PE News

2026 District Swimming: Year 3-6

District Swimming is one of our first major sporting events in Term 1 - Monday 23rd February (week 5) so for those who may swim competitively outside of school or for anyone interested in heading to the pools over the summer break, can trial their favourite stoke!

Qualifying times are below - students are required to be able to swim 50m in their preferred stroke confidently.

Qualifying Times:

Stroke	All age groups
50m Freestyle	Under 55 secs
50m Backstroke	Under 60 secs
50m Breaststroke	Under 65 secs
50m Butterfly	Under 65 secs

If you would like to submit your time to me, please email laura.yorke@education.vic.gov.au to be considered for District Swimming.

Final message from the PE/Sport space

It has been a massive year in PE and Sport! Our many whole school events including Cross Country and Athletics, Senior Interschool Sport and progressions to District, Division, Region and State, Friday Sport for year 1-4, Year 3 Bike Ed, Prep SMG program and more!

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped this year with any of our sporting events and interschool sport. Parents, carers and senior students, who volunteer their time is crucial for the running of events and being able to provide experiences for our students so we greatly appreciate your support!

Thank all the students at CHPS for their participation, commitment and passion towards their PE and Sport this year. It has been wonderful to see so many students with smiles on their faces from the joy physical activity brings. Whether a new skill was developed, a challenge was accepted, a goal was reached or a new interest was identified, you should be so happy and proud of your efforts!

Wishing all families, a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

We look forward to seeing everyone back in 2026!

Many thanks,

Laura Yorke & Jarrod Butcher 🙂

Food For Families - THANK YOU!

A huge thank you to all families who generously donated to this appeal. We had over 70kg of food and essential supplies to send off to those in need.

Library News

Library Books

We still have 45 books overdue from the library. These books have a value of $550. Students with overdue books have had emails sent to parents this week explaining the process if books cannot be found. If found, it is important that these books are returned as soon as possible so that students can resume borrowing at the beginning of next year.

Holiday Reading

We encourage parents and caregivers to continue to read aloud to students during the summer school holidays. This year local libraries are running The Big Summer Read which challenges you to pick up a book and keep reading over the holidays. Anyone between the ages of 0-18 are welcome to participate! Independent and non-independent readers can log any book they read, that is read to them, or listened to as an audiobook. Register for The Big Summer Read here. Read and log least 10 books and be in the running for some fantastic prizes from our local libraries! And it is free!

All the best for the festive season.

Jess and Sue in the Library

Canteen & Uniform News

Uniform News

Canteen News