PE

Physical Education

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

Prep – Ball control: Rolling

Grade 1 & 2 – Gymnastics

Grade 3 & 4 – Net/Wall games: modified squash, tennis and volleyball games

Grade 5 & 6 – Net/Wall games, with a specific focus on tennis. In small groups, students then created their own Net/Wall games for the class to play.

Cross Country

Well done to Tyson, Harper, Ruby, Allie, Hudson, Cody, Harvey and Amber for their participation in the Yarra Division Cross Country on Tuesday the 6th of June. They achieved the following results:

9/10 Boys

Tyson – 27th

9/10 Girls

Harper – 12th 

Ruby – 19th 

Allie – 28th 

11 Boys

Hudson – 3rd

Cody – 5th

Harvey – 8th 

12/13 Girls

Amber – 2nd 

Harper, Hudson, Cody and Amber then competed in the Eastern Metropolitan Region Championships on Tuesday the 13th of June. They all ran tremendously well, up against the best distance runners in our region. Congratulations to all of our runners on such outstanding achievements! 

Team VIC

Congratulations to Sinead in 5/6M, who has been selected in the Team VIC team for Touch Rugby. Sinead will compete in the National Championships in Darwin in August. Good luck, Sinead!

Interschool Sport

On Friday the 9th June, our Grade 5/6 students participated in the Montrose District Winter Sports Gala Day. We had 9 teams participating across the following sports: AFL, netball, soccer and T-Ball.

A big thank you to our wonderful staff and helpers, particularly Sally Smith, Kylie O’Gorman, Gabby Donnelly, Mark Van Suylen and Melissa Eames, who volunteered their time to make sure our teams could all participate.

Students showed outstanding effort and sportsmanship throughout the day to produce lots of wonderful moments and the following results:

Netball – 1st in the girls division, 2nd in the mixed competitio

AFL – 2nd 

Soccer – 3rd

T-Ball – winners in the consolation final 

A special mention to our Netball A girls who won the grand final and will now progress to the Division finals next term!

Hoop Time

Next term our students in Grades 3 - 6 will be participating in Hoop Time 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). So far we only have 1 helper.

Important Dates 

AUGUST

Monday 14th – Friday 18th – Prep to Grade 2 Swimming

Friday 18th – 5/6 Hoop Time

Monday 21st – Friday 25th – Grades 3 to 6 Swimming

SEPTEMBER

Friday 1st – 3/4 Hoop Time

Friday 8th – District Athletics

Kind regards,

Mel Layton

Physical Education Teacher & Sport Coordinator