Physical Education
Dear Families,
Hope you are staying warm, some beautiful weather to keep us active on these cold days!
Another busy fortnight of PE and sport. Please see below.
District Athletics Carnival
A big congratulations to all of our year 4-6 students that participated in our Athletics Trials on Wednesday 9th August. It was so great to see all of our students giving every event they participated in 100% of their efforts.
Thank you goes to our teachers and our parents - Ash Holmes and Catherine Bacus for assisting us on the day, we really appreciate it.
Congratulations to the following students that have made it through to the next round - The District Athletics Carnival which is scheduled for Thursday 7th September. An operoo has been sent out and has a list of the events your child has made along with the schedule for the day. Please note if your child is in the 1500m race, they will need to be driven directly to the venue as this race begins at 9.15am and our bus will not get there in time for a warm up and marshalling.
District Athletics Carnival Training - We will provide an opportunity for the students to practise some of the events they are entered into, particularly the field events. These sessions will run from 8am until 8.30am on Wednesday 23rd August and Wednesday 6th September.
2023 District Athletics Team:
9/10 Girls
Hula
Grace
Rose
Amelia
Kennedy
Cleo
Ella
Katherine
Annabelle
Piper
Maddie
Adele
9/10 Boys
Spencer
Finn
Jett
Xavier
Matthew
Ayta
Koby
Ben
Jack H
Jeremiah
Andrew
11 Girls
Asher
Lily
Harriet
Jia
Zoe
Lucy
Sherise
Ivy
Macy
Indie
11 Boys
Nathan
Alby
Henry
Noah
Archer
Thomas
Ben
Patrick
Ethan
Buckley
Flynn
12/13 Girls
Ella
Ashlee
Elodie
Poppy
Heidi
Georgia
Eva
Zara
Mila
Kinara
Ruby
Sophie
12/13 Boys
Ty
Jason
Elijah
Ryland
Lachlan
Isaac
Tyson
Isaac
Charlie
Xavier
Thomas B-D
Zac
Downball Tournament
10 of our SJV students participated in the inaugural Downball Australia tournament on Friday 11 August and by all accounts they had the best time. Please see below some of the images that Lisa Noden’s Mum was able to capture (thank you).
A big shout out to Lisa Noden for being our SJV representative for the day and ensuring the students were where they should be.
Wall Ball Program
We are coming to the end of our Wall Program that has been running from years 1-6 (with year 5 and 6 to happen over the coming weeks). This has been such as successful program run by Lydia Morgan. We have had students playing at recess and lunches and 23 students turning up to the weekly program she is running on a Sunday (see details below).
A big thank you to Lydia for volunteering her time to the St James students over the past few weeks, we really do appreciate it.
Hockey Program
This term the year 3-6 students have been participating in a Hockey Clinic run by Hockey Victoria. It is because of Sporting Schools grants that we are able to expose the students to sports and programs they may not otherwise have been able to be exposed to. Due to the popularity and success of this program the 2024 District Summer Gala Day will be looking at introducing this sport as one of the four students have the opportunity to participate in.
Stay well, keep active
Catherine Wall
Health and PE Teacher
Sport Coordinator
