Parkhill News

Division Tennis

On Tuesday the 20th, eight Y6 students attended Division tennis, having won their District competition.

Tennis at this level is very interesting with teams of eight ranked students each playing an 8-minute 1v1 match against the eight ranked students of another school, followed by four ranked doubles matches among the same eight players. This format was repeated against seven different schools, so it is very fast-paced!

We knew from the first game that we were up against some extremely stiff competition with one student from Mt Scopus apparently just returning from a tennis camp in the US... However, we persevered throughout the day! While we didn't win a round against another school, we came very close and managed to defeat our opponents in several of our singles and doubles matches. While there were moments of despondence, I've got to say I was incredibly proud of all our students and at these events I am consistently reminded just how lovely our students are and what good sports they are compared to some of their competition. I honestly wouldn't have been prouder had they won all of their matches.

A shoutout to Mia, who played against boys in all but one game, Yanni, who was ranked first and tackled all the most experienced opponents and Bruce, who improved the most throughout the day. A massive thanks to Chris and Astrid for helping our team get there and back again!

~ Alex Davies

Performing Arts

It has been a Halloween inspired month in Performing Arts with students learning and performing Halloween themed songs, dances and plays. Happy Trick or Treating!