Physical Education
PE News
As the weather is heating up, please ensure your child/ren comes to school on Tuesdays (as well as other days!) with sunscreen applied and their hat as well as water bottle.
Over the next couple of weeks we will be focusing on athletics! This is an opportunity to further develop and refine some of our athletic sport skills including running as well as prepare for our upcoming school sports day! (See below).
Following this, we will be participating in our whole school swimming program which will take place at Castlemaine Fitness Indoor Pool and will run for 5 days across two weeks - Week 7 (Monday 18th, Tuesday 19th & Wednesday 20th November) and Week 8 (Monday 25th & Tuesday 26th). Swimming timetable to be released soon so that you will know what time your child/ren will be swimming if you would like to attend on any or all of these days. It’s amazing to witness the progress our students can make in their swimming skills over a short but intensive program. Looking forward to seeing this!
Grade F-2 will be heading off to the District Schools Kickball Sports Day on Friday 8th November at Harcourt Recreation Reserve. Students have been developing their kicking skills and team work in preparation for this day. Looking forward to a fun day. Parents are most welcome to come along on this day! Please complete the permission form via PAM to enable your child to attend. Thank you!
We will also be holding our annual School Athletics Sports Day & Family Picnic Lunch this term on Friday 22nd November. Start training parents and teachers-this year you can participate too! Students come along to school on this day wearing their house coloured t-shirt along with sports shorts and runners ready for a day of fun, fitness and comradery! Students will participate in a range of athletic activities, rotating in groups, aswell as join in with age level sprints and long distance running, each with a goal of participation and personal achievement aswell as supporting and encouraging team mates!
Clare Grainger
PE Teacher