School Sport

For the duration of term 2, our school will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart and The Premiers Be Active Challenge.

As a proud school community, we care about ourselves and others. That’s why we’re excited to be part of Jump Rope for Heart 2020. Jump Rope has been getting little Aussies active and raising funds to fight heart disease for over 35 years. In that time a lot has changed, but Jump Rope remains as relevant as ever, because today:

• 1 in 4 children (aged 5-17) are overweight or obese
• 80% don’t get the daily recommended 60 minutes of vigorous physical activity
• Heart disease is Australia’s biggest killer. Please – watch this space – as our students have fun, learn new skills and improve their heart health…all while demonstrating their compassion and community spirit.

Alongside of this, we will be participating in the Premiers Be Active Challenge. The challenge provides a great opportunity to encourage physical activity in the school community. The aim is to get students doing 60 + minutes of physical activity on at least 5 days of the week. This is not too far-fetched as they have access to PE lessons and various activities at recess and lunch times. Physical activity can help with focus, improve behaviour and promote a positive attitude.

3-5 News

This term the 3-5 Engliish class will continue to read the Indian in the Cupboard and complete a book study. The book is about a boy named Omri who’s toy comes to life when he places it into a magical cupboard. Later in the term we will aim to watch the movie and then compare the two. 

In HASS this term we are focusing on the topic ‘Australia’s first people’.  We will cover subjects such as How Australia’s first people lived, language groups, creation stories and why colonies where established. Students will be working on their reading, writing and research skills.