School Sport Newsletter: 6th May 2022

Dennis Huffer - Athletics Coach

St Gabriels have been very fortunate to have a qualified Athletics Coach Dennis Huffer to teach the students from Prep - Year 6 over the next three weeks. The school applied for special funding under the sporting school grant and were successful in the application allowing Dennis to teach the students over four school days. Dennis will be teaching the students the important techniques in running correctly, high jumping, jumping over hurdles, running with and handing over a relay baton and performing  triple jump correctly. Dennis has introduced fun warm up activities for the students and his key message has been "to enjoy what you do and give it your best.” On behalf of the school I would like to thank Dennis for teaching the students over the next three weeks on Athletics.

Walk to School Safely - Friday 27th May

Friday the 20th of May is officially the Australian Walk to School Safely Day.  The key objectives of National Walk Safely to school are to encourage parents and carers to walk to school with primary school aged children and to promote the health benefits of walking and create regular walking habits. Due to the Year 5 camp being scheduled on this day St Gabriels Walk to School Day will be held on Friday 27th May. Mr Hogan will be at the Park on Cross’s Road to meet students and parents from 8.00am until 8.15am. We will leave the park together and arrive at school around 8.40am. Students will receive a sticker at the park from Mr Hogan as part of their participation in the event. 

District  Cross Country Championship - Friday 6th May 

On Friday 6th May, 36 students from St Gabriel’s will compete in the Traralgon District Primary School Cross Country Championship held at Agnes Brereton Park in Traralgon. The boys and girls in the Under 9/10 age group will run 2 kilometres whilst the Under 11 and Under 12/13 age group will run 3 kilometres. The first event commences at 10.00am with Under 12/13 boys running first followed by the Under 12/13 girls. The cross country event is expected to finish around 12.00pm. On behalf of the school I would like to congratulate all the students competing in the District Cross Country on Friday and may “they run like the wind”  

Yrs. 3 & 4 Swimming Program -  Monday 16th May

The students in Years 3 and 4 will commence their swimming program at the Ford Swimming Centre on the week beginning Monday 16th May. I would like to thank the students who have already returned  their swimming surveys and I would like all completed surveys by next Monday 9th of May so I can return them to the Ford Swim Centre.   If you have any concerns with the swimming program please contact me and I can discuss with coordinators of the swimming program.

Prep PMP Program

Every Wednesday the students in Grade Prep will participate in a Perceptual Motor Program (PMP). Each Grade Prep class will participate in a movement-based program which helps younger students improve their eye/hand and eye/foot coordination, fitness, balance, locomotion and eye-tracking skills. Each will spend 25 minutes completing 6 activities each week in the stadium. I would like to thank the Prep staff and the Grade 6 House captains for helping support the program. Please see the attached photos.

Sporting Achievements - Basketball 

On the school holidays the following girls from St Gabriel’s P.S Aayliah Judilla and Tahnee Judilla played in the U12 Traralgon Basketball team. The girls played in the  Basketball Victorian Country Championships in Ballarat. The girls finished in third place in the tournament . On behalf of the school I would like to congratulate the girls on their outstanding achievements in basketball. Please see the attached photos.

Sporting Achievements -

If you have any sporting news of an individual or a team please email me at: dhogan@stgtraralgon.catholic.edu.au Please include photos if you can. Greatly appreciated Damian Hogan