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PE News

Senior Sport Gala Day #2 

On Tuesday, our senior students completed their summer sports gala days, with Day 2 being run and won.  All of out students showed huge engagement in our interschool sports program this year, which was great to see.  All teams identified that they made huge improvements from their very first training session to our last game.  It was a very successful day for Croydon Hills with four premierships.  Congratulations to the girls and mixed basketball teams, our girls A tennis team, and also our Sofcrosse Mix team who took home the premiership.  Lastly a massive thank you to all of our parent helpers who assisted across the two days.  Without our parent's help, these days don't go ahead.

District Tennis Trials:

Congratulations to Luke 6LD, Shanil 6LD, Chloe SKF and Sofia 5LC who competed at the District Tennis Trials last Friday at Yarra Valley Grammar. It was a great experience for everyone to play full court tennis against some strong competitors from other schools. We wish Sofia all the best as she has progressed through to the Regional Finals on April 30th at North Ringwood Tennis Club. Also, a big thank you to their parents/grandparents for driving them to the competition. 

3-6 House Cross Country: 

The middle and senior house cross country is coming up early Term 2.

Date: Monday 22nd April (week 2)

Time: 9:15 - 11:30am

Dress code: House Colours, runners & spare socks

Courses: 

10 years and under (2km run around CHPS and Yarrunga)

11, 12 and 13 years (3km run around CHPS and Yarrunga)

*please note: students run in the age group according to the age they have turned OR will be turning this year

Event Schedule: guide only

Students will have exposure to the course in their PE lesson prior to the event.

Students who finish in the top 10 - 14 will be nominated to join our training squad in preparation for District Cross Country. 

Parent Helpers: In order for this event to occur, we require the assistance of parents/carers with a working with children's check to assist for the morning.  If you are available and would like to help out, please email laura.yorke@education.vic.gov.au

We greatly appreciate your support.  Duties can include, standing on a check point and directing students the correct way, handing out finishing tags, lining up students in place order for the results table, handing out ribbons etc. 

It is expected that all students in years 3-6 participate in this event as it is part of the CHPS PE program. There is no cost for this event. 

A compass event will be created for families to consent too.  Please see the course map if you would like to train over the school holidays.  Happy running!!

Down Ball Australia lunchtime tournament:

On Friday 22nd March, Down ball Australia will be coming out to hold a lunch time tournament for students to participate in.  This is an optional event for students as Down ball Australia visited CHPS last year and conducted workshops during PE lessons. Further information will be communicated to students in the coming weeks.

National Ride2School Day:

National Ride2School Day is on Friday 22nd March, 2024

National Ride2School Day is Australia’s biggest celebration of active travel and one of the best days on the school calendar.  Let’s discover the joy of riding and kick-start healthy habits for the future.

Students can ride, scoot, skate or walk to school.  Remember to wear a helmet if riding. Students in Prep – Year 3 must be accompanied by an adult.  You can park and leave your bike or scooter at school for the day in the following areas:

From 8:30am

Prep-2 – Turf area (sections will be set up)

Year 3-6 – Bike shed and senior courtyard area (sections will be set up)

Laure Yorke & Jarrod Butcher - PE

Science & Sustainability

2023 ANNUAL RESOURCE SMART REPORT. 

ResourceSmart Schools is a Victorian Government program that helps our school embed sustainability into our curriculum, our campus operations and in our community. Our school is taking action to minimise waste, save energy and water, promote biodiversity and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions since starting our school's Resource Smart Journey in January 2008.

This annual report shows our total resource usage and total cost for the Calendar Year, 2023. 

Croydon Hills Primary School is very proud of the efforts of the staff, student body and wider school community for all their efforts in reducing the impact that our school has on the environment. 

The graphs below show how our school consistently beats our own baseline, which was reset in 2021 after returning from CoVID lockdowns.  This is on top of our school average use already being below the Victorian benchmark for school resource use.  WELL DONE EVERYONE!

Sick Bay

If your child tests positive to COVID-19 we recommended that they stay at home for 5 days from positive RAT.  If they are symptomatic they may need to stay at home longer.

If you haven't already, please return any medical forms and medication to the office.

From Sophie & Nicole