Conference 2 Athletic Championships

On Tuesday the 6th August, 21 students from St Francis Xavier represented our school at the Conference 2 Athletic Championships at the Sydney Athletics Stadium in Homebush. These students competed against representatives from other schools in both track and field events.

The students competed to the best of their abilities and displayed great sportsmanship towards their teammates and other competitors.

Congratulations to all the following students.

Year 2: Georgia Ghoubar, Micah Roche

Year 3: Chiara Bagnato, Cameron Neylan,

Year 4: Xavier Gliddon, Orlando Iannuzzi, Stella Micalizzi, Jacob Sama, Ilaria Talamanca, Amelia Tan

Year 5: Elizabeth Aoun, Sofia Carbone, Warwick Neylan, Vittoria Scaltrito Impala, Christian Screnci

Year 6: Katherina Aoun, Victoria Coelho, Abigail Holt, Noah M, Zara Rose Scalia, Ben Raad

Some notable results from the day were:

Elizabeth Aoun: 11 years Discus Throw - 4th overall

Xavier Gliddon: 10 years 100m Dash - 8th overall, Junior 800m Run - 8th overall, Junior High Jump - 10th overall

Stella Micalizzi: 9 years 100m Dash - 2nd overall, Junior Long Jump - 3rd overall, Junior High Jump - 8th overall

Micah Roche: 8 years 100m Dash - 1st overall, Junior 200m Run - 5th overall

Jacob Sama: Junior Discus Throw - 8th overall, Junior Shot Put - 9th overall

Amelia Tan: 10 years 100m Dash - 6th overall

Junior Boys 4x100 Relay Team (Orlando Iannuzzi, Micah Roche, Jacob Sama, Xavier Gliddon) - 4th Place Overall

Two students have been selected to compete in the Sydney Athletics Championships on Friday 30th of August. We wish Micah Roche and Stella Micalizzi the best of luck for this event.

Jump Rope for Heart

We’re skipping through the term!

St Francis Xavier has raised over $9000 for the Heart Foundation!

Yet to register your child? It’s not too late: www.jumprope.org.au/parents

A reminder that students will be skipping throughout the term in PE lessons, as well as being provided opportunities to practise their skills at recess and lunch. This time can be added to your skipping log on your fundraising page.

Physical Education (PE) Lessons

During PE lessons, the students have been focusing on 4 main attributes to skipping, which can be transferred to many other sporting activities.

STAMINA is the strength and energy that allows us to sustain physical or mental effort for long periods of time. The students have been counting the number of skips they complete without stopping and try to better that number each week.

TIMING is the ability to choose the right moment to do or say something, or the time when something happens. This is important when skipping in a group using one rope or with other individuals at the same time. The students have also been learning about the importance of timing a jump in order to clear the rope each time.

RHYTHM is a strong repeated pattern of movement or sound. The students have been learning two rhythmic patterns of skipping, the double bounce and the single bounce. It is important for the students to develop a sense of rhythm when they skip to improve their stamina, as well as assist with jumping at the right time to clear the rope.

MOVEMENT involves changing place, position or posture. The students have been exposed to a number of different skipping skills, including forward and backward jumping, moving forward and backward while skipping and simple skipping tricks, such as

criss-cross and double jump.

By concentrating on these attributes and utilising independent practice, the students have been improving each and every week. I look forward to seeing how they continue to progress throughout the remainder of the term.

Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!

Connie Pinto-Hayes

PE Teacher and Sports Coordinator

Sponsor