Student Leadership
Athletics Day
On the 15th of August, the whole school went to the Westernport Athletics Track to participate in the annual school athletics day.
The Year Three to Six students arrived at the track around 9:10 am and the Prep to Two students arrived around 9:30 am.
The Grades Three to Six did the following events:
Discus, Shot Put, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, 100 metre races, 200 metre races and hurdles.
The Foundation to Year Two students competed in some different activities such as: Egg ‘n’ spoon race, sack race, relays and much more.
Some of the Year Five and Six favourite events at the athletics were:
Luella - Hurdles
Damon - Discus
Daisy - Discus
Ashleigh - Discus
Hunter - Hurdles
Jedd - High Jump
Guy - Discus
Towards the end of the event, there was an optional 800 metre sprint for all grades and relays.
Jackson’s relay teams were -
Max, Degan, Zack, Dane
Amity, Dakota, Ashleigh and Daisy
Bradman’s relay teams were -
Bethany, Mary A, Rose K, Violet,
E, Spencer, Kooper, and Sammy K
Thorpe’s relay teams were -
Jedd, Kaden, Logan, Hunter
Gemma, Chloe, Indie and Maya
And finally Freeman’s relay teams were -
Sheena, Kayden, Isla, Alana
Brody, Oliver, Dylan, Marley
At the end of these races, the year level champions were announced
Prep - Reegan and Eleanor
Year 1 - Lily V and River
Year 2 - Zack and Grace
9 year old - Isla and Dane
10 year old - Max and Maya
11 year old - Hunter and Rose
12/13 year old - Jedd and Kiri
Everyone did really well on the day.
It was a really fun and awesome day. Thank you to Mr E and all of the other teachers that made the day a success. A huge thanks to Western Port Secondary College for lending us the sports oval and some high school helpers on the day.
Another massive thank you to the parent helpers, Adrian and Jamie and many others for helping Mr E set up first thing in the morning.
A big thank you to Brenda for adding up all of the scores and sorting out the winners for the day.
By Guy and Damon
Inter School Activity Challenge (I.S.A.C.) Report
On Thursday 1st of August, some of the grade 5/6 students went to BlueScope for the ISAC STEM challenge. Wallaroo Primary School were kind enough to share their bus with us which cut the cost of the excursion.
The students were grouped into teams of four and there were around 40 teams participating. We were one of 26 schools, with over 100 students in attendance. The challenge was to build a paper aeroplane that flew the furthest and stayed in the air the longest. The points were calculated as a team so each student's time and distance contributed to the overall score. Each team was given 30 minutes to construct and test their paper aeroplanes.
There were three Bittern teams, Bittern Birds consisted of Luella, Chloe, Gemma and Indie, The Swoopers team was Sheena, Violet and Ashleigh and The Super Flyers was Guy, Dylan, Kooper and Degan. Degan made a paper ball and Dylan threw it but it sadly got disqualified because it wasn’t a plane. The last round was throwing the plane into a net. The 1st prize was a $300 cheque for the winning school, 2nd prize was $200 and 3rd prize was $150. All of the other participating schools received a $50 dollar cheque. Every student received a Freddo Frog and a certificate on the day. Overall each student worked really hard and they should be proud of their efforts.
By Luella and Chloe