Page 33 - Beacon Hill School Annual Report 2016-17

Physical Education Physical Education

Another part of the 50th anniversary of the swimming), health and fitness, adventure
ESF was a celebration of dance. 15 students challenge and games (ball games, striking and

practiced for the whole second term with fielding, net/wall games). Years 4, 5 and
professional dance teachers (Agnes and 6 also participated in a four week swimming
Kenny) and performed their amazing dance, programme. Years 1 to 5 had a 6 week unit

Under the Same Sky, at the ESF Celebration where they went to Kowloon Tsai Park to play
of Dance performance. Thanks to Agnes and a variety of games and sports.

Kenny (parents of Karsten (2K)) for giving up
their time to teach the students. The dance Mr Jump Jam, Brett Fairweather, also visited
incorporated many different dance styles – the school and trained up some Beacon Hill

ballet, hip hop, Bollywood just to name a few! students to be future Jump Jam coordinators!
We look forward to seeing them teach their

With the introduction of houses at Beacon classmates this year.
Hill it also allowed the school to have inter-
house sporting competitions. Two inter- Mr Tim Teahan

house competitions were held with Xìn Xìn
(confidence) winning both the inaugural

football and basketball competitions.

Sports Day was another great success and for

the first time we split Sports Day over two
days. Also, for the first time the Year 3s to 6s

sports day were competing for the Sports Day
House Trophy. In a very close competition Xìn
Xìn (confidence) were the first house to win

the Sports Day trophy by only 16 points!

The students were offered a diverse curriculum
as well. Year 1s and 2s had two PMP sessions
per week and one PE lesson. Thanks to the

parents who volunteered to help with the
PMP programme. Years 3 to 6 had two PE

lessons per week - one with Mr Teahan and
one with their class teachers. The units of PE
covered movement composition (gymnastics

and dance), individual pursuits (athletics and