Running/ Cross Country Preparation

Each Monday and Wednesday recess, we will be offering the students an opportunity to improve their running capacity. We aim for these to be short, but effective. We hope to see more students join over the coming weeks! Students are encouraged to check the PE notice board outside the shed for any changes. Students' classroom teachers also have access to this information.

St Francis School Swimming Sports

A big thank you to our teachers, support staff, and SEDA students for their assistance in ensuring the smooth running and overall success of our school swimming sports. Your organisation and support throughout the day were greatly appreciated.

Our Year 6 leaders were also terrific in the way they supported younger students, particularly during the 25m kickboard events- well done!

And to our students, thank you for your wonderful participation, enthusiasm, and outstanding sportsmanship. You represented St Francis with pride.

We also sincerely appreciate the fantastic parent support. It was wonderful to see so many families at the pool cheering on our students. A special thank you to Len, Luke and Kane Rodda, and Emma Mason for their generous support and assistance on the day.

House Point Results - 2026

(Bacchus) Blue house was our 2026 swim sports winning house!! Here are the final numbers.

Blue (Backhaus): 547

Green (Francis): 546

Red (MacKillop): 486

Yellow (Clare): 433

Best contributors- 2026

12/13 year boys: Josh Rodda

12/13 year girls: Eloise Rodda

11 year boys: Will Campbell

11 year girls: Jasmine Marshall

10 year boys: Seb Rodda

10 year girls: Fleur Muling & Charlie Rodda

8/9 year boys: Leo Mangan & Samuel Clarke

8/9 year girls: Billie Fidler

New Records

Congratulations to the following students that broke school records during our sports!

Age group/ Sex/ Event:	Time/ Student/ Year:
12/13 Boys - 50m FR	35:18 (previously 39:59) Josh Rodda - 2026
11 Girls - 50m FR	39:75 (previously 40:13) Jasmine Marshall & Harper Lockhart - 2026
10 Boys - 50m FR	42:32 (previously 43:47) Sebastian Rodda - 2026

12/13 Boys - 50m BR	45:50 (previously 1:01:25) Josh Rodda - 2026
11 Girls - 50m BR	52:63 (previously 55:19) Lucy Fidler - 2026
10 Girls - 50m BR	55:48 (previously 1:00:00) Fleur Muling - 2026
9 Girls - 50m BR	1:04:05 (previously 1:15:78) Billy Fidler - 2026

12/13 Boys - 50m FLY	41:48 (previously1:23:00) Josh Rodda - 2026
10 Boys - 50m FLY	48:41 (previously 59:53) Sebastian Rodda - 2026
9 Girls - 50m FLY	1:07:00 (previously 1:13:19) Billie Fidler - 2026

Regional Little Athletics Championship

On Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th of February, several of our students competed at the Regional Little Athletics Championships in Bendigo.

Congratulations to all students on their wonderful efforts. We wish the very best of luck to those progressing to the State Championships over the long weekend in March.

Gus Arundell (Under 10)

High Jump – 1st, 800m – 4th, Long Jump – 6th, 60m Hurdles – 8th

Bella Hope (Under 12)

High Jump – 1st, 80m Hurdles – 8th, 200m – 9th, 100m – 10th, Long Jump – 7th

Spencer Pearce (Under 10)

1100m Walk – 3rd, 400m – 6th, 800m – 6th, High Jump – 7th, Long Jump – 9th

Lohan Bulota (Under 11)

80m Hurdles – 2nd, 200m – 3rd, 400m – 4th, 100m – 5th, 1500m – 8th

Leticia Bulota (Under 12)

800m – 6th, 100m – 14th, 200m – 12th, Long Jump – 14th, Triple Jump – 10th

Sophie Coultas (Under 9)

200m – 2nd, 100m – 3rd, 800m – 6th, Long Jump – 6th

Luca Meyer (Under 9)

800m – 7th, 60m Hurdles – 8th, 400m – 8th, 200m – 10th, Long Jump – 11th

Victorian State Cycling Titles

Winter-Rose Kellow, Yr 3, came 3rd in Victoria for Under 11's in cycling. She raced a 4 lap scratch race! The Victorian State titles were held in Preston!

Congratulations Winter-Rose!!

Other important dates in 2026

Swimming

Divisional Swimming Championships: Friday 27 Feb
Regional Swimming Championships (Swan Hill): Tuesday 10 Mar
State Swimming Championships (Melbourne): Thursday 23 Apr
Junior Swimming: Tuesday 3, Wednesday 4, Thursday 5, Friday 6 Nov

Cross Country

Whole School Cross Country at St Francis 9.15am-11am: Wednesday 1 Apr
Division Cross Country (Year 3-6’s): Friday 15 May
Regional Cross Country (St Arnaud): Tuesday 2 June
State Cross Country (Melbourne): Thursday 16 July

Athletics

School Athletics Sports (3-6’s): Friday 24 July
Catholic Swimming Championship: TBC
Divisional Athletics Championship: Monday 14 Sept
Regional Athletics Championship: Monday 12 Oct
School Athletic Sports (Fdn- Year 2) on the oval 9.15-11am: Friday 30 Oct
State Athletics Championship (Melbourne): Thursday 5 Nov

PE Awards

Each assembly week, we present some tuck shop awards.

The criterion for receiving these awards is very straightforward. Students demonstrating outstanding sportsmanship, effort, and attitude will be the prime candidates for these awards.

Congratulations:

Audrey Brown
Jasmin Marshall
Isla Nicholson

An addition to this week’s PE Awards is the presentation of several Spirit of Sport Awards. These awards recognise our Year 6 students who assisted and supported our kickboard swimmers at the school sports.

Their leadership, encouragement and willingness to help ensured all swimmers felt confident, supported and included on the day. We are incredibly proud of the maturity and kindness they demonstrated.

Congratulations to our Spirit of Sport Awardee’s:

Spencer Lamprell
Eloise Rodda
Tills Moore
Scarlett Booker
Aiden McDermott
Lotti Childs
Bella Hope
Max Nielsen
Josh Rodda
Macy Macumber
Quade Baker
Max Villani
Henry Harrington.

Sporting News

Parents, if you have sporting news that should be shared in the newsletter, please send through a completed write up and picture to:

dcoates@sfstrathfieldsaye.catholic.edu.au

Danielle Coates - PE Coordinator

St Francis Newsletter

Term 1 Week 4 · 19 Feb 2026

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