There is, I believe, an area of the curriculum that is, despite 2013 recommendations, woefully inadequate and that is sport – PE, games and active extra-curricular activities within the school environment.
The positive relationship between sport, achievement, happiness and many other areas of emotional wellbeing has long been established, and yet most of our students receive less than three hours of sport every week.
I would hazard a guess than even those schools that offer the suggested three hours are not actually providing adequate exercise, taking into account time spent changing, walking or being bussed to and from facilities, and, of course, discipline and instruction time. The most recent surveys have found that only about 25 per cent of year 12 students and 22 per cent of year 13 students get the recommended three hours, regardless of what’s on offer.
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