Coatesville Primary School

Physical & Sport Education

Coatesville Primary School provides a full time "specialist teacher" for PE & Sport. The promotion of healthy living and active leisure time activities are deemed to be of the highest priority.

Physical Education is a sequentially developed and comprehensive skills based program Prep–6.
It offers:

• Fundamental Motor Skills - Prep–2
• Perceptual Motor Program - Prep & Grade 1
• Ball handling
• Fitness Activities
• Gymnastics
• Athletics
• Dance
• Minor & Major Games
• Swimming - Prep–6
• Athletics

The Sports Program offers:

• Intra-school Carnivals in Swimming & Athletics
• Inter-school competition. (Bentleigh District Primary School Sports Association)
• Winter Season (Grade 5–6) - Football, Soccer, Netball, Rugby, Softcrosse, Tee-Ball
• Summer Season (Grade 5–6) - Cricket, Volleyball, Tennis, Softball, Basketball
• District Swimming, Cross-Country & Athletics Carnivals.
• Regional Competitions
• State Competitions
• National Competitions
• Snowsports (Mt Buller) (Grade 3–6)

All students are designated a "House" when they are enrolled at Coatesville. Our House Names are: Coates, Mackie, Marriott & Gould

Coatesville "Auskick" is played on weekends.

As part of our promotion of healthy living students are encouraged to:

• Walk to school
• Ride a bike and store it safely in the bike-shed. Helmet must be worn.