The students of MPS have experienced many sporting opportunities in recent weeks, encouraging our physical movement