involved in, and that it isn't just about winning.

Throughout the year all children participate in seven different sports. They do skill development, learn rules and play in either modified games or traditional versions of the sports.

The children may cover the following sports while at Yagoona Public School:
Athletics (Track & Field) Basketball Cricket
International Handball Sof-cross (modified Lacrosse) Indoor Cricket
Minkey (modified Hockey) Indoor Soccer Swimming
Gymnastics Softball/Teeball Soccer
Netball Volleyball Touch football
Sphairee (mini tennis) Tennis Squash
Table tennis Dance Kanga cricket
  Rugby league (modified)  
The children are in Sports House groups - Cabrogal (blue) a sub-clan of the Darug people who lived in the Cabramatta to Bankstown area); Darug (red) the traditional owners of the Western area of Sydney before the European invasion; Eora (yellow) the Aboriginal peoples who lived in the city and Eastern suburbs, but who died out quickly after contact with the European occupiers;  and Guringai (green) the Aboriginal peoples who lived north of Sydney Harbour. The children are in mixed boys and girls teams in their relevant school year group and compete against another house when they play a game.

We participate in knockout competitions and encourage sports organisations to come to the school to talk to the children and run skill development sessions.

We extend talented children by sending them to District Trials and using them to help other children or to referee games so they further develop their knowledge of the sports in which they are talented.

With our sport program children, regardless of their ability are exposed to an incredibly wide range of sports. They are not channelled into only one or two sports at a young age. This way, later in life, they may choose to participate in a sport of which they otherwise might not have been aware. All children get to learn the skills, rules, and are involved in putting those skills and knowledge of the rules into practice in actual games.

The emphasis is on participation and fair interaction and acknowledging other efforts, which greatly enhances social skills development.

The staff also are professionally developed by being exposed to a much wider range of sports.


R Cullen
Sports Coordinator