From the School Captains

Legacy Project: Teachers vs Students Tournament

One of the roles of the Captains of the school, is to establish a legacy project which can be continued and enjoyed for years to come.  With my legacy project, I wanted to find a way to get the whole school involved, while strengthening and creating a sense of community within our school.  I settled on the idea of running a students vs teachers tournament. This consisted of four games over four lunchtimes in Term Three; netball, trivia, tug of war (and other games) and futsal.  The winner of each game, students or teachers, was awarded a point for their team. The team with the overall majority of points won the competition and an engraved trophy (as well as bragging rights for the next year).  

The tournament started off with a bang and a win for the teachers who thrashed the Year 12 students 15 to 6 in the netball game.  The atmosphere was really intense and very competitive as the teachers team scored goal after goal, much to the disappointment of the Year 12s.   What the teachers failed to mention was that their team play in regular club competitions! The result was a well played win for the teachers. That meant one point for the teachers and zero for the students.

Netball was followed by the students vs teachers trivia in which ten student teams and two teacher teams competed in an attempt to answer questions and riddles from a range of topics.  Although one student team and teacher team ended up with a whopping 18/19 respectively, the average of the results saw the teachers triumph 17.5/19 to 13.3/19. The overall score was now two to the teachers with no points for the students. 

However, the student cohort would not be deterred that easily and sought retribution in the tug of war and ball games.  With their perseverance through the hot spring sun, the students won five tug of war games to the teachers’ two. Another student success with the ball games meant the total score was now neck and neck with two all.

Year 12 vs teachers futsal was the decider. With both teams hungry for the win, the game was going to be brutal.  However, the years of experience from the teachers meant they were ahead six nil in the final quarter. And as the minutes ticked down with still no score from the students, the situation was looking dire.  However, a last minute goal from the Year 12 team took the finishing goals to six for the teachers and one for the students. This left the comprehensive score to be three points for the teachers with two for the students.  Leaving the teachers victorious and with the all important trophy. 

The competition was a huge success with over 100 students and 20 teachers involved.  The tournament encouraged a closer sense of community between students and teachers and I am very excited to see who will win next year.

Ashleigh Harris

School Vice-Captain