Physical Education

Quick Stix Program

This week the Year 3 and 4 students will begin participating in a four week program 'Quick Stix' during their year level sport time. The school has obtained a grant to bring the program to Karoo at no cost for parents. The program is a free flowing form of lacrosse for students to begin learning the game. It focuses on the three basic lacrosse skills: scooping, catching and throwing. From this starting point, the students can then move onto team play and game rules. The program will be administered by qualified lacrosse coaches. 

The dates for the program are:

• Thursday 20th July
• Thursday 27th July
• Thursday 10th August
• Thursday 17th August

The times for the program are:

• Year 4 (12:20 - 1:10pm)
• Year 3 (1:10pm - 2pm)

Knox Primary Netball Girls Division Finals

On Tuesday 18th July the Year 6 girls netball team competed in the Division finals after progressing through the District level. The girls played 7 games on the day, winning all of them and maintaining their undefeated record. We are extremely proud of the teamwork displayed by the girls and wish them all the very best of luck for the Eastern Metropolitan Region finals at Waverley Netball Centre on Monday 14th August. Thank you to Claire Moyle for supervising and coaching the team on the day.

State Cross Country

On Thursday 13th July our school captain Jack D (6H) competed in the State Cross Country Championships at Yarra Valley Racing Club. To get to this stage, he progressed through the Karoo cross country, District, Division and Region. Jack completed the 3000m (3km) run with a time of 00:12:39.470

Jack finished in 31st place overall out of approximately 100 students. On behalf of the Karoo community, we are so proud of his outstanding achievement and for embodying our school value of personal excellence. Jack consistently displays good sportsmanship during PE sessions and he is a wonderful role model for younger students. Well done! 

Important Reminders

• Friday 21st July - Year 5/6 District Basketball @ Dandenong Basketball Stadium
• Thursday 27th July - Year 1/2 Mini Hoop Time @ Nunawading Basketball Stadium
• Monday 31st July (10 days) - Year 1/2 Swimming Program @ Paul Sadler Swimland
• Thursday 3rd August - Year 3/4 Hoop Time @ Nunawading Basketball Stadium
• Tuesday 8th August - EMR Girls Football Finals @ Kings Park Reserve
• Friday 11th August - District Athletics @ Knox Athletics Track
• Friday 1st September - Year 5/6 District Sport (Summer) @ multiple venues
• Friday 8th September - Year 5/6 District Sport (Summer) @ multiple venues

Mr Leeson (Physical Education Teacher)