Hello Bateman Primary School Community!

My name is David Lampe and I have taken over the role as the Physical Education Teacher at Bateman Primary School. Prior to beginning at Bateman, I worked for five years as a Physical Education and Classroom Teacher at Osborne Primary School, as well as at Rosalie Primary School before that.

This term, there is lots going on in Physical Education!

Year 1 and 2 students will be learning and continuing to improve their fundamental movement and locomotor skills such as catching, under and overarm throwing, kicking, running and jumping. They will do this through a range of fun games designed to practice these skills.

Middle and upper primary students will also continue to practice their fundamental movement and locomotor skills but will do this through a range of more complex games and modified match play related to tennis and basketball. They will also learn to implement simple tactics related to these sports.

For the older students, there are a few events to put in the calendar for Physical Education this term! On 26 February, Bateman will be holding its annual faction swimming carnival for Year 4 to 6 students who nominated for the event. After this, selected students will also compete in the MDISSA interschool swimming carnival on 10 April. Lastly, Year 5 and 6 students who nominate, will also be able to try-out for the Modcross and Cricket interschool carnivals on the 4th of April. Try-outs will be held for this in Week 3 and selected students will train for the carnivals throughout Friday’s senior sport this term.

Thanks, and I look forward to getting to know you all further as the year progresses!