AFL Clinics
This past week, all of our grades and students (apart from our Year 4 students on Camp) have been lucky enough to attend a free AFL clinic run by AFL Schools Victoria. Here, they got to learn about positions and practise teamwork as well as their handball, kicking, marking, and goal kicking skills. Anyone interested in joining an Auskick group can find more information at play.afl/Auskick or join a local club like Boronia Hawks. Flyers for both options are available from myself.
Ride to School events
This year we are joining the National celebration of Ride to School Day; but spreading our event out over two days. Our Prep, Year 1, and Year 2 students are encouraged to ride to school on Friday 21st March. Bikes, scooters, and skateboards are all included as long as helmets are worn. For families that don’t live close to the school, you could drive part of the way and then ride the rest, or you can drive your children the whole way but have them participate in our bonus before school activity – as an extra incentive, the Prep-2 students will be allowed to ride their bikes, scooters and skateboards on our oval where a course will be set up between 8:15-8:45am. The course will be available for all options including students that may still have training wheels on their bike.
The Year 3-6 students will have their opportunity to ride on the ovals between 8:15-8:45am on Friday 28th March. They can of course ride to school on the 21st like any other day, but the 28th will be the only day that a course will be set up and they’ll be allowed to ride on the oval before school.
Our main focus is safety and being active, so please accompany your children on their ride or ensure they have a safe and familiar route if travelling alone. Hopefully the weather is kind to us and we have a wonderful couple of mornings.
Please make sure that you are able to take your child’s bike with you on the Friday after school so that they are not left at school over the weekend.
Dates to remember in Sports 2025
| DATE | ACTIVITY |
| Term 1 | |
| Friday 21 March | Prep – Year 2 Ride to School Day |
| Tuesday 25 March | Prep – Year 2 Mini Athletics Day (at BHPS) |
| Thursday 27 March | Year 3-6 Athletics Day at Ringwood Athletics Track |
| Friday 28 March | Year 3 – 6 Ride to School Day |
| Wednesday 2 April | Whole School Cross Country day (at BHPS) |
| Term 2 | |
| Friday 9 May | District Cross Country at Kings Park, Ferntree Gully |
| Monday 12 – Friday 16 May | Pre, Year 3 and Year 4 Swimming Program |
| Thursday 22 May | Year 5 & 6 AFL Girls’ Division event at Kings Park |
| Friday 23 May | Year 5 & 6 Winter Sports Day 1 |
| Monday 26 – Friday 30 May | Year 1 & 2 Swimming Program |
| Friday 30 May | Year 5 & 6 Winter Sports Day 2 |
| Tuesday 1 July | Year 3 Hoop Time at the State Basketball Centre |
| Term 3 | |
| Friday 15 August | District Athletics at Knox Athletics Track |
| Friday 22 August | Year 5 Hoop Time at Kilsyth Basketball Centre |
| Thursday 28 August | Year 5 & 6 Summer Sports Day 1 |
| Friday 29 August | Year 5 & 6 Summer Sports Day 2 |
| Friday 5 September | Year 4 Hoop Time at State Basketball Centre |
| Thursday 18 September | Year 5 Hoop Time at Nunawading Basketball Centre |
| Term 4 | |
| Wednesday 19 November | Year 5 & 6 Surfing Group 1 |
| Tuesday 25 November | Year 5 & 6 Surfing Group 2 |
| Thursday 27 November | Year 5 & 6 Surfing Group 3 |
Shae Warren
Physical Education Teacher and Sport Co-ordinator