Sport

District Swimming

Old Orchard Primary was proudly represented at the recent District Swimming Carnival, with 26 students from Grades 3–6 competing across a range of events. Every student demonstrated tremendous effort, outstanding sportsmanship and fantastic team spirit throughout the day. We are incredibly proud of the way they represented our school in and out of the pool.

A big thank you to Tracey, Jo, Sarah, Jack, Laura and all of our wonderful parents who supported, assisted and cheered on the team throughout the day. Your encouragement makes a huge difference to our students.

A special congratulations to Lily B, Lily N, Indi and Loretta, who have progressed through to Division Swimming later this term. We wish them the very best of luck! 

Run Club

We're back in 2026 with a bang and a change of days. This year, Run Club will be on Monday mornings. Starting from week 3 (Feb 9th), we will be running or walking in the morning from 8:20am. Starting from outside the library. For our new families, every student in the school will have a name tag that will count their laps that they do over the year. There is no need to sign up, just turn up and move your bodies. 

Sports Academy 

Sports Academy applications are now open for our grade 5&6 students. The program is being run a little different this year with one group participating throughout the year rather than two. Please see a separate email with more information regarding the program. 

Team Vic

For our grade 5 and 6 students, Team Vic nominations are now open. Each Victorian government school can nominate 3 students per sport to attend trials for the state representative team. If we have more than 3 students interested in the state trials, we will need to have our own school trials to select the top 3 students for each sport. If you are in grade 5 or 6 and are interested, please nominate here. 

Term 1 Sports Events

We have our 3-6 Athletics Day on Monday 23rd of March and then our house Cross Country Friday 27th of March. This year the whole school will be involved in our Cross Country. More information about these events will be distributed throughout the term.