School Sport Unit

I am honoured to have been recently appointed as Leader School Sport Unit and look forward to assisting colleagues with the provision of sport and physical activity options for our students. There is much to be proud of in our work and I encourage everyone to be advocates for our programs.

The August eNewsletter provides a wealth of information across all School Sport Unit programs. Could I highlight the many and varied Professional Learning opportunities that are on offer for staff which are designed to increase both skillset and confidence.

The School Sport website continues to be a valuable resource for schools, teachers and students and I encourage everyone to provide feedback and eNewsletter stories by emailing schoolsportunit@det.nsw.edu.au

Peter Banks, Leader, School Sport Unit

Sport Climbing is performed on artificial climbing walls to which interchangeable holds are attached. These are purpose-built walls which are usually located in climbing gyms and other sport and recreational facilities.

In recreational climbing, school-aged students generally engage in the sport in one of three ways;

• Top-Rope Climbing - the climber’s safety is ensured by a rope through an anchor point above them which is controlled at all times by a partner or by using an auto-belay unit.

• Bouldering - the climber climbs unroped to a maximum height of 4.5m above safety mats.

• Traversing – the climber climbs horizontally, close to the ground above a soft-fall surface.

You must refer to the Requirements for All Sport and Physical Activity to understand your overall compliance responsibilities.

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Thank you for the continuing support of the livestreaming of the state Representative School Sport Pathway (RSSP) events this year on the NSW School Sport Unit YouTube channel. Special mention to the livestream of the NSW All Schools Cross Country on 26.7.19 which had 3 cameras; peak view (number of viewers at the one time) of 439 viewers; total views for the day 6,688; views to date 10,644. We hope with the timestamps now added you are able to find your child/student easier.

Upcoming livestreamed events: 

• NSWPSSA Touch Girls - 29 August – Mudgee
• NSWCHSSA Rugby League Final Knockouts - 3 September - venue TBA
• NSWCHSSA Athletics - 4-6 September - SOP Athletics Centre - multiple cameras

For those schools requiring assistance with the new online registration process please log onto the applications and forms page from the NSW Combined High Schools Sports Association as per the link below.

NSWCHSSA applications and forms link

Enter the school's email address and select the ‘lost your password’ link under the blue login button.

A new email will be sent to the school’s email address with instructions on resetting a new password.

Schools will be able to register after setting a new password.

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