HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION

It has been a great start to Term 1 in Health and Physical Education, with some House and Inter-School Sports kicking off a busy end to summer. 

House Swimming Sports was a fantastic day, with students coming together to support their newly renamed houses; Baan House (Blue House), Darrang (Green House), Biik House (Red House), Ngawan (Yellow House). The venue was flooded in a sea of blue, green, red and yellow, with each house heavily represented in the events throughout the day. It was especially encouraging to see the incredible number of students in the walking lane, water polo and dance contests.  

Well done to all swimmers who participated and were awarded vital points for their house. We witnessed outstanding results with plenty of students taking away multiple 1st place ribbons and booking their spot in the 2022 Mooroolbark College swimming team. Congratulations to Baan House for winning the swimming carnival for the second year running! 

On 17th of February, our senior students went out on the Maroondah division interschool sport days. All teams were incredibly competitive and our senior boys’ volleyball and senior girls’ tennis teams were successful in progressing to the EMR championships. Well done to those students!  

Our Year 7-10 students will also be going out on interschool sports soon. Chat to Mr. Exon or fill in the Microsoft Form on Compass if you are interested in getting involved. 

In Term 2 we will have our house athletics and cross-country carnivals which are sure to provide even more opportunities for all the houses as they try and claim victory over Baan House. 

The Year 7 students have been busy adjusting to their new routine… getting changed into PE gear at school can be confusing. A reminder to always bring your PE gear labelled in a bag so that it can be organised and kept from getting mixed with other students’ clothes. 

The Year 8-10 students have been working hard on demonstrating their teamwork, participation and communication skills during our Minor Games and Fitness unit which is about to wrap up before each year level begins a new sport for the remainder of the term.  

Stay tuned on our Facebook page for more photos and action shots of Athletics and Interschool Sports such as Tennis and Volleyball. 

Stephanie Todd (Health & PE Key Learning Head) and Ryan Exon (Interschool Sport Coordinator).