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.