Physical Education
Hi Families,
Wow we have reached the end of what has already been a hectic term 1. With lots of learning in our PE classes - getting back into routine and learning new routines for some. We have also participated in District Swimming, Year 4-6 Gala Days and a House Cross Country!
2026 Dates for the calendar:
Tuesday 31st March - Year 5&6 Interschool Sports Gala Day
Term 2 Dates for the calendar:
Monday 18th May - District Cross Country (Qualified students - years 3-6)
Thursday 28th May - Year 4 Gala Day
Monday 1st June - Division Cross Country (Students that have qualified)
Thursday 11th June - Year 5&6 Gala Day
Meet our House Captains for 2026
Harlea
Hi I’m Harlea Conduit, this year I am Coghlan House Captain alongside Patchy. My hobbies are basketball, doing art and caring for my friends and the earth! I play basketball for Ferntree Gully Falcons and Knox Raiders. I am so excited to work with all the other house captains and with all of your children!
GO COGHLAN!!!
Patchy
Hello my name is Patchy and this year I am the Coghlan house captain. The stuff that I like is playing sports on the weekend like Footy, Basketball and cricket. I support the North Melbourne Footy Club in the AFl. Two things I am excited for this year is Playing dodgeball against the other class and leading Coghlan to a twilight sport WIN!
Ivy
Hi my name is Ivy. I love doing sports like netball and cheerleading and I like watching the Richmond Tigers. I am so excited to be Lyons captain this year and helping out at twilight sports and helping the green team to WIN!
Zack
Hi my name is Zack and I am the Lyons house captain this year. I enjoy playing footy and soccer and I support Richmond in the footy. I am really excited to be the leader of green house and I can’t wait to help Lyons to another win.
Ben H
Hello my name is Ben and I am the Dillon house captain this year. I like playing soccer and cricket and I like watching Geelong play. I enjoy playing games like dodgeball and other class games like silent ball or corners. This year I hope to lead Dillon to win Twilight SPORTS!
Soraya
Hi my name is Soraya and I am really excited to be one of the Dillon captains this year! One of my favourite sports to play is netball , and I barrack for Melbourne although I am not a massive footy fan. Something I look forward to is twilight sports and Dillon winning the shield !!
Tess
Hi my name is Tess and I’m so excited to be Durkin house captain of 2026!!! My favourite sport is netball. I play netball nearly 5 times a week. I also play rep netball so I really love playing netball. For footy I go for Melbourne, but I’m not really a big football fan but my family definitely is.I mean half of my family goes for Collingwood so they are crazy about football! (don’t mess with my mum when Collingwood is playing!). I’m so excited to be the loudest to cheer Durkin to victory and will try my hardest to help them WIN!!!
Will
Hello I am William, I’m this year's Durkins House Captain. I like to play soccer for my club and with my friends. I support Hawthorn in the footy. I like versing the other class in dodge ball (because we always win). I am going to try my best to help Durkin win this year!
House Cross Country - Friday 27th March
The rain and the majority of the wind held off for us on Friday to enjoy our Cross Country afternoon. The practice during every lesson for the majority of 3-6 classes and the prep to 2 recently, paid off as it was so great to see so many students giving something that can be quite challenging, a red hot go! Whether they ran, jogged or walked, getting a participation point for their team was a great achievement.
Our House Tally for the day....
Dillon - 182
Lyons - 180
Durkin - 169
Coghlan - 146
These numbers will go towards an overall tally for the year. There will be many other opportunities where the students can participate in various activities, sport or otherwise to obtain points for their house, with a perpetual trophy being awarded to the winning house. We look forward to seeing what the House and Sport Captains have in store for the remainder of 2026.
Year 5&6 Gala Day
Our next Gala day is scheduled for the year 5 & 6 students tomorrow. It is going to be a warm one, so please remember to pack the sunscreen. If you haven't given permission already, please do ASAP. Thank you to our volunteers Tom, Dustin, Jamie, Silvia and Lisa for the day! We really appreciate it.
Spotlight on PE - Year 4 & 5 Badminton
Our Year 4 & 5 students have been participating in a Badminton incursion for the past couple of weeks. David from Impact24 came to St James and taught our students to serve, forehand, backhand and move quickly around the court.
He was very impressed with the capability of our students to grab onto the concepts so quickly so he could progress their learning and get through lots of game time with them!
The students were incredibly engaged and enjoyed learning a new sport.
Below is a flyer for Impact24, they have just opened a location at Bayswater, press on the link if anyone is interested in something to do during the school holidays https://www.impact24.net/schoolholiday
Have a wonderful holiday break with your families,
Stay safe, keep active
Catherine Wall
Health and Physical Education Teacher
Sport Coordinator
