Physical Education
St James Primary School
Hi Families,
I hope you enjoyed a restful break with your families.
Term 4 Dates for the calendar:
Thursday 12th November - Afternoon House Sports (12-3pm) at school
House Sports - This Thursday
As you will be aware, our House Sports will take place at St James this year from 12-3pm. We ask that the students wear their sports uniform with a house colour top or ribbons to celebrate what house they are in! We also ask to bring along a pin so they can collect their ribbons on it. A coffee van will be available from 11.30am until 1pm on the day.
Below is a schedule - times may vary on the day.
12.10pm - students are gathered on the oval, a welcome and instructions for the afternoon
- Sports Captains - small speech and introduce the house captains and officially open the event
- Sport Captains/ House Captains run the chants and warm up with students (as warm up)
12.15pm - Mixed circular relay (2 students from each year level (boy/girl) represents their house).
12.25pm - Year 6/Prep Buddy relay (along straight)
12.35pm - House Chants
12.45pm - Students head to their classes and first rotation
2.35pm - drinks break while Toddler race
2.40pm - Year 6 400m race (Girls/Boys)
2.50pm - Final Chants/Trophies/Speeches
3.00pm - conclusion and pack up
State Athletics
Congratulations to Olivia Y and Petra in year 4 who competed in the State Track and Field Athletics on Thursday 29th November. Petra came 5th overall in long jump and Olivia Y came 4th in her 200m and 3rd in her 100m acquiring a bronze medal. From this, Olivia has been selected in the Team Vic athletics team, that are scheduled in Victoria from 28th November until 3rd December. We wish her all the best.
We are super proud of these girls commitment and achievements over the past term!
Bike Ed
We have a few more recaps of our Bike Ed program from a few more students this week. See below.
Bike ride was very fun and tiring and we had to complete a long distance. We had to go up and down The Mews, we got to go to the Dandenong Creek. And it was worth it when we got the icy poles at the end and it was very refreshing. - Suvani
Bike ed was by far the most fun time of my life from climbing up the tiring hills to learning the basics of your bike it was so fun I could name so many things we did that I wouldn't be able to fit it all on this paper I think having the new bike instructors was the best because they knew so much about bikes and this guy Matt didn't use his car at all and only used bikes to get around!
Thanks to the new instructors bike ed wouldn't be that fun. - James
Bike ed was very tiring but very fun and i wish we could do it again and again -Addie, Suvani
Spotlight on PE Learning - Year 5&6 SEPEP Program
Lacrosse - Year 5
Our Year 5s are gearing up for an action-packed term as they master the fast-paced game of Lacrosse, using netted sticks to scoop, pass, and score. Beyond on-field play, students are taking complete charge of their sporting experience by rotating through essential roles like coach, team manager, media, captain, scorer, umpire, and time keeper. This hands-on structure allows everyone to develop confidence, leadership, and sportsmanship from every angle of the game. We look forward to watching their stick skills and team spirit flourish!
Here is some of the information the students put together that were writing for the media while the games were going ahead. Some explain the game, others about how their own teams are going during the experience.
At the start of the game there was an early start so the goal was disallowed. The game is restarting but there is a bit of confusion. The game has restarted and no more confusion as Beth passes to Charlotte. Charlotte unfortunately holds it too long and passes to Vikram. Hayley gets the ball and Ethan passes to Vikram who scores.blue hits the ball out of the court unfortunately. Red team passes it in and Sam saves the ball and the Lightning Links (red team) get a goal. Juliette passes it in but the red team knocks the ball out of court so it's blue's ball but there is a bit of argument on the side. The Umpire makes a sub switch before the game resumes and the argument is solved. Red hits the ball out unfortunately so Shenira passes it in for blue. Some people are a bit muddled about what just happened but then Mya throws it to Beth who drops the ball and then the Wolves (blue team) steal it and get a goal! Hayley chases the ball and scoops it up and passes to Beth who throws it just as half time is called.
