District & Division Swimming events
A huge congratulations to the following students who qualified to participate at the District Swimming event last month – they represented our school with tremendous pride: Mitchell C. 3B (Freestyle & Backstroke), Ella O. 4B (Freestyle & Breaststroke), Fletcher E. 5C (Freestyle & Backstroke), Sophie W. 5A (Freestyle & Backstroke), Matilda B. 5A (Breaststroke), Alex A. 6A (Breaststroke), & Zara O. 6C (Freestyle & Backstroke).
An extra congratulations goes out to Fletcher who swam the 2nd fastest Freestyle swim in his age group to qualify for the Knox Division Swimming Championships. Fast forward to this week, and I am proud to say that Fletcher finished 3rd in his freestyle race at the Knox Division Championships which is a great result – well done Fletcher!!
Active Club
The number of families who are participating in our before school Active Club program continues to grow which is amazing to see. A special congratulations goes out to Ollie in 5A who has already completed the equivalent distance of a marathon this term! Active Club will conclude on the 2nd last week of this term – Wednesday 25th March being the last day. The program will then recommence in Term 4 once the weather begins to be a bit warmer in the morning. Thank you and well done to everyone who has participated so far.
AFL Girls team
Over the last two weeks, four trial sessions were held at lunchtime to select our Yr 5-6 AFL Girls teams that will compete at the Knox Division AFL Girls event in Term 2. We had 33 x Yr 5-6 girls attempt to make our final squad of 24 players that will form our two teams in the 9-per-side format. Unfortunately we are unable to enter more teams or else I would have loved to have taken all of the girls. Congratulations to the follows girls who have made the final squad (Compass event details) will be released to parents before the end of term:
5A- Matilda B, Indi, Paige & Sophie.
5B – Lily, Kaidence, Alyssa & Tahlia.
5C – Evie C, Mikayla, Evelyn & Ava.
6A – Ella & Abbey.
6B – Samara, Peyton, Piper, Parya & Cherish.
6C – Milla, Evie A, Claire, Sienna & Zara.
Hoop Time dates and programs confirmed
I can now confirm the dates that we are booked in to participate in the very popular Hoop Time basketball program. Firstly, I’m excited to share that we currently have a very large order of brand-new basketball uniforms being made which will not only modernise our team appearance, but also allow us to combine two years levels at once on the same day to hopefully help make our teams more even. I’m also very excited to share that our Hoop Time offering will be expanding this year to include a Grade 2 Mini Hoops program for the very first time. Hoop Time participation at our school has grown by almost 80% over the last 3 years, and this is the next step towards further growth.
Year 5-6 Hoop Time event at the State Basketball Centre on Thursday 25th June.
Year 2 Mini Hoops event at Nunawading Basketball Stadium on Friday 31st July.
Year 3-4 Hoop Time event at the State Basketball Centre on Tuesday 15th September.
2026 Sports events:
Mar 18th: Free Rugby clinic at school for all Yr 1-2 students.
Mar 20th: Whole school Cross Country event.
Mar 27th: Yr 3-6 Athletics Day @ Ringwood Athletics track *parent volunteers requested.
Mar 31st: Prep-2 Mini Athletics event at school.
Apr 22nd: Free Rugby clinic at school for all Yr 3-4 students.
Apr 29th: Free Rugby clinic at school for all Yr 5-6 students.
May 4th-8th: Prep-2 Swimming week, lessons @Knox Leisureworks.
May 8th: District Cross Country (selected Yr 3-6 students).
May 18th-22nd: Yr 3-4 Swimming week, lessons @Knox Leisureworks.
May 21st: AFL Girls Division event (selected Yr 5-6 girls).
May 22nd: District Winter interschool sports – day 1 (all Yr 5-6 students). *parent volunteers requested.
May 29th: District Winter interschool sports – day 2 (all Yr 5-6 students). *parent volunteers requested.
Jun 25th: Yr 5-6 Hoop Time event at State Basketball Centre. *parent volunteers requested.
Jul 17th: District Basketball competition (selected Yr 5-6 students).
Jul 31st: Yr 2 Mini Hoops event at Nunawading Basketball Stadium. *parent volunteers requested.
Aug 14th: District Athletics (selected Yr 3-6 students).
Aug 19th: District Summer interschool sports – day 1 (all Yr 5-6 students). *parent volunteers requested.
Aug 27th: District Summer interschool sports – day 1 (all Yr 5-6 students). *parent volunteers requested.
Sep 15th: Yr 3-4 Hoop Time event at State Basketball Centre. *parent volunteers requested.
Nov 19th: Surfing excursion – group 1 (some Yr 5-6 students).
Nov 25th: Surfing excursion – group 2 (some Yr 5-6 students).
Dec 1st: Surfing excursion – group 3 (some Yr 5-6 students).
Shae Warren
Physical Education Teacher and Sport Co-ordinator