Brentwood Newsletter

 Sports 

Year 8 Girls Netball

On Tuesday 4th June I took three teams out to compete in Year 8 girls’ netball at Dandenong Showgrounds Netball Centre. The students played in a 4-team round robin format, with our toughest competition against South Oakleigh SC. 

Unfortunately, we went down by 2 goals to them with the A1 team and were not successful in moving on to EMR. The B team were successful in winning all their matches. I was impressed with the students’ positive attitude, their ability to listen to the umpires and to work cohesively together. Students were able to adapt and play many different positions on the court. There was a wealth of talent on the court and choosing the teams was very difficult. 

A huge thank you to the coaches Izzy Swilks, Emma Timms, Amani Tusevljak and Chelsea Johnson.

 

Congratulations to the following players:

A1 Team: Prakriti Kartik, Summer Trumble, Mattea Beszelzen, Finley Rowe, Sophie Langford, Hailey Simpson, Ellina Oh, Isabella Cheng, Tesha Sheth.

 

A2 Team: Emma Marriott, Scarlett Thomas, Mia Denney, Sarah Weir, Sophie Arnett, Audrey Mai, Sophia Tzouramanis, Sierra Gibb-Derkacz, Chloe Koziol.

 

B Team: Aarna Raja, Eleanor Scheppokat, Ella Doerrfuss, Anabella Yu, Louise Grant, Emily Thompson, Adrina Hosseinpour, India Symes, Christina Cope.

 

Team Manager

Monique Burke

 

 

 

Regional Cross Country

On Thursday 13th June a team of 37 runners went to Yarra Glen Racecourse trying to stay warm. The students ran in either a 5km (16-yr & 17-20yr old boys) or a 3km (all other age groups) course around the track. 

All the students did a wonderful job of representing our school, I was very proud of them all! 

We had 6 students finish in the top 12 which has resulted in them progressing to the State Cross Country Championships which will be held in the first week of Term 4. 

Our 14-yr boys and 17-20yr girls teams came 2nd in the team's competition earning themselves a silver medal! 

All of them are to be congratulated on a fantastic effort! 

Runners that have progressed onto State: 

  • Thomas Jackson  
  • Cassie Weir  
  • Edwin Bentley  
  • Joseph (Jet) Tedford  
  • Zoe Jackson  
  • Amani Tusevljak  

Thank you Grace McKerras, Edin Selinovic, Rhys Clayton and Aaron Palmer for their assistance in either trainings and/or on the day. 

I also want to thank the 3 parent helpers, Jarrad Swilks, Illya Tusevljak and Helen Szmajda for their breakfast preparation assistance during the early morning training sessions.  

I wish the 6 runners all the best with their training over the holiday break and hope that the junior and intermediate students that didn’t make it this year continue to train and set new goals for 2025. 

Ms. Swilks 

 

Missing Sport Tops

We have completed a stocktake on our sporting equipment and uniforms after one term of sport and have noticed that we are missing a few numbered sports tops. We lend these tops out to our students to wear for Interschool Sport and they are to be returned at the end of the day. We are requesting parents/carers to search drawers and cupboards to make sure they have not been accidently taken home and stored away. 

This message has also been passed onto all the students via Teams. 

If you do find a top at home, can you please send them back to the school and return them to the PE office. 

 

Thank you.

Please find a photo below for reference:

 

Brentwood School Sports  

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

PE uniform reminders:

Below are some PE uniform reminders:

  • Years 7 – 9 may wear their PE uniform all day on days in which they have PE. This is made known to students by having GYM1, GYM2, GYM3 etc. for their “room” location. On days where students have Health, they are required to be in their academic uniform.
  • Year 10 students may only wear PE uniform if they are completing either PE elective (Enhanced PE or Sports Science) on the days their teacher has selected for them to complete their practical classes for the week. Students will be given uniform pass cards from their teacher which will list what days these practical classes are on. Students are to carry these card at all times. If a student is in PE uniform on a day that a practical class is not on or cannot present their card then they will receive a uniform chronicle.
  • Year 11 and 12 students are to change into and out of their PE uniforms for periods that they have a practical class. If students have PE in period 1 they are allowed to come to school in their PE uniform and will change at the end of this period. If students  have PE in period 5 they will need to change at lunch time and are permitted to leave school in their PE uniforms. If students have practical classes in period 2, 3 or 4 then they must be changing in and out of their uniforms during that classtime. If a year 11 or year 12 student comes to class in their PE uniform and they do not have a practical class in that period then they will receive a uniform chronicle.
  • PE uniform items can be purchased here - https://www.psw.com.au/schools/brentwood-secondary-college.html?p=2

 Kind regards,

Meg Wrench Joseph

Head of Health and PE