Ryan starts the next half and Stefan gets it and shoots but it rolls behind the goal. Stefan gets it again and passes to Hamish and blue just hit it out of bounds. Ethan throws it in from the side and Elise catches it but Sam knocks it off of her stick and steals it and gets a goal for the Lynxes. Hamish throws in from the side and Will passes to Tom who attempts to get a goal and misses by a centimeter. Elise grabs it for blue and Ryan gets it and misses the goal for them again. Hamish passes to Sheldon but the ball falls out and everyone dashes for the ball and red takes it and get a goal.Ryan tries to throw the ball in but it goes over the line and goes to the other team. Red then hits it out Stefan then throws to Ryan and he tries to score but Oscar takes it and it goes out and is given to red. Ethan passes to Stefan but the ball hits Hamish and he gets hurt but doesn't sub off. The others try to get a goal but it is disallowed. Tom throws it and it goes out so blue get the ball and passes it in then Ryan catches it and gives it to Stefan who drops it and Sheldon gets the ball and attempts to shoot just as the whistle ends the game.
There was definitely good play today and great sportsmanship too and the score ended as 2-1 with a close win by the Lightning Lynxes and we can't wait to see what will happen next time. Well done everyone! - Cesca
Today it is ocean ospreys versus the forest wolves and bith teams have practised hard before this game the suspense is high. The time has started and the ball is out of the court already. The ocean ospreys are in possession of the ball and, oops a foul ocean ospreys ball.okay a lot more fouls but still good effort from both teams. The ocean ospreys have now scored and it is now 1-0. And now it's red ball and they scored now it's 1-1 pretty close but again the ball goes out, red ball! Wow the ball has rolled away from everyone and everyone pounces, but oh look in all the confusion a member of blue has stepped in the goal now its reds ball. 2 minutes are left till half time and it's close 1-1.OUT its blues ball and its in the air and is that a goal? Nope, a false goal it went out.And time its now half time an the teams are discussing well. The game has now restarted and there is a lot of confusion blue has the ball,near the goal and.Out so close `but wait back in and goal, wait hmm lot of discussion from the refs there still deciding what it is and you it is a goal for ocean ospreys its now 2-1 with 1 minute left the suspense has never been higher but goal again for ocean ospreys and that's it the game has finished times up the final score is 3 ocean ospreys and 1 forest wolves. Congratulations to the ocean ospreys for the win and great job to both teams. - Elise
Blue had the ball but red scored and now Reds passed the ball but Red trying to score red in the lead half time the teams got some time to have a game plan. The game starts back with a hot start no score for teams red up by 1 the teams have some subs going off and switching. Harry entered the circle for scoring. Red is up by 2 points. It's a hot game.
3 - 1 is the score red in the lead. The ball went out of bounds. 2 minutes left of the game .
Its stressful, the stress levels are at the max. Reds ball. Ball went off the court. And it's time. - Oscar
In P.E for the year five and sixes, we started a SEPEP unit, which is lacrosse. My team was Morgan, Yaresh, Anna, Charlie, Paige, Darcy, Grace, who wasn’t here, and I. When we weren't playing, each of us had a job to do, like timekeeper and scorer.
During the games, we had a coach, who would run us through drills and encourage us to try our best, and a team manager, who would take care of our team belongings. My team feels as if we did pretty well, but our passing and catching could be better. Not everyone got the ball, but we will work towards that, aiming for everyone to be able to play lacrosse in a team, and we would like everyone to get the ball, and take a shot on goal, no matter how good they are, there are so many options for them to unleash their full potential.
To reach our goal of getting to the top of the ladder, we need to cooperate and persevere fully, with everyone participating, to help in the achievement of this goal. Overall, this is starting to be a great unit, which will help us if we play lacrosse in high school, so we get a feel for the game, and those who aren't comfortable playing yet, are able to have that go. - Charlotte B
So far has been an exciting start to the game there has been one goal scored by Charlie for the ocean ospreys Yaresh just missed a long goal. Paige just scored a goal from in close now Ashton tried to throw it long but Charlie rejects him
HALF TIME:
At the start of the second half Charlotte was inches off scoring a goal Ashton with a high catch and a very long goal now the scores are 2-3 with the rain coming down hard and the it is intense here at the lovely st james basketball court NOW THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE and Paige has free shot due to evan running in the goal circle. She misses from right in front. Now the scores tie with a crucial ending goal 3-3 the game ends on a goal. - Sam L
Sam threw the ball and it went out of bounds
Score is one all
Time 4mins 10secs
MBP in buckets
Half time break for 1min and quick chat
Goal scored by Charlotte B
Goal started to fly away due to today’s windy conditions
Today's weather is rainy
The players are still playing even though it is raining
Time’s Up
End Of Game
Shoutouts - To All Of The Players - Next Game 11th November 2026 - Jackson
Have a great week ahead
Stay safe, keep active
Catherine Wall
Health and Physical Education Teacher
Sport Coordinator
