PE

Physical Education

To finish out this term, our students have been focussing on the following units of work:

Prep – Ball control: Rolling

Grade 1/2 – Ball control: Bouncing

Grade 3/4 – Net/Wall Games

Grade 5/6 – Invasion Games

Gymnastics

In addition to weekly PE classes, our Grade 1 and 2 students are currently participating in a 4-session block of gymnastics. We have been very lucky to have Kristy from Tri Skills Gymnastics coming out to teach this. The students are loving learning new skills with lots of different equipment!

Cross Country

Well done to Hudson, Cody, Sammy, Harper, Wyatt, Ava, Kerlise, Archer, Lochie, Lacey and Zoe for their participation in the Yarra Division Cross Country on Tuesday the 7th of June.  In horrible conditions, they achieved the following results:

9/10 Boys

Hudson – 1st 

Cody – 20th 

9/10 Girls

Sammy – 15th 

Harper – 23rd 

11 Boys

Wyatt – 35th

11 Girls

Ava – 27th

Kerlise – 28th

12/13 Boys

Archer – 9th 

Lochie – 22nd

12/13 Girls

Lacey – 24th

Zoe – 39th 

Hudson and Archer then went on to participate at the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Championships on Tuesday the 14th of June. Both boys ran extremely well at such a high level of competition. Well done on making it so far, we are all very proud of you!

Congratulations to all our cross country runners on such outstanding achievements! 

Winter Sports Round Robin

On Friday the 10th of June, our Grade 5/6 students participated in the Montrose District Winter Sports Round Robin Day. We had 8 teams participating across the following sports: AFL, netball, soccer and T-Ball.

A big thank you to our wonderful staff and helpers, who stood out in the rain all day, particularly Joy Smith, Ava V, Cass Kinloch, Angela Willey, Troy Kinslow and Adrian Ryan, who volunteered their time to make sure our teams could all participate.

Despite the weather, students showed outstanding effort and sportsmanship throughout the day to produce lots of wonderful moments and results. A special mention to our Netball A girls who won the grand final and will now progress to the Division finals next term.

Perceptual Motor Program (PMP)

Over the past fortnight, our Prep students have participated in activities practising the following skills: hopping, crawling, running, balancing, rolling, hand-eye coordination, jumping, skipping, throwing and catching. A big thank you to our Grade 5/6 students, who continue to show great leadership and enthusiasm whilst assisting with these sessions.

Hoop Time

Next term, our students in Grades 3 - 6 will be participating in Hoop Time District days. Information is available on Compass for these events, for students who have opted to participate. We need helpers to coach and score for each of our teams. If older siblings or family members are able to help out, please contact me through Compass or email (melanie.layton@education.vic.gov.au). 

In a very exciting addition to our sporting calendar, our Grade 1 and 2 students will be participating in Hoop Time minis this year! This program is aimed at having fun and giving young children the opportunity to give basketball a go. More information will be sent out on Compass next term.

Important Dates 

AUGUST

Friday 19th – 5/6 Hoop Time

Friday 26th – 3/4 Hoop Time

SEPTEMBER

Friday 2nd – District Athletics

Thursday 15th – 1/2 Hoop Time Minis

Kind regards,

Mel Layton

Physical Education Teacher & Sport Coordinator