Sport

Sport at Hampton Park Secondary College includes the development of sport skills, an understanding of rules of various sports and an appreciation of codes of behaviour.
The College Sport Program aims to:

• Promote an active and healthy lifestyle
• Encourage students to participate in sport
• Provide leadership opportunities for students
• Encourage students to strive for excellence
• Assist students to develop self-confidence and cooperative skills
• Introduce students to a range of sporting activities
• Assist students to learn the rules and acquire and improve the skills of sports
• Enable students to participate in sporting competitions
• Provide enjoyment and a measure of success
• Develop good sporting behavior including self-control, discipline, cooperation, tolerance and respect for others
• Help students develop skills and interests for recreation
• Ensure College recognition for positive role models in participation and excellence
• Provide a forum for excellence for players and coaches
• Seek to develop a sense of pride amongst students as a result of their participation and performance
• Forge links between the College and the community, including the sporting community

Members of the HPE Team help to assist students in joining teams and competing in interschool sports and college sport carnivals. Emphasis during all events is centered around good sportsmanship, participation, team focus and the enjoyment of sporting activities.

Music

Learning an instrument builds your social skills and confidence, develops your creativity and life skills (e.g. time management, organisation, teamwork skills), relieves stress, improves musical skill, as well as academic performance across different subjects. It is also a unique way of expressing yourself and it’s fun!

The Music Program at Hampton Park Secondary College is underpinned by the Musical Futures approach to teaching and learning.

The classroom music program is based around a belief that music learning is most effective when young people are engaged in the process of making music. Our music learning sequences aim to build on students’ existing passion for music and values their personal musical interests. It focuses primarily on music making and performing through improvisation and composition, then integrates aural learning.

Music is offered as an elective in Year 7 (as a term “Explore taster”), and in combined classes (Year 8-10) as an “Enhance” subject for a semester. We also offer VCE Music Performance for a year for senior students wishing to maximise their musical potential. Throughout all year levels, students have the opportunity to play in whole class ensembles, develop their solo and small group performance skills, develop the required knowledge to incorporate the elements of music into their own performance, perform inside and outside the classroom environment, as well as record music. The learning sequences incorporate the use of technology, which includes learning to use a recording software program called ‘Soundtrap’, while at the same time building the literacy and numeracy skills required to be successful not only in this subject but across other learning areas.

Most importantly, we make music FUN at Hampton Park Secondary College!

Hampton Park Secondary College also offers a fantastic Instrumental Music Program that caters for almost every instrument group including:

• Acoustic/electric guitar
• Drums
• Bass guitar
• Keyboard/piano
• Voice
• Brass (e.g. trumpet)
• Woodwind (e.g. flute, clarinet and saxophone)

We offer a variety of musical instruments for students to learn, specialising in rock, pop and contemporary music. The aim of our Instrumental Music Program is to empower students by developing their love of music by providing small group instrumental music lessons. 

If your student is interested in joining the Instrumental Music Program, please fill out the form below and return it to the front office with payment.