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Loddon Mallee Regional Champs!

Congratulations to our Girls hockey and soccer teams who both won the LM Regional Championships in their respective sports over recent weeks. Both competitions were held at Swan Hill’s Ken Harrison Reserve. The girls will now progress to the State Finals in Melbourne over the coming weeks. To have one team in a State Final is a wonderful effort, so to have 2 teams in the same year is a remarkable achievement. 

LM Hockey Championships 

The LM Region Hockey tournament was held on Thursday. The girls were clearly the most dominant team on the day, remaining undefeated and not conceding any goals against. 

They won their Round Robin games against Boort (4-0), Irymple South (9-0) and Victorian Christian College Swan Hill (2-0).

The final against Boort was a great contest with neither team able to score. Despite multiple shots on goal from our girls the Boort defence held up strongly, denying all attempts. Even after extra time, the scores were still locked at 0-0, however a superior performance during the Round Robin games meant that our girls were named deserving champions.

They now progress to the State Final on Thursday the 11th of September at the Footscray Hockey Complex.

I would sincerely like to thank Narelle Dalley for coaching the girls and preparing them for the tournament. Narelle has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to hockey, and the girls have certainly improved a lot in a small amount of time. I would also like to thank Deb Lomas who travelled up to Swan Hill with the girls to support them as referee. Deb has no direct connection to our school, however is a hockey enthusiast who was prepared to give up her own time to support our team.

LM Soccer Championship 

Just like our hockey team, our Girls soccer team dominated the LM Region competition. They were also undefeated throughout the day and did not concede a goal. 

In their Round Robin games, they had convincing wins against Echuca East (2-0), Swan Hill (8-0) and Mildura South (2-0).

The final against Castlemaine North was a much closer game and despite our girls having the better chances and controlling general play - they were unable to score in normal time. With the scores locked at 0-0 after full time, the game went to extra time ‘Golden Goal’. A long range goal from Gen M in the first minute of extra time sent the girls into wild celebrations and secured their place in the State Final. This final will be held at the Darebin International Sports Centre on the 3rd of September.

I would sincerely like to thank Michelle ’Billsy’ Maher for coaching this team. The improvement that the girls have made – both to their individual skills and to overall team structure has been outstanding.

All of the girls have displayed amazing skill, teamwork and sportsmanship throughout these tournaments and we are extremely proud of their achievements thus far. We wish them all the best for the State Finals.

Go Gully Girls!

Interschool Sporting Events

We have a number of students representing SGPS in sporting events in the coming weeks. Good luck to all of them. These events include:

Wednesday 3rd September – State Final Soccer (Girls)

Friday 5th September - Boys and Girls Division Basketball

Thursday 11th September - State Final Hockey (Girls)

Monday 15th September - Division Athletics 

All students involved in these events have been informed of their selection and further information can be found on the Compass Parent Portal.

Footy Colours Day - Friday 12th September

It's the Fight Cancer Foundation’s most important national fundraising event. We are encouraging all students to wear their team’s colours and join in with the special activities. We are also asking that you please make a gold coin donation OR visit the link below to help support young people fighting cancer.

https://www.footycoloursday.com.au/fundraisers/SpringGullyPrimarySchool 

Student will have a shortened lunchbreak (10.45-11.15am) and then walk down to the Spring Gully Soccer fields for a variety of football based activities from 11:30am-1pm. The activities will include: kicking, marking, handballing, goal kicking, longest kick competition, tackling bags and mini games. South Bendigo Football Club players and AFL Central Victoria staff will be in attendance to assist with the activities. The activities will conclude with the annual parent/staff vs Grade 6 football match for the 'Stevo Cup'. All parents are welcome to join in the football match.

Consent to participate in this activity will soon be available via COMPASS.

Auslan News

Grade Preps have finished their topic About Me however we will continue to practise signs from this topic as we move into learning new signs for Family, including: Mum, Dad, sister, brother, baby, grandmother, grandfather, aunty, uncle, cousin.

Students have drawn family portraits and written about their families to sign simple sentences about the members of their family.

Grade 1-2s have finished their topic on the Weather, signing simple descriptions of the weather and completing a Weather word-search, find & sign.

Grade 1-4s are now practising signs for Clothing, including: hat, school uniform, t-shirt, shirt, jacket/coat, raincoat, scarf, gloves, jumper, dress, skirt, shorts, jeans, pyjamas, socks, and shoes. 

Grade 3-4 students designed Scarecrows that they then signed the clothing and weather for, to their peers. They are learning to add clothing to their weather reports to suggest items of clothing to suit the season, weather and temperature, for their upcoming learning tasks. 

Grade 5-6s have finished their topic About Me but will continue to use these signs as they now revise Family signs, including: mum, dad, parents, sister, brother, baby, grandmother, grandfather, grandparents, aunty, uncle, cousin, step…, baby…, boy, girl, daughter, son, niece, and nephew.

Grade 5-6 students have made an origami house and illustrated their family members to sign sentences about in a social context. 

Mrs Riordan.