Sports News
Health and Physical Education (Term One)
It has been a busy and exciting first term for Health and Physical Education. Below is an overview of what students in different age groups have been doing. Year Three to Year Six participate in health in Term One and Three and Prep to Year Two participate in health in Term Two and Four.
Physical Education (Prep)
Students have been participating in modified games working individually, in pairs and groups teaching them to cooperate with their peers, participate in games with and without equipment and identify and describe how their body moves in relation to effort, space, time, objects and people. Students have also been engaging in locomotive and gross motor activities. These activities focus on increasing their ability in throwing, catching, passing, as well as locomotive skills.
Physical Education (Year One and Year Two)
Year One and Two students have been engaged in modified games working individually, in pairs and groups teaching them to cooperate with their peers and perform fundamental movement skills in a variety of movement sequences and situations. Students have also been engaging in locomotive and gross motor activities. These activities focus on increasing their ability in throwing, catching, passing, as well as locomotive skills.
Physical Education (Year Three and Year Four)
Students in Year Three and Four completed a T-Ball unit working individually, in pairs and groups teaching the students to cooperate with their peers, practise and refine fundamental movement skills in a variety of movement sequences and situations and apply basic rules and scoring systems, and demonstrate fair play when participating in physical activities. This unit focused on increasing the student’s knowledge of T-Ball through various games and activities in preparation for their T-Ball Gala Day in Week Ten (Year Four).
Physical Education (Year Five and Year Six)
Year Five and Six participated in a Fitness unit working individually, in pairs and groups teaching the students to cooperate with their peers and participate in physical activities designed to enhance fitness, and discuss the impact regular participation can have on health and wellbeing. This unit focused on increasing the student’s fitness level through various fitness games and activities in the lead up to the school cross country in Week Ten.
Health (Year Three)
In this unit students explored the impact of positive social interaction on self-identity. They investigated different types of friendships, examining the qualities they look for in a friend, as well as their roles and responsibilities. Students also learnt how to communicate respectfully with friends to resolve conflict and challenging issues in friendships. Students also reflected on why friendships change over time and investigated strategies to assist them in establishing and maintaining respectful friendships. Finally, they explored risk-taking behaviours, their rights and responsibilities and decision-making strategies to help keep them safe.
Health (Year Four)
Students identified strategies to keep healthy and improve fitness. They explored the Australian guide to healthy eating and the five food groups, gaining an understand of the importance of a balanced diet and how health messages influence food choices, creating meal plans that reflect health messages. Students also participated in partner and group activities to explore the communication skills of respect and empathy and how they support positive interactions, investigating how heritage and culture contribute to identity.
Health (Year Five)
In this unit students reviewed the information they know about establishing and keeping friendships and relationships. Students discussed the factors that influence theirs and others’ behaviours through discussion and brainstorming activities, investigating how feelings, emotions and mood can affect their own and others’ behaviours and responses. They developed an understanding of different points of view and how differing opinions can influence relationships and friendships. Finally, students explored the concepts of health and wellbeing and the importance of healthy habits as a preventative measure, identifying good habits and how they contribute to overall health and wellbeing.
Health (Year Six)
Students explored how important people in their lives, and the media, can influence health behaviour, examining how membership of different groups and personal qualities shape identity. They examined influences on health behaviour and constructed a health message for their peers. Students also investigated how physical activity creates opportunities for different groups to work together and how physical activity contributes to individual and community wellbeing.
Junior Swimming Carnival 2024 (Prep - Year 2)
The 2024 junior swimming carnival will take place on Monday, 25th of March 2024. Please see the below information.
DATE: 25th March 2024
TIME: Prep - 9am – 10am
Year 1 – 10:15am – 11:15am
Year 2 – 11:30am – 12:30am
VENUE: Glennie Aquatic Centre
WHO FOR: Students in Prep – Year 2
TRANSPORT: The Prep students will catch a bus from St Saviour’s to Glennie at 8:45am, Year One at 10am and Year Two at 11:15am. Children can then be picked up at the normal time of 3pm.
PLEASE BRING: togs (Prep students to wear to school under uniform), towel, goggles, swimming cap (from Glennie swimming lessons, supplied by Glennie), swimming bag and water.
COST: The cost of the swimming carnival has been covered by your child’s school fees.
PERMISSION: Permission has already been granted through ‘Physical Education Activities/Carnivals 2024’ on Parent Portal.
UNIFORM: The children can wear their sport uniform. Thongs are fine to wear to and from the pool. No zinc, face paint or hairspray is allowed in the pool.
EVENTS: Your child’s events are listed below (All events are subject to time)
Prep
- 25m Freestyle/Pool Noodle or Kick Board
- 25m Pool Noodle Horse Ride
Year 1 – Year 2
- 25m Freestyle/Pool Noodle or Kick Board
- 25m Backstroke/Kick Board
- 25m Pool Noodle Horse Ride
PURPOSE: No ribbons will be awarded at this carnival as this is purely a non-competitive carnival to encourage fun in the water.
