PE News....

Upcoming Sporting Dates

• Regional Athletics (those qualifying on from the Divisional School Athletics) Monday 13 October 
• Divisional Cricket Blast (year 6 only) *There will be a date change to early November TBC
• Junior (Fdn - Yr2) Athletic Sports Morning (here at school on the oval) Friday 31 October
• Fdn - Yr 2 Swim Program - 3rd, 4th, 6th & 7th November 
• State Athletics Championships - Melbourne 6 November
• Palmers Gymnastics (Year 5 & Year 6) 12th & 26th November 
• Palmers Gymnastics (Year 3 & Year 4) 13th & 27th November 
• Palmers Gymnastics (Year 4 & Year 5) 18th November 
• Palmers Gymnastics (Year 3 & Year 6) 21st November     

F-2 Athletics Morning 

On Friday 31 October, the students in Fdn - Yr2 will be having a ‘Mini Athletics Morning’ held on the school oval. We will focus on participation and encouraging students to do their very best while enjoying the morning.  

The students will participate in a variety of events starting from 9.15am and finishing just before 11.00am. The students will compete in modified running events, hurdles, long jump, shot put and discus. 

Please note, there is no ‘winner’ awarded as such, as mentioned above, the focus is purely around participation and enjoying the activities. 

We encourage students to wear their house colours on the day 

• Clare- yellow

• Francis- green

• Backhaus- blue

• Mackillop- red

This can include ribbons, face paint, coloured t-shirts etc. The students will participate in their year level.  

It would be great to see as many parents there as possible cheering and encouraging the efforts of all students. 

We hope it will be a nice day for the event. 

We will also have a coffee van for you to enjoy! 

Thank you for your support.

Bendigo Advertiser Articles

In case you missed all our girls in the paper! 

Strathfieldsaye Colts United Football Club 

Congratulations to the U12A Girls who claimed the grand final victory at the end of last term, with a hard-fought 1–0 win over Kyneton! 

The team has had a superb season, taking home all the silverware on offer. 

A special mention goes to our Gemma Short 6M, who was awarded Player of the Match for her outstanding performance. 

Well done, girls — what an amazing season!  

Regional Athletics Preparation

Our students have been working so hard in preparing for Monday’s Regional Athletics championship, we even had students so keen, they took up the opportunity to continue to prepare in the holidays. Well done for your commitment and effort! All the best to our strong team for Monday's sports! 

Basketball Jamboree

Nash McMaster 5FT

On the 20th of September the Jamboree boys and girls arrived in Echuca and met their teams. My team was called the Possums, and our team colour was dark green. 

Aiden McDermott 5W

My team was called the Emus our colour was dark grey. After we met our teams, we all rushed to the bus and had a big training session at the main stadium. 

Poppy Baker 5W

My team was called the wombats, and my team's colour is light blue. After training all the teams went back to the cabin’s and had a rest, and after that we went back to the stadium to have tea. The next day, the games started at 8:30 in the morning all the girls' games were first and after that at 10:00am all the boys' games were played. 

Belle Worthington 5ZS

My team is called the goannas and my team's colour was light orange. The games were tough, but my team managed to win all the games. We also learned a lot of new skills though out the weekend. 

Xavier Connelly 5FT

My team was called the Jackaroos and my team's colour was light green. It was a fun 4 days of basketball, so it made it hard for us to say goodbye to all our teammates.    

Congratulations to all of our wonderful students involved in this program. We hope you thoroughly enjoyed yourselves! Well done! 

3V3 Basketball State Championship 

On Thursday the 25th and Friday the 26th of September Eme Arundell 6C, Chloe McSwain 6C, Darcy Rodda and Indie Colley (Spring Gully student) competed in the State 3X3 Cup at the State Basketball Centre, Melbourne. 

We qualified for the State Championships by winning the Shepparton qualifying tournament.  

Our pool games consisted of 6 x 10-minute games that had high energy and intensity. The 6 games were against, McKinnon Cougars (lost 5-6) Dandenong Rangers (Lost 4-6) Craigieburne Eagles (Win 13-8) Nunawading Spectres (Lost 4-7) Casey Cavaliers (Win 8-5) and Traralgon T-Birds (Overtime Win 6-4) 

We then qualified for finals. Our first final we played Geelong United who didn't attend the championships so we won by forfeit. The round of 16 final was against Frankston Blues which we lost in a tight game, 10-7, so we didn't progress further in the competition.  

Overall we finished 12th in the state, and we were very happy with our performance. It was a great experience for us and one we really enjoyed. 

Chloe McSwain 6C

Congratulations girls!! 

Royal Melbourne Show 

Maddy Bridge 3GB had a very successful Melbourne show in the holidays, competing in several Equestrian events.  

Results 

• Champion Child's Show Hunter  
• Champion Child's Shetland 
• Multiple other wins but these were the big ones.  

Fantastic Maddy!! Well done. 

PE Awards

Each assembly week, we present a tuck shop award. 

The criterion for receiving these awards is very straightforward. Students demonstrating outstanding sportsmanship, effort, and attitude will be the prime candidates for these awards.  

Congratulations:  

• Alby Pearce
• Ruby Svensen

Sporting News:Parents, if you have sporting news that should be shared in the newsletter, please send through a completed write up and picture to:

dcoates@sfstrathfieldsaye.catholic.edu.au 

Danielle Coates - PE Coordinator