Our newly refurbished Sports Centre has generated great excitement around our School, with staff and students embracing the new facilities. The Sports Centre has state-of-the-art fitness equipment, providing an outstanding space for students to engage in physical activity before and after school, during lunchtimes and within their Physical Education subjects, co-curricular programs and for our Athlete Development Academy. 

As part of their Physical Education curriculum our Year 9 Cohort explore the range of components of fitness. The new Sports & Conditioning Studio has now become the focal point for this element of their classroom learning.  

As their confidence with the equipment increases, the Year 9s are developing skills to work independently, focusing on creating individualised strength and conditioning programs to increase performance in their chosen sport.  

Working in the Sports & Conditioning Studio has increased the girls’ comprehension of the significance of muscular power and strength, flexibility and other crucial fitness components that contribute to overall physical health.  

Our VCE Physical Education students, who explore content such as the cardiorespiratory system’s response to physical activity and the chronic adaptations of the body to exercise, are also benefiting from using the new Sports Centre facilities.  

Another noticeable and positive change is how students and staff have been actively utilising the Sports Centre during their free periods. It has quickly become a popular place for students seeking physical activity and a chance to socialise in a healthy environment. Whether it is engaging in light weight workouts, walking, or running on the treadmills or using the cross-trainer, it has become a hub for fitness, exercise and overall health and wellbeing and connection.  

The use by teachers during their lunchtime and free periods is working to foster a culture of health and wellness throughout St Catherine’s. A sense of camaraderie that extends outside of the classroom is fostered by this shared environment, promoting relationships between students and faculty, and further strengthening St Catherine’s close-knit community.