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.
