Physical Education

Sports Shorts

Welcome to Term 3 of PE and Sport at BPS!

Sunshine and holidays, the perfect combination!

I can't believe the difference the sunshine makes! My Beautiful wife and I celebrated our long awaited honeymoon on the Sunshine Coast over the two week holiday period and it was just what we needed. I'm not sure about you but I think I might suffer from 'seasonal affective disorder' during the winter days and nights in Melbourne. Don't get me wrong, I love our cosmopolitan state with it's amazing combination of eateries, people and of course yummy coffee but there's something about the Sunshine Coast with it's warm weather (it didn't get below 22 degrees while we were there), coastal views and the vibe that comes with all of those experiences. Our most favourite moments were the quality time, slower pace and being a stones throw from the beach, not to mention that we experienced a new place that neither of us had been to! We're grateful to have such a wonderful experience together when we know not everyone is in a position to go away. I hope your holidays were restful with your family and your children have enjoyed the first week of term. Let's make it a great one hey!! GO TEAM BPS!!!

Physical Education Term 3 - our first 4 weeks

F-2 - Soccer unit: focus on dribbling, stopping, passing, kicking and basic soccer rules and attack and defence.

Grade 3-6 - Athletics; hurdles, discus and relays; a whole day of House Athletics to put all

Term 3 sporting dates for the calendar

BPS Grade 3, 4, 5 and 6 House Athletics – Bill Sewart Athletics Track - Tuesday 25th July

District Athletics – Bill Sewart Athletics Track - Friday 1st September 2023

Grade 3 – 5 swimming – 10 day program

Monday 4th September - Friday 15th September (last day of term 3).

BPS Grade 3-6 House Athletics 2023

BPS Grade 3-6 House Athletics information

Next Tuesday 25th July we have our BPS Grade 3-6 House Athletics at the Bill Sewart Track in East Burwood! I'm so excited because I love watching our students in action, especially after we've been training for all the events in our term 2 and 3 PE lessons!!

This day will see all our students depart BPS at 8.45am and return by 3pm. Students need to be at school no later than 8.25am on Tuesday and go straight to their classroom. A massive thank you to our community volunteers and staff involved in this big event.

Need to knows

Families please make sure you have paid and given permission for the event on Compass before next Tuesday 25th July. 

Students to be at school by 8.25am ready to depart at 8.45am. Out staff and students will depart the track by 2.40pm and return to school for a short presentation at 3pm in the gym.

This day is a fun, inclusive event for every BPS student. It also doubles as a selection day for our upcoming 2023 District Athletic Team.

Students to wear and bring... House coloured t-shirt, trackpants with either shorts or leggings underneath, runners, BPS hoodies or jumper, recess, lunch and extra snacks, water bottle, coat, asthma medication (if asthmatic), spare pair of socks, towel, gloves.

Students will be participating in these compulsory events throughout the day and can do optional events as well.

Compulsory - 100m, 200m, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Discus, Shot Put

Optional - High Jump, 80m hurdles, 800m

Students turning 8, 9 or 10 this year will be doing their track events in the morning sesison from 9.20am - 11.45am and the 11 and 12/13 year students will be doing their field events. In the afternoon from 12 noon onwards, our 10 and under students will be doing field events and our 11 and 12/13 years will be doing their track events.

This day is all about giving your personal best and having a go at all the events on offer for both yourself and your house. Last year Tasman House took out the trophy. I wonder who it will be this year?!!!!

All the best to everyone and thanks to our staff and volunteers for your support.

All families are welcome to come and cheer on our students throughout the day!

BPS cross country trio to be celebrated!

Congratulations to Max, Harrison and Max for their outstanding efforts at the Eastern Regional Cross Country Championships in term 2. All three of our runners progressed from house to district to division to regional cross country and we're super proud of them! On what was a tough course, part of which was a horse-racing track, all three of our runners battled it out to finish their races in fine style! We celebrate you and your families! 

Regional Cross Country

Max B – 71st

Max Xia – 86th 

Harrison – 69th 

Ethan pads up for Red Devils at Vic Champs!