Extra Information: I understand that all students are at different levels and this carnival has been designed to accommodate that. Each lane will have a swimming instructor in it to assist the students as needed. All students will also have access to a flotation device (kick board or pool noodle) if needed. Students do not have to use these if they can swim and are welcome to do freestyle or backstroke in the pool noodle/kickboard events. We encourage all students to attend regardless of their swimming ability. Having an instructor with the students and novelty races ensure that this is a memorable day, whilst building confidence in the water prior to joining the more competitive races at the Year Three to Year Six swimming carnival in years to come.
Parents and Grandparents are more than welcome to attend.
Thanks very much and if you have any questions, please feel free to email me at brendan.luck@twb.catholic.edu.au.
SSPS Cross Country 2024
As you might be aware the SSPS Cross Country will be held on Thursday 28th of March 2024. The cross country will be on the college oval again this year. Due to the construction the layout/track for the day will be slightly adjusted. Please find all information regarding the day and if you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me Brendan.luck@twb.catholic.edu.au.
- There will be teachers situated outside the school grounds on the course to help students around the track.
- Spectators are more than welcome at the cross country.
- We ask that spectators do not enter the middle of the oval and spectate from the outside of the track.
- The prep driveway will be used as part of the track and will be closed and unable to be used on the day of the cross country. Please park on Lawrence Street or the Cathedral Centre.
Order of Events:
The order of events this year will be:
- Boys and Girls born 2019 - 2 laps of College Oval (Year six students to form a wall around the inside and outside of the oval track to help cheer the younger students on for this race - not running with them or chasing them).
- Boys and Girls born 2018 - 3 laps of College Oval (Year six students to form a wall around the inside and outside of the oval track to help cheer the younger students on for this race not running with them or chasing them).
- Boys and Girls born 2012 - 2 laps of College Oval, 3 laps of school, 1 lap of College Oval
- Boys and Girls born 2013 - 2 laps of College Oval, 3 laps of school, 1 lap of College Oval
- Boys and Girls born 2014 - 2 laps of College Oval, 2 laps of school, 1 lap of College Oval
- Boys and Girls born 2015 - 2 laps of College Oval, 2 laps of school, 1 lap of College Oval
- Boys and Girls born 2017 - Start on college oval, out of college and down Perth Street, to Ruthven Street. Follow Ruthven Street to Prep driveway and up Prep driveway. Back up Perth Street and finish on college oval.
- Boys and Girls born 2016 - Start on college oval, out of college and down Perth Street, to Ruthven Street. Follow Ruthven Street to Prep driveway and up Prep driveway. Back up Perth Street and finish on college oval.
This order is so the older students, who are running the most distance will be running in the cooler part of the day.
Starting Time:
The event for children born in 2019 will start at 9am and will follow in the order below. All races will take place with the boys first, followed by the girls. No races will begin before the times listed below. Please keep in mind, races may start after the start time if races run behind.
Cross Country 2024
School Sport
Congratulations to Samuel Abot who made the Toowoomba Basketball Team. Samuel will now attend Darling Downs trials to try and make the Darling Downs team. Good luck and we look forward to hearing all about your fantastic experience.
Twisters Touch Football
Congratulations to George Gainey, Georgie Hedge, Mahaylie Weribone and Ruby Land on making Toowoomba Twister teams for touch football. Best of luck and we are all cheering for you.
Fitness Club
Fitness club is a fun way for your child to work on their fitness with their peers in preparation for the SSPS Cross Country in the last week of Term One. These sessions are offered to students in Year Three to Year Six. Fitness Club runs every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 7:15am - 8am running till Thursday 21st of March 2024. Your child is welcome to attend all sessions, once a week or whatever suits your family schedule. Thank you to Mrs McHugh, Mrs Wagner, Mrs Harris and Mr Logan for helping with running these sessions. If you have any questions, please email me via Brendan.luck@twb.catholic.edu.au.
Zone and Darling Downs Trials
All Zone and Darling Downs trials will be placed on Parent Portal. Please check Parent Portal regularly or set up notifications on your phone if you wish for your child to be eligible to trial for Zone and Darling Downs sporting teams as you will be required to obtain paperwork from myself. I am unable to nominate students after the closing date so please make sure you do keep an eye on Parent Portal. Any questions, please contact me at brendan.luck@twb.catholic.edu.au.
Upcoming Events (Term One)
- SSPS Junior Swimming Carnival (Prep – Year 2) Monday, 25th March (9am – 12:30pm).
- T-Ball Gala Day (Year Four) Tuesday 26th March.
- SSPS Cross Country (Prep – Year 6) Thursday, 28th March.
- Fitness Club – 6th February to 21st March (every Tuesday and Thursday).
Cheers
Brendan Luck
HPE Teacher
brendan.luck@twb.catholic.edu.au
A very special photo for the Black Family (Jack, Harry and Joseph) who recently got to meet Australian Cricket player Ricky Ponting.
The boys were so excited and I am sure Dad was too.