Sports at Gowrie SS
Throughout the year, students at Gowrie State School are involved in a variety of sporting events and provided with fantastic sporting opportunities.
As part of our school sporting culture, our two Houses, Hughes (Green) and Isaacs (Gold), compete against each other in our annual carnivals: Term 1 Cross Country Carnival in Term 1; Term 2 Athletics and Ball Games; Term 4 Swimming Carnival.
Students are also provided with a variety of opportunities to participate in representative sport, through the Inner Downs Trials, Darling Downs trials, Transitional Cluster School's gala days and Primary Schools Gala Days, including the Darling Downs Netball Gala Day.
Extra Curricula Sports
Gowrie State School provides opportunities for students to participate in a range of sports and skill development. The Sporting School initiative through the Australian Sports Commission, assists with providing funding opportunities each term, to deliver fully funded sports programs. This allows our school to communicate with local sporting communities to provide more sporting opportunities for students. Our sporting schools' programs has involved, Soccer Australia, Toowoomba Basketball, Athletics Australia and many more. These sessions are aligned with the Australian curriculum and are delivered through Health and Physical Education lessons, Lunch time sports and after school activities.
Students are offered support in a variety of sports with skill development and improvement through before school, lunch time and after school training opportunities. Training is open to all students, within selected sports and sometimes involves selection of a team to compete in gala days. These training opportunities are provided by our schools Health and Physical Education Teacher and are often based on students' interest, depending on numbers. Some sports include Track and Field events, Netball, Soccer, Touch Football, AFL and Softball.
Health and Physical Education
The Health and Physical Education is split into two timetabled subjects; Health and PE.
Both subjects aligns with the current Australian Curriculum Version 9. Topics for Health are based on content descriptors for: Identity and emotions; Health and Wellbeing with nutrition, physical activity and mindfulness; Protective Behaviours; and Respectful Relationships. The Physical Education Units are structured around the sub strands for Moving our bodies, Making Active Choices and Learning Through Movement. These are offered in practical and theoretical lessons which coincide with Health Units. Students learn through different movement sequences and experience for fitness and skills acquisition while engaging in a variety of minor games; challenging sports such as Orienteering; invasion sports like Netball/Basketball; rhythmic/gymnastics and swimming. Students gain knowledge and develop skills through communication and focus on building strategies to formulate teamwork and good sportsmanship.