Sapsasa Events

Our school participates in a wide range of Sapsasa events throughout the year.  Trina and Kate train and trial students to represent the school at these events. Sapsasa is aimed mainly at Year 6 and 7 students but there will be opportunities for Year 4 and 5 students to participate in some sports. The events we anticipate competing in this year are:

  • Swimming (students born 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006). Monday 25th February at Strathalbyn pool

  • Football (Year 6/7 girls. Strathalbyn Carnival Thursday 14th March)

  • Athletics (students born 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006). Wednesday 1st May at Victor Harbor Primary

  • Cross Country (students born 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006). Wednesday 8th May at Kent Reserve

  • Netball (Year 6/7 girls. Victor Harbor High Carnival Wednesday 29th May)

  • Football (Year 6/7 boys. Encounter Bay Carnival Wednesday 29th May)

  • Basketball (Year 6/7’s Carnival Wednesday 24th July. Year 4/5 Carnival Wednesday 7th August. Morphett Vale stadium)

  • Cricket (Year 6/7’s. Cricket Carnival normally in Term 4).

  • Tennis (more information TBA)

 

Athletics important information:

Please note that there has been a significant change with Athletics being moved to the first half of Term 2 due to the Australian Championships being held in Darwin this year. This means students will begin Athletic trails in Week 2 Term 1 along with Sports Day trials and preparations.

When information on these events is available we will put notices in the Newsletter and send notes home with the students who are interested.

 

SAPSASA photo displays will be put up on the gym windows so feel free to come and have a look after events at some of the photos taken.

 

There also will be opportunities for students to try out for the Southern Fleurieu District Association teams in various sports and also for Sapsasa State teams. Again, when this information becomes available to us we will inform all eligible via the newsletter and notices home. This year the District Sapsasa convenor will also be posting information on the SOUTHERN FLEURIEU FACEBOOK PAGE and the SOUTHERN FLEURIEU LINK ON THE SAPSASA WEBSITE (www.decd.sa.gov.au/teaching/sport)

Sapsasa State Teams Selections

Interested students wanting to trial for State teams need to refer to the Sapsasa website (www.decd.sa.gov.au/teaching/sport) to access all trial information and nomination forms.

If you wish to trial for a team, an online nomination must be completed and submitted by the due date for each sport. Information for each sport is available by clicking on List of Sports, then the sport you are interested in nominating for. (A separate nomination form is required for each sport). It is up to the student and their parent/caregiver to enrol, pay for and attend these try outs. See Trina or Kate at school if you need more information re this process. Our Southern Fleurieu Zone Convenor is Jerry Blair. You can contact him via email jerry.blair803@schools.sa.edu.au

PE Week

Week 5 was PE Week which had lots of activities and events offered throughout the whole week.

·         Each morning the classes started their day with special ‘Morning Motivation’ videos from an Elite sporting team or Olympian, devised especially for our school. 

·         Students were involved in their normal PE activities and Break time activities run by Year 6/7’s as well as having Table Tennis Tables set up in the gym and Totem Tennis equipment set up on the oval for access at Break times.

·         Tuesday and Wednesday’s PE lessons were run as buddy lessons with a Literacy focus on their games.

·         Numeracy based PE games were set up all week for classes to play with at their leisure in their lesson times.

·         There was also a ‘PE week @ PEPS’ quiz and take home ‘task sheet’ that students were invited to fill in, finish and hand in to win awesome prizes which were awarded at the assembly on Thursday.

·         The Assembly also had special past PEPS students, who are State Representatives in Surf Boat Rowing, speak to the students and help out with the prizes.

·         Lots of students took up the opportunity to wear sports clothing on Thursday and looked fantastic.

·         On Monday, staff (and a few Year 6’s) took on the Year 7’s in a friendly, fun football match. The staff team did win the match (with great assistance from the wind).

·         On Thursday staff played the Year 7 students in a netball match. It was a great game, played with a lot of skill and everyone had a lot of fun.

Overall, the students and staff had a great week with many Physical Education opportunities. A fun, active week for all!

