Sport as an aspect of the school curriculum is an integral part of an individual’s development, requiring physical involvement in organized games or activities within an accepted set of rules. Sport is a valued and accepted part of a school’s curriculum because it contributes to the development of the whole child. It provides a vehicle for a number of social, physical, emotional and moral learning and is an important expression of our culture. Participation, enjoyment and skill development of all students are the cornerstone of school sport.

The Aims of School Sport:

Encourage participation by all students in sporting activities commensurate with their physical, mental, social, and emotional and skill development.

Provide opportunity for playing a wide variety of sports within competitive and recreational sports.

Develop the capacity to make reasoned decisions about ethical issues in sport that will lead to good player and spectator behaviour.

Develop skill and fitness to particular sports so that all students can experience success through enjoyable participation.

Develop and apply knowledge and understanding of:

Sport as a significant cultural force in our society

The capabilities and limitation of the human body

Games, tactics, strategies, rules and umpiring

Contribute, through participation, to the social, cognitive, physical, emotional and aesthetic aspects of the student’s development.

General Organisation of Sport

Sport at Kogarah High School is offered as follows:

Grade sport

Grade Sport is held on Wednesday afternoons and is conducted within the rules and guidelines set up by the St George Sporting Zone. Grade Sports are offered to years 7, 8,9,10, and 11.

Recreational Sport

Recreational sports are offered to those students in years 8, 9, and 10 who do not play in grade teams on Wednesday afternoons.

Travel

Travel for each program mentioned above will vary on a weekly basis. Students will either walk or catch a school organised bus to their designated venue and will return in the same manner. Students will be given fair warning of travel arrangements organised for their sport. These venues are usually listed on the Sports Notice Board Located outside the PD/H/PE and TAS staffroom.

Carnivals

Kogarah High School holds three major carnivals annually, Athletics, swimming and Cross Country. On each of these days students are expected to arrive at school as normal, and then will travel to the designated venue as arranged by the school. It is an expectation of the school that the students will participate in the activities organised.

Kogarah High School will supply a team to compete in all three major carnivals (Athletics, swimming and Cross Country) organised by the Sydney East Secondary School Sports Association.

Information for Teachers and Students

Permission to leave early- Students will generally not be permitted to be excused from weekly sporting commitments. Students who are required to leave school grounds early for exceptional circumstances will need to see the Deputy Principal, before recess on the day, who will then consider each application for leave on its merits. All applications must be made in writing from a parent/guardian both signed and dated. If permission is granted, students must then report to their sports teacher with their approval pass. 

Students unable to participate in Sport

Students who are unfit to participate in their chosen sport are required to see their Sport Organiser in the PD/H/PE Staffroom for approval of non-participation. Application is to be in writing, as specified above for early leave approvals. Students, who are granted permission for non-participation of sport, are required to report to the library at 12:50pm until 2:30pm.

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Sport Organisation

Teachers will be notified of the set organisation of each weekly sport arrangement. Sport arrangement will be placed on the Sports Noticeboard, email and sign on room in the office by the preceding Monday.

In the event of wet weather students/teachers will be informed of the alternate arrangement of the afternoon.

Uniforms

All students, regardless of their chosen activity are required to wear their full sport uniform to school on Wednesdays. The Kogarah High School Sport Uniform Policy is available from the PD/H/PE staffroom. Students who do attend school in an unsatisfactory uniform will be required to attend sport detention from 1pm-3pm.

Sport Detention

Any student who forgets, their full uniform, money, truants sport or misbehaves at sport will go to sport detention on Wednesday afternoon, and will not be permitted to leave until 3pm.

Dismissal of Sport

At the conclusion of sport, if a venue is outside school grounds students will return to school immediately. Sports will not finish earlier than 2:30pm. Should students return earlier to school at the conclusion of their sport, they will not be dismissed by their sport teacher until 2:30pm. Sport will be finished no later than 3pm.

Students who forget Money

Any student who is unable to meet the costs for sport, and do not make an alternative arrangement with Mr Hughes by Wednesday morning prior to the start of school, will be required to go to sport detention.