Sports News
Swimming Stars
Over the weekend Mia, Emma, Harper and Sophia competed at the Toowoomba Open Swimming Carnival at Milne Bay Aquatic Centre in Toowoomba. The girls had a great day with many achievements. Emma received seven medals on the day for 3rd in 100m breaststroke 1st in 100m freestyle, 1st in 100m butterfly, 1st in 50m butterfly, 1st in 200m IM, 2nd in 50 backstroke and 1st in100m backstroke.
Emma also took out age champion for the 11-year-old girls. Harper placed 3rd in 400m freestyle, 1st in 200m backstroke, and 3rd in 50m backstroke and achieved 12 years and under long distance champion.
Mia placed 2nd in 100 backstroke and Sophia came 1st in 50m breaststroke, 3rd in 50m butterfly, 3rd in 50m backstroke and 3rd in 50m freestyle. All four girls said they had a lot of fun and there was decent competition on the day (Picture Below).
Indigenous Games
Over the last four weeks of term students in Year 3 to Year 6 will be participating in traditional Indigenous games. Students will not only have a lot of fun in these games but also learn about Indigenous culture. Last week students started with a hunting game called ‘Gorri’ where they hunted for different Australian animals using tennis balls as spears. Next, they played a game of ‘Thepan’ which is a sword play game where students needed to hit their opponent in the legs to get them out (Picture Attached).
Lastly, students participated in ‘Tha,an’ which consisted of students working in groups of three. Students would be on either end of a pole and would need to push their opponent out of the marked area, similar to tug of war but pushing instead of pulling. Students had a blast playing these games and are looking forward to playing and learning more traditional games over the remainder of Term Four.
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. Any questions, please contact me at brendan.luck@twb.catholic.edu.au.
Cheers
Brendan Luck
PE Teacher