Grade 4 BPS student and hockey player, Ethan, spent some of his term 2 holidays saving goals at the Victorian Junior State Hockey Championships in Footscray. Held at the Footscray Hockey Centre on the 1st and 2nd July, Ethan was selected as goalkeeper for the U12s North East Metro Red Devils Black team.  Across Victoria, there are nine zone teams across Victoria, 6 metro and 3 country teams, and his team was one of 14 U12s Hockey 5s teams competing at this level.  Ethan and his team played seven games in two days and came their team came 9th overall. 

Congratulations on your outstanding achievements Ethan and the hardwork you continue to put into your training. Being a hockey goalie is no easy task but you're taking it all in your stride Ethan! Well done!!

Australian Shot Put Champ in our midst!

A big thank you to Gail Miller, one of our amazing parents at BPS, who has volunteered her time to come in and coach some of our students in our athletics unit in both shot put and discus. Gail's passion for her sport is evident in the way she makes the sessions fun and engaging for our students. We also have learnt so much from Gail!

Back in the early 2000's, Gail won the Australian women's 2005/2006 Australian shot put championship and was also a very handy discus and hammer thrower. Gail achieved much success at National Level and is now imparting her passion for throwing events to our youngsters.

We want to day thank you for your time and we hope you keep coming back to help us be the best we can be!!!

BPS Netball Teams Win Grand Finals

Congratulations to all our netball teams who train every Wednesday at BPS with our wonderful parent and student volunteer coaches. The program that is now in place is a terrific buzz for so many of our students and something they really enjoy.

On the first Saturday after school finished, two of our BPS Netball Teams, won their grand finals, one is a nail biting finish! The Pixies won their game 14-2, outplaying their opposition in all areas of the court! Well done to our BPS players Alisha, Aadya, Reet, Shreya, Mary, Hannah and Celeste! Our Dragons, who beat Laburnum, were the under-dogs going into the Grand Final but showed such courage, perseverance and a "never give up attitude" that saw them come out on top by 1 point!! The score was 16-15 and Coach Kirsty Porter made note of the team's perseverance and courage to battle it out all game in her end of game speech.

Congratulations to all our teams, the ones who made grand finals and the ones who didn't. We're proud of you all! A special congratulations to Aadya and Tessa who were awarded "Player of the Match" for their respective Grand Finals! 

BPS Grade 5/6 District Winter Sport Legends

Congratulations to all our grade 5 and 6 students who trained for around 7 weeks in the lead up to their District Winter Sport round robin day. To all of our staff, students and volunteers, we thank you for your efforts training our students and on the day! 

Out teams performed with exceptional skill and sportmanship on and off the field and court!

Congratulations to all our teams and our winning teams:

Champions

BPS AFL - winners

BPS Netball A - winners

BPS Netball B - winners

BPS T-ball A - winners

BPS T-ball B - winners

District Grand Finals

On Thursday 20th July our T-ball team will host Old Orchard PS at BPS for our district grand final. Our netball and AFL teams will travel to Laburnum to play both grand finals on Thursday 27th July. We wish all our teams the very best for their grand finals!

Parent volunteers - Thank YOU!

AFL – Adele, Bec, Martine, Ash, Matthew, Gayle, Andrew, Jeremy.

Soccer – Michael 

Staff - Thank YOU!

Mrs Fountain, Mrs D'Amelio, Mrs Sage, Miss King, Mrs Arthur, Miss Wood and Mrs P, Aditi, Yuki, Amanda J, Kerry H.

BPS Running Club update - term 3

This term our BPS Running Club will only be training on Mondays due to the wet weather we can face in the winter months. This is a free running club program for any student in grade 1-6 which runs from 8.10am - 8.40am. If your child is joining for the first time please email Mrs P for a new runner's form and bring this filled out to your child's first training. Thank you to the amazing Armstrong, Battye and Turner families for running this excellent program for our students. You are all amazing and we appreciate you all!

Have a great term BPS and hang in there! The sunshine is coming!!

Mrs P:)

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