Physical Education

What's happening in Term 2?

Welcome back to Physical Education for Term 2!  We have a very exciting and eventful term ahead with a culmination of sporting events on the horizon for our students. This includes District Cross Country, House Athletics, District Sport (Winter) and Girls Division Football. 

Please find some information below regarding these events: 

District Cross Country

Good luck to all students from Year 3-6 who are competing in District Cross Country this Friday 5th May at Jells Park. As outlined in the event information on Compass, competitors are required to arrive at the Gym at 8:50am as the bus will leave promptly at 9am. The supervising teachers (Mr Edwards, Miss Markovic and Miss Moyle) will organise the students prior to departure, including recording the students race numbers on their hand in preparation for the event. Therefore, it is extremely important that your child arrives on time. Competition starts at 10am and concludes at approximately 12:30pm. The order of events will be 9/10 boys (2km), 9/10girls (2km), 11 boys (3km), 11 girls (3km), 12/13 boys (3km) and 12/13 girls (3km). 

A reminder that all students competing are required to arrive at school in their Karoo school uniform or sports uniform. When running, students may wear their Karoo sports top, as well as runners and running shorts. Students are also encouraged to bring a drink bottle, lunch, school windcheater, rain jacket and asthma medication (if required). 

Consent/Payment on Compass has now officially closed. 

House Athletics 

On Friday 19th May, all students from Year 3-6 will travel (via Bus) to AC Robertson Athletics Track in Ringwood.  As outlined in the event information on Compass, students are required to arrive at their classroomat 8:50am, as the bus will leave promptly at 9am. To ensure the attendance roll has been marked prior to departure, it is extremely important that your child arrives on time. Competition starts at 9:30am and concludes at approximately 2:30pm. 

All students will participate in four track events (including the 100m sprint, 100m hurdles, 200m sprint and 800m endurance run), as well as four field events (including discus, shot put, long jump and triple jump). By simply participating in each of these events, students will earn points for their house. To add to the competition between houses, students are encouraged to wear their house colours on the day. They will also need to wear runners.  Students are required to bring a drink bottle, snack, lunch, school windcheater, rain jacket and asthma medication (if required). 

Please Note: Students who do not have consent to attend the Karoo House Athletics Carnival will join a class from Foundation - Year 2 for the day.

Consent/Payment on Compass is live now and will close on Friday 12th May. 

District Sport (Winter)

Every Friday (from the beginning of Term 1), the Year 5/6 students have been busy training for the District Sport Round Robin Days that will take place on Friday 26th May and Friday 9th June. 

The sports and venues for these days include:

• AFL - Eildon Park
• Bowls - The Basin Primary School
• Netball - Knox Regional Netball Centre
• Soccer - Knox Park
• Teeball - Gilbert Park

Consent/Payment and event information on Compass will be available next week 

Please Note: Not all Year 5 students will be attending this event due to numbers. 

Girls Division Football

Our school has been invited to compete at the 2023 Knox Division Girls Football Day. This event will be held on Thursday 8th June at Kings Park Reserve, Upper Ferntree Gully. The event will run the whole day, beginning at 9:30am and concluding at 2:30pm. Mouth guards are compulsory. 

Please Note: There is 1 team that can be entered per school with 22 players allowed (18 players on the field and 4 on the bench). Following the same process as previous years, our Year 6 students will be guaranteed first preference with the option being available for Year 5 students to be selected for the team if numbers permit. 

If your child is interested in competing on the day and you haven't done so yet, please complete the expression of interest using the link below by Friday 5th May:

https://forms.gle/qpzaRYEE96Sjy3As8

Mr Leeson (Physical Education Teacher)