Specialists
As always, the Sports program offers amazing opportunities for the students to achieve their best and this year has seen fantastic results.
CUA Fun Run/House Cross Country Carnival
On the last day of Term 1, we held our annual House Cross Country Carnival on our school community oval for all students Prep to Year 6. This year’s carnival was supported by CUA as a major fundraiser for our school. Students were given the opportunity to fundraise money by creating individual fundraising profiles, share with family members and the wider community. We had an amazing response from students, teachers and parents in fundraising for our new outdoor equipment and playgrounds recently purchased. We raised an amazing $14,978.69. This amount really exceeded our initial target and a big thank you goes out to all involved.
All students participated in their House colours for their House and earned points for participating. This carnival was also used as our qualifying event for our District Cross Country team for Year 4-6 students. The top 10 boys and girls in the 9/10 yrs, 11yrs and 12/13yrs categories qualified for our District team.
All Top 10 students in each year level received ribbons for their achievements, with all other students receiving certificates for their participation in the event.
The overall winner of the carnival was the Edward house (Green).
GO EDWARD!
District Cross Country
Friday 4th May saw us venture to Toomuc Valley Reserve, Pakenham with 45 students to take on the other schools in our District at Cross Country for 2018. It was a true winter’s day with a blasting wind from the south and plenty of rain around - perfect Cross country conditions to be honest.
A huge congratulations goes out to all of our students who competed in either the 2km or 3km events. Many of our students were competing in District competitions for the first time, while some completed personal best results and everyone involved showed fantastic endeavors, effort and sportsmanship.
A special mention to the following students who finished in the top 10 of their age group and have qualified for Division Cross Country championships in June.
- Melissa 6th in Girls 12/13 yrs
- Vanessa 8th in Girls 12/13 yrs
- Jasmine 8th in Girls 11 yrs
- Harry 5th in Boys 11 yrs
We are so very proud of our students’ efforts competing in such testing conditions and proving to exceed many expectations. Well done all.
Year 6 Interschool Sports
As part of our participation in the Pakenham District School Sports Association Summer and Winter Sports programs, we have been playing interschool sport against various schools in our district during both Term 1 and Term 2. These competitions are held on Friday mornings in our Year 6 sports time (9:00am-11:00am) and require the students to travel to another school to participate every second week, with the opposing schools coming to us on the alternate weeks.
The students have nominated themselves to participate in one of the following summer sports: Basketball (girls and mixed), Volleyball (mixed), T20 Cricket (mixed and girls), Team Tennis (mixed and girls) and Tee Ball (mixed). Winter Sports include Netball (girls and mixed), Softball (girls and mixed), AFL (mixed only) and Soccer (girls and mixed). Pakenham Springs will be fielding teams in each of these sports. This works out that there will be an opportunity for all of the Year 6 students to participate each Friday. When students are not playing they will be participating in various roles for each sport including scoring, umpiring and timekeeping. During home games, all students will be participating and assisting with the setup and administration of the Interschool Sports.
This competition format is used in most other School Sport Victoria (SSV) districts throughout the state. This program provides students with the opportunity to compete for Pakenham Springs on a regular basis and to build their skills for the lightning premiership, which will be the culmination of the season.
So far students have been participating with great enthusiasm, showing good sportsmanship and improving a variety of skills in their chosen sports.
Scott Holmes, Rhys Davie and Lucy Hoogenboom
Sports Team