What an awesome term 1 BPS!

Congratulations to our wonderful school on all the amazing sporting and movement experiences we've had in term 1 2024!! It's been a great term which has flown by! Below are some of the terrific memories we have to share of term 1, 2024!

District Swimming Legends

A big high five to all our amazing swimmers in our district swimming team. We had 21 BPS swimmers compete at the District Swim Off on Monday 26th February at the 50m outdoor Monash Aquatic Centre. Our swimmers did a super job swimming their races and cheering on our team. I was so proud of the support all our swimmers and families gave each other!

Well done to the following BPS students who were part of our team; Nemo, Ben, Justin, William, Audrey, Olivia, Mac, Max, Macy, Maya, Weining, Melanie, Zoe, Max, Ella, Zoe, Alfie, Lily, Henry, Charlie and Shravya. We are so proud of you all!

Volunteer Shout Out!

A special shout out to our BPS volunteers at District Swimming. Your time, efforts and encouragement are very much appreciated!!!

Fiona Rezannah

Melissa Herring

Victor Jahja

Laura McGeoch

Outstanding effort Division swimmers

Congratulations to the following swimmers who qualified and represented BPS at the Division Swim Off at Aquanation on Wednesday 6th March. Well done to Max, William and Nemo who qualified for both individual events as well as relays. An outstanding effort and big congratulations to our nine swimmers; Max, William, Nemo, Ben, Justin, Weining, Charlie, Max and Mac.

Amazing effort Nemo, our Regional Swimmer!

Just like Nemo in "Finding Nemo", our very own BPS swimmers, Nemo, "Just keeps swimming!" An outstanding effort to our Grade 6 BPS swimmer Nemo, who has qualified for the 50m breaststroke at the Eastern Region Swim Off on Friday 22nd March. What an amazing swim at Division to qualify for this event Nemo. We also love your name! "Just keep swimming Nemo"! BPS is so proud of you!

District Tennis; Lyndon aces his way to 3rd!

Congratulations to Lyndon, our grade 6 BPS tennis player, who competed at the District Tennis Championships on Friday 1st March. Lyndon played seven games in the tournament at St Thomas PS and placed an amazing 3rd out of eight schools. Well done Lyndon! We're super proud of your efforts representing BPS!

SSV Team Victoria BPS selected athletes

Congratulations to our grade 5 and 6 students who have been selected to trial for their sport of choice after nominating and being selected. We wish you all the best for your trials and to those of you that have already had your trials, congratulations on representing BPS at your chosen sport! Our chosen athletes for their respective sports are below.

Diving

Imogen

Cricket

Alfie

AFL

Alfie

Ben

Basketball

Alfie

Elliott

Rayan

Soccer

Matthias

Benjamin

Netball

Daisy

Ava

Alisha

Hockey

Ethan

BPS House Cross Country; Congrats Sturt House!

It was a beautiful day on Tuesday 5th March for our BPS F-6 House Cross Country. The sun was shining, our runners were ready and we were all decked out in our house colours ready to represent our team!!! Congratulations to every student that participated in their year level races and for not giving up and finishing your race! I was particularly encouraged to see the wonderful support our students, staff and community gave each other on the day!

Congratulations to Sturt House, who won the day with 2730 points, followed by Dampier in second place with 2610 points, Cook in third with 2429 points and Tasman in fourth place with 2095 points.

A special shout out!

A special shout out to our amazing team of staff who arrived early with me to set-up:

Mrs Fountain, Miss Wood, Kerrie McKinlay. Thanks also to our amazing House Captains who dressed up, ran and supported myself and all our runners.

Thank you to all our amazing volunteers for your time on the day; Jo Seton, Maurice Leung, Fiona Rezannah, Jason Rezannah, Soohyn Jung, Melissa Herring, Grant Farrell, Julie Hesse, Brad Axford, Kate and Oli Heng, Simon Bartlett, Laura McGeoch, Shine Rudland, Weyn Ong, William Kwong, John Bougiokos and Leigh-anne Shaw.

BPS Championship Race Medalists

We would like to congratulate our 10, 11 and 12/13 year old medalists in all 2km and 3km Championship Races for their outstanding efforts to place in the top three in their respective events. You ran hard and set a fiery pace!! Well done!!

10 and under females - 2km

Gold - Charlie

Silver - Arielle

Bronze - Valerie

10 and under males - 2km

Gold - Max

Silver - Charlie

Bronze - Max

11 year females - 3km

Gold - Macy

Silver - Olive

Bronze - Alisha

11 year males - 3km

Gold - Ben

Silver - Matthias

Bronze - Elliott

12/13 year females

Gold - Amelia

Silver - Sophia

Bronze - Amelia and Mary

12/13 year males

Gold - Leroy

Silver - Alfie

Bronze - Roham

District Cross Country Team 2024

On Friday 10th May, 60 of our grade 3 - 6 runners will be taking part in the District Cross Country event at Ruffey Lake Park in Doncaster. Congratulations to the following athletes who placed in the top 10 for each of our BPS Championship Races.

10 year age group

Charlie, Arielle, Valerie, Alexa, Jessica, Zoe, Violet, Aliya, Phoebe and Audrey.

Max, Charlie, Max, Harry, Connor, Mac, Owen, James, Mo and Finn.

11 year age group

Macy (away), Olive, Alisha, Ella, Jessie, Emily, Zoe, Elektra, Holly, Amy and Cleo.

Ben, Matthias, Elliott, Jake, Leo, Zen, Marcus, Nathan, Edwin and Reeve.

12/13 year age group

Amelia (away), Sophia, Millie and Mary, Audrey, Sarah, Isla, Eqin, Mengsi, Daisy and Simar.

Leroy, Alfie, Roham, William, Nemo, Kourosh, Ben, Luke, Malcolm and Noah.

Term 2 Important BPS Sporting Dates

May

Swimming F – 2 – 5 day program

Monday 29th April – Friday 3rd May

Monday 6th May – Friday 10th May

Grade 6 Swimming program - 5 days

Monday 29th April – Friday 3rd May

District Cross Country 2024 – Ruffey Lake, Doncaster – Friday 10th May

Winter Sport Round Robin Grade 5 and 6 - Friday 17th May

Winter sport back-up day – Friday 24th May

Division Cross Country – Monday 27th May

June

Regional Cross Country - Thursday 13th June - Yarra Glen Racecourse

That's it folks!!! Have an awesome Easter and holiday break. We look forward to seeing you back for term 2 ready to go!

"Soar High BPS!" - Mrs P

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