Personal development, health and physical education

Personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE) is mandatory from Kindergarten to Year 10.

According to the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), students are expected to participate in PDHPE for between 1.5 and 2.5 hours per week in Kindergarten to Year 6.

PDHPE provides students with opportunities to explore issues that are likely to impact on the health, safety and wellbeing of themselves and others – now and in the future. Students also participate in challenging and enjoyable physical activity, improving their capacity to move with skill and confidence.

PSSA

Dundas Public School has a proud tradition of successfully competing in Merrylands Parramatta PSSA. 

Our Winter PSSA selections are held at the very end of Term 1, so they can start the first week back of Term 2 and continue till the end of Term 3. We enter 2 netball teams; 2 league tag teams; 2 soccer teams and 2 AFL teams.

School Sport

Dundas Public School provides a range of engaging sporting activities to Year 3-6  students. These activities are designed to build the skills and understandings required in a variety of sports, including those in summer and winter PSSA.

Students participate in multiple rotations and activities in each session, subsequently building on skills learnt in the previous lessons.

K-2 Sport

Kindergarten, Year One and Year Two (K-2) participate in regular physical activity through creative play, dance, minor games and sports. K-2 learn a range of fundamental movement skills, including balance, vertical jump, sprint run, catch, hop, side gallop, skip, overhand throw, kick and two-handed strike. The sport sessions are run by classroom teachers and specialist staff.

School Carnivals

The swimming carnival is held in Term 1 for all students, 8 years and above. Students can compete in competitive races in the four strokes of freestyle, breastroke, backstroke and butterfly. If available, students are also given the opportunity to participate in non-competitive races in a 25m pool.

The Cross Country carnival is held in Term 2 for all students, Years 2-6. Students run distances between 2 - 3km, depending on their age group.

In Term 3, all students participate in the Athletics Carnival. Students, 8 years and above, compete in 100m, 200m and 800m running races as well as shot put, discus, high jump and long jump. The Infants Athletics Carnival is a fun-filled day where K-2 students are able to practise and demonstrate their fundamental movement skills in a variety of rotational activities.