Woolworths Cricket Blast Year 6/7 Cricket

On Tuesday 13th November we had 3 girls and 1boys team compete in the annual Year 6/7 Cricket Carnival at Goolwa Oval. Thank you to Vicki, Kate, Jed and Michael who were the adults who supervised a team on the day. The players had a fun time and got to learn a fair bit about cricket.

One of our girls’ teams won the day, so they will participate in the state wide carnival at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday 20th November. We wish the girls an enjoyable, rewarding time and experience.

Adelaide Crows Female Footballers Clinic

Sarah Perkins and Ebony Marinoff, players from the Adelaide Crows, ran 2 x 30 min clinics with our Year 3-7 girls on Tuesday 6th November.

The girls had a great time and enjoyed the opportunity to play and learn more about this sport from two very talented players.

If more information is required re participating in AFL football or any sport, please see Trina or Kate at school.

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PE Week

In Week 5 we will be celebrating PE Week.

Each morning every class will start their day with a special ‘Morning Motivation’ video from an Elite sporting team or Olympian, especially for our school.  Students will be involved in their normal PE activities and Break time activities run by Year 6/7’s. There will also be Table Tennis Tables set up in the gym and Totem Tennis equipment set up on the oval for access at Break times. On Monday and Thursday there will be staff vs students games occurring.

Tuesday and Wednesday’s PE lessons will be buddy lessons with a Literacy focus on their games by racing to unjumble sport words. Numeracy based PE games will be set up for lesson times to be played with classes all week at their leisure.

There will be a ‘PE week @ PEPS’ quiz and take home ‘task sheet’ that students can fill in, finish and hand in to win awesome prizes at the assembly on Thursday. Students are invited to wear sports clothing instead of school uniform on the Thursday only. Please, no singlets which expose shoulders to be worn. The student may prefer to wear the sports singlet over a school shirt or similar.

A fun, active week for all!

Adelaide Crows Female Footballers Clinic

Adelaide Crows are running 2 x 30 min clinics with our Year 3-7 girls on Tuesday 6th November  (Week 4) between 10:30am and 11:30am. They will have 2 AFLW players coming on the day.

The timetable is:

10:30am: Warner (Yr 3 girls), Turley, Reedy, Taylor/Gillies and Blacker/Reynolds

11am: Roberts/Bond (PE), Hancock, Dybala, Zadow

 

Feel free to come along and join in on the day.

2019 House Captains

The current Year 6’s have been invited to apply for House Captain in 2019. They are currently being supported to organise their campaign. Speeches will be delivered to all classes in Week 7 with voting occurring in Week 7 PE lessons. The successful House Captains will be announced in Week 8/9 and will have the responsibilities handed over to them at the end of year awards assembly. They will also have training during the remainder of Week 9 by the existing House Captains. We wish all candidates the best.

Sports Day preparations are well underway, with the date being tentatively set for Friday Week 10, Term 1, 5th April 2019.

Thank you

A big thank you to the Goolwa Netball Club for donating to the school 2 used and in good condition netball post pads. We are grateful for this generous and thoughtful donation.

The Coles dockets Sports Equipment has arrived. Thanks to everyone who collected and counted these dockets. The students are very grateful and will enjoy using this equipment.

 

Year 6/7 Girls Football

On Wednesday 26th September the 2 Year 6/7 Girls' Football teams played in a 9 a side carnival at EFS, Strathalbyn. The girls tried really hard and learnt a lot about football. We won one game each for the day but had a lot of fun. Thank you to Nadine for assisting us there and back on the bus and to Tom, Archie, Brandon and Shaun who coached and assisted us at practices and on the day.

SACA Cricket Clinic

Year R-4 students will be involved in a cricket clinic run by SACA on Friday 26th October.. Times of the sessions are:

9:50am Turley, Warner, Lacey classes

10:40am Taylor, Blacker Yr 4's only, Reedy classes

11:30am Break 1

12pm Norde, Allsop, Dale classes

12:50pm Cordy, Slee, Gillett classes