Sacred Heart Athletics Years F-2

This Thursday 28th March, the children from Foundation – Year 2 will participate in the Sacred Heart Junior Athletics Carnival. This will take place at Sacred Heart between recess and lunch time (11:45am – 1:15pm). The students will be involved in a number of sporting activities e.g. High Jump, Egg and Spoon Race, Sprints etc. Parents/Grandparents etc. are welcome to watch their child/children/grandchildren participate. Our Year 6 students will be the leaders of the activities on the day.

This sporting event falls on one of our “casual clothes days”, however, we request the children in Years F-2 wear their sports uniform to insure appropriate clothing is worn for the activities planned. Runners are VITAL. Students are reminded to apply sunscreen before arriving at school and PLEASE bring along a drink bottle and school hat.

Term 2 Swimming Lessons

In Term 2 students from Years 1 – 3 will attend swimming lessons at Heather’s Swim School, Main Street, Elliminyt. (Foundation students and Years 4, 5 and 6 will attend swimming lessons in Term 4).

Students will need to bring (or wear their bathers), a towel, goggles etc. Students may wear their sports uniform on their allocated swimming day. We do need parent helpers to assist with the walking of children to the pool. If you can help out, can you please indicate on the PAM permission form. A reminder to helper; you must hold a current ‘Working With Children Check’ and the school office has sighted and entered your details.

The swimming times for each class are as follows:

Tuesday - Year 1LC (11:30am – 12:00pm), Year 1MD (12:00pm – 12:30pm), Year 2PM (12:30pm – 1:00pm), Year 2RB (1:00pm – 1:30pm), Year 1AG (1:30pm – 2:00pm), Year 2FM (2:00pm – 2:30pm)

Wednesday - Year 3AH (11:30am – 12:00pm), Year 3KM (12:00pm – 12:30pm)

(Permissions will be forwarded through PAM at a later date)

Greater Western Tennis

Congratulations to Jemma Howat who was Runner-Up in the Greater Western Tennis Championships last Monday 25th March at Hollioake Park in Ballarat. Jemma will now compete in the State Tennis Primary Girls State Final in Glen Waverley. This is a fantastic achievement.

Greater Western Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to Raymond Wang, Alexis and Beau Perkins who competed in the Greater Western Region Swimming Championships last Friday in Horsham. All three students did very well in their heats. The report back from students was that the outside pool that the championships were held in ‘was very cold’.

Golf Coaching Lessons

Yesterday, many of our Year 5 and 6 students had the opportunity to have another golf lesson with golf pro Michael Bainbridge. Michael is very experienced in the game of golf and was able to teach the students many golfing skills. We thank Michael for coming to our school to share his expertise in the game of golf.

Michael explained to the students that they can now have access to a ‘free’ membership at the Colac Golf Club for the rest of 2024. They also have the chance to grab a bucket of golf balls from the Golf Shop to practise on the driving range. Michael works at the Golf Shop and is happy to answer any questions that parents may have.

This would be a great activity for students over the school holidays!

Interschool State Show Jumping Championships

We wish Lotus Rothery all the best, when she competes at the Interschool State Show Jumping Championships from the 6th-10th April. Lotus will be riding her pony Roland at this event. Good luck Lotus!

Trinity Visit

A big thank you to Peter Harrington and the Trinity ‘sport and rec’ students who after just completing their Tennis Coaching course, were able to put their skills into action with some of our junior students. Great fun was had by all.

Important Dates

Thursday 28th March - Sacred Heart Athletics Years F-2

Sports Stars of the Week

Name: Kade Genua (Yr 6KT)

1. What sports do you play? The sports I play are cricket, soccer and football.

2. Which sport is your favourite to play? Soccer is my favourite sport.

3. Why is this your favourite sport? Soccer is my favourite sport to play because it is fun to play.

4. What is your proudest sporting moment? My proudest sporting moment was making it through to the soccer finals.

5. What are your strengths that help you with sport? My strengths in sport is my ability to be a ‘team player’.

6. Why do you love playing sports? I love playing sport because I get to have fun with my friends

7. Who is your favourite sports person? My favourite sports person is NBA player Ja Morant who plays for Memphis Grizzlies.

8. Why are they your favourite? He is my favourite player because he is a great basketball player.

9. What is your favourite sporting team? My favourite sports team is the Memphis Grizzlies.

10. How would your coaches and teammates describe you? My coach would describe me as a good team player.

Name: Iris Walsh (Yr 3AH)

1. What sports do you play? The sports I play are basketball and dance.

2. Which sport is your favourite to play? Dance is my favourite sport.

3. Why is this your favourite sport? Dance is my favourite sport to play because I get to go on stage and show the audience all the skills that I have learnt.

4. What is your proudest sporting moment? My proudest sporting moment was when I was able to shoot netball goals in the ring.

5. What are your strengths that help you with sport? My strengths in sport is my speed and aligity. I am able to run away from my opponent in netball.

6. Why do you love playing sports? I love playing sport because I get to play with my friends and it is fun.

7. Who is your favourite sports person? My favourite sports person is Nick Daicos who plays for Collingwood.

8. Why are they your favourite? He is my favourite player because he is nice and a very good footballer.

9. What is your favourite sporting team? My favourite sports team is Footscray Western Bulldogs.

10. How would your coaches and teammates describe you? My coach would describe me as a very fast player and a good team mate.

Name: Sophie Wheadon (Yr 6LG)

1. What sports do you play? The sports I play are netball and swimming.

2. Which sport is your favourite to play? Netball is my favourite sport to play.

3. Why is this your favourite sport? Netball is my favourite sport because I like running. I like all the positions. Netball is something I am good at and I can play with all my friends.

4. What is your proudest sporting moment? My proudest sporting moment was when I was playing in Goals for the Grandfinal netball game.

5. What are your strengths that help you with sport? My strengths in sport if that I can run fast and I can jump high and I am a good netball shooter.

6. Why do you love playing sports? I love playing sport because it is fun and I get to run around, and sometimes I am good at the sport I am playing.

7. Who is your favourite sports person? My favourite sports person is Gabbi Wheadon (my sister).

8. Why are they your favourite? Gabbi is my favourite sports person because she is good at sport and she helps me train for netball.

9. What is your favourite sporting team? My favourite sports team is the Geelong Cats and Collingwood

10. How would your coaches and teammates describe you? My coach and team mates would describe me as athletic and also a good team mate.

Thanks, Nicole Lynch