A regional high school cross country event is providing valuable training to Avondale College of Higher Education’s personal development, health and physical education students. Thirty of them served as officials and marshals for the 1500 or so high and primary students who visited the Lake Macquarie campus for the Hunter Region Independent Schools Cross Country yesterday (Tuesday, April 30). Attending the event, hosted by Avondale for a second consecutive year, is compulsory for those in the motor learning and control and physical education studies: athletics and games sense classes. “It’s all about learning by doing,” says lecturer Wendi Herman. She also uses students to help Avondale School, which organises the cross country as part of its membership of the Association of Independent Co-Educational Schools, run its sports program. “There’s not a semester where they’re not hands on and getting involved.”—Brenton Stacey, public relations officer, Avondale College of Higher Education
Credit: Karen Zeuschner.