Our school motto is 'Strive to Succeed' which encompasses a favourite quote I like, by one of the most revered coaches in American basketball:
"SUCCESS
IS PEACE OF
MIND WHICH IS A
DIRECT RESULT OF
SELF-SATISFACTION IN
KNOWING YOU MADE THE
EFFORT TO BECOME THE BEST YOU
ARE CAPABLE OF BECOMING."
IS PEACE OF
MIND WHICH IS A
DIRECT RESULT OF
SELF-SATISFACTION IN
KNOWING YOU MADE THE
EFFORT TO BECOME THE BEST YOU
ARE CAPABLE OF BECOMING."
- John Wooden
My inquiry journey begins with thoughts on, how can sport improve a student's academic results. I think that if someone experiences the peace, happiness and self satisfaction that comes with great effort in achieving success in sport, then they can apply that same determination towards studying to produce the desired results in reading, writing and maths at school. I believe this is possible and I'm sure that there are many worldwide stories of athletes who have accomplished this. So I'm glad to take some time to investigate this further and find out, how this can be done in our school.
The first step in my journey, is to update the areas of online communication that I'm responsible for, so that everyone gets the big picture of what sport looks like at our school. The two online areas are the Pt England School Sports Blog and the Pt England School Sport Site. I have numerous google documents that records the athletes in various events, organisational plans, reports and other administrative files. This will take some time to sort, edit and publish - but will help me identify an area to focus specifically on, who, what and how does sport raise the academic achievement of our athletic students.
You do such a great job of coordinating all the training, tournaments and class sports in the school, you are a star! Good idea to make visible all that goes on.
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