Sports
Brentwood Sports Welcome
Brentwood competes in the School Sport Victoria (SSV) program. We are a successful school due to the commitment of students and staff to the program.
Staff volunteer their time to provide opportunities to the students to get involved.
Students can learn new skills, develop tactical thinking within a competitive environment, meet new friends, build rapport with staff outside the classroom, demonstrate leadership skills through student coaching, display good sportsmanship no matter what the outcome, and most of all students can grow as a person.
Brentwood look the part when we go out to compete. When we arrive at a competition, other schools know exactly who we are; as we arrive as a team and we look like a team. Students wear our sports uniform with pride.
We have a strict uniform policy. If you are part of a Brentwood team you look like a Brentwood student. We wear our sport uniform: Brentwood polo, Brentwood navy shorts, Brentwood navy track pants, Brentwood rugby jumper, Brentwood jacket, Brentwood hat, white socks, and appropriate footwear. We do not wear casual clothing or other teams clothing. We represent Brentwood.
We enter teams into all SSV competitions and compete within the Monash Division.
Our local competition come from Wheelers Hill Secondary College, South Oakleigh College, Wellington Secondary College and John Monash Science School.
Winning teams then progress to the Eastern Metropolitan Region (EMR) round robin competitions, and successful teams from EMR compete at the SSV State Championships.
Communication is via the Compass portal. Consent and payment for events must be completed via compass. Consent must be finalized by 11.59pm two school days prior to the event/excursion. If a student does not have consent and payment is not complete before this time, they will not be permitted to attend. Unfortunately, some students do miss out.
We also like to celebrate student sporting achievement. We would love to hear about your child’s super special milestones and achievements in their chosen sport. A quick email is all that it takes : sports@ms.brentwood.vic.edu.au
I do hope that you encourage your child to try a new sport through the many opportunities at Brentwood to get involved. Even if they do not make a team, they have learnt new skills and developed abilities during the selection trials and trainings.
We also love to have supportive parents attend sporting events.
So feel free to come along and cheer on Brentwood throughout the year.
Kim Nash & Sarah Swilks
2024 Directors of Sport
2024 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL - PARENT INFORMATION
Venue- Bill Sewart Athletics Track Burwood Hwy, Burwood East VIC 3151 (Melways 62 C8)
Date- Wednesday, March 13th 2024
Consent- Parents must consent on Compass by 11.59pm, Friday 8th March 2024 in order for the student/s to be legally allowed to attend the event. Students who do not have consent will not be able to attend the athletics. Please note that there will be no program running at school on the day as all teaching staff are required attend the Athletics Carnival.
Student entries – Students must complete the sign up form, available in their house teams, by selecting a maximum of 8 events.
COVID – Students must follow all hygiene and social distancing COVID practices. These will be updated and communicated closer to the event if required.
Transport: AM - Students are expected to be at Brentwood Secondary by normal school time. Students will report to their Aspire group at 8:49am for roll call. Students will be called to the tennis courts for departure by bus to Bill Sewart Athletics Track.
Transport: PM - Students will report to their Aspire group teacher for roll marking at Bill Sewart Athletics Track. Students will be shuttled, by bus, back to Brentwood Secondary by 3.05pm.
To ensure safe and orderly management of the event, any student who is required to leave early will need to be collected by their parent or guardian in person at the entry gate. Verbal consent and notes on the day to leave early without a parent/guardian will not be accepted.
Phone Policy – The Brentwood phone policy applies to this school event. Students bring their mobile phone to the event at their own risk.
As per the Personal Mobile Devices Policy, when students are participating in an excursion or camp they may be allowed to bring their mobile phone/personal mobile device. The school will determine this on a case by case basis. For the upcoming athletics sports on March 13, students will be allowed to bring their mobile phones. Please note the following points:
- All personal items brought to school and/or excursions are done so at the student/parents own risk. The school does not take responsibility for any lost or damaged items. Brentwood Secondary College does not have accident insurance for accidental property damage or theft.
- Students are expected to use their phones appropriately. This means that they are switched off unless used for:
- Taking photos (with permission) of themselves and friends on the day.
- Communicating with teachers or students via Teams etc if required on the day.
- As a music device.
- Not using the phone to access prohibited social media accounts or broadcasting pictures of the event via these means.
- Engaging in any online behaviour or activity that contradicts the schools wellbeing and engagement policy, school values or whole school expectations.
- Any student who uses their phone inappropriately will have it confiscated by a member of staff and returned to them at the end of the day.
General Information:
- Students are expected to dress in their house colour’s (Waratah - Red, Jacaranda - Blue, Banksia - Green, Wattle - Yellow). Students DO NOT wear school uniform. (Year 7 house camp shirts and PE uniform are acceptable)
- Remember hats, sunscreen and fluids (Emphasize the importance of being safe in the sun!)
- There is no canteen available at the venue. There will be a BBQ that students are able to purchase items. More information to come closer to the event.
- Parents are welcome to attend the day, however, you will need to collect a parent pass from administration office by Tuesday 12th of March.
- If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Kim Nash or Sarah Swilks (2024 Directors of Sport) on 8545 0373
Senior Boys/Mixed Tennis - Monash Division
It is with great excitement on Monday 19th February our Senior Boys/Mixed Tennis teams won their Monash Division against John Monash, Wellington and Wheelers Hill Colleges. The team was highly competitive with some excellent standard of matches being played. It was great to see so many boys play on the day and encourage one another. From here, they are off to the Eastern Region finals at a later date.
Waratah Wins House Swimming!
Congratulations to all students who competed at the recent house swimming carnival. Weather wise it was a glorious day for a whole school event. Students dressed in their house colours and supported each other in both the pool events and the land events. There were lots of opportunities for the students to get involved and earn points for their house.
Our Age Champions are the students who earned the most points for their house in the individual pool events.
Congratulations to our 2024 Age Champions:
13 years: Elle Szmajda & Titus Wu
14 Years: Ellina Oh & Harold Xu
15 years: Samantha Whiley & Golden Bao
16 years: Hayley Browne & Evan Dobson
17 years: Natasha Winbanks & Dylan Lam
20 years: Nicole Lwin & Max Taborsky
Congratulations to Waratah House for winning the 2024 House Swimming Carnival! Final results:
Overall Champion House:
1st Waratah 672
2nd Jacaranda 600
3rd Wattle 529
4th Banksia 496
Junior results:
1st Jacaranda
2nd Waratah
3rd Banksia
4th Wattle
Intermediate results:
1st Wattle
2nd Waratah
3rd Banksia
4th Jacaranda
Senior Results:
1st Waratah
2nd Wattle
3rd Banksia
4th Jacaranda
New records for 2024:
50m Backstroke 13yr Joshua Lee 37.16sec (2023 Yunhao Xu 37.62sec)
50m Freestyle 15yr Golden Bao 28.28sec (2012 Nicholas Thomas 28.73sec)
50m Backstroke 15yr Matthew Dobson 35.03sec (2016 Hyukwon Choi 35.87sec)
50m Breaststroke 15yr Golden Bao 36.97sec (2019 Cy Hodge 39.47sec)
Brentwood’s swimming team is put together from the results of the House Swimming carnival. We will have a mighty strong team after seeing the talent from our students.
The interschool Monash Division Carnival is on Friday, March 1 at MSAC, Albert Park.
Best of luck swimmers!
Our next, whole school, House Carnival is the House Athletics on Wednesday March 13. More details to come.
Kim Nash & Sarah Swilks
Directors of Sport
Reminder - Footwear for PE Classes
Dear Parents and Guardians,
This is a friendly reminder that students should be wearing appropriate footwear to PE classes. Students should be wearing sports runners with adequate grip on the bottom of their shoes. PE classes are completed on a wide range of surfaces including, but not limited to, gym floor, asphalt and grass, also in a variety of weather conditions.
Shoes should be worn that allow students to participate safely across all terrain. PE staff make decisions on a daily basis, whether it is safe to complete classes, students need to wear shoes that are appropriate for all scenarios.
If shoes are deemed inappropriate, students may be unable to participate. Students should not be wearing street or lifestyle runners to class as these shoes do not provide adequate grip and support.
Please see below images for shoes that are appropriate for PE classes and those that are not appropriate for PE classes.
Kind regards,
Meg Wrench Joseph
