Sports Updates

Athletics Day Term 3 Week 2

Athletics Day this year will be at the Newport Athletics Track for Years 2-6. Years 3-6 will be competing for places in the Sacred Heart District Athletics Team while Year 2 will participate in all the same events but not progress, they will get a feel for what Athletics Day will be like. Only 9-10, 11 and 12 age groups compete at School Sports Victoria levels.

The Prep and Year 1 Students will compete in various events on site at school, this event will be facilitated by Kim Dalmau, one of our school leaders. These events will include; relay, high jump, long jump, bean bag throw, foam javelin, sprints etc...

This decision was made due to years of the senior students running over time, resulting in the junior school starting late, cutting events, and often returning to school late. The senior students need to complete all events so that the teams can be submitted for district athletics, if they are running late their events can't but cut to enable the junior students to run on time.

If you would like to help on the day there will be an option to volunteer on the permission forms over the coming weeks.

Interschool sport

Amazing effort by all our teams throughout the winter season. I big thanks to the teachers for helping facilitate and umpire all the games. Congratulations to the Mixed Netball team for making it through to the finals at Newport Gardens next Friday!

Bayfit Water Safety Program

The Bayfit Swim Program being facilitated by Bayfit is guided by the Victorian Curriculum and The Victorian Water Safety Certificate (VWSC). The Victorian Water Safety Certificate is a survival benchmark mandated by the Victorian Government and embedded in the Victorian Health and Physical Education Curriculum, and it represents the minimum standard of water safety and survival skills every student needs to have by the end of Year 6. 

Some of the skills include swimming 50 metres continuously, treading water, floating, safe entries, and basic safe rescues. The Williamstown Life Saving Club picks up the students' water safety education from Year 5 to Year 6 in a beach setting.

These lessons are not the same as ongoing weekly swimming lessons at a swim school that refine and focus on stroke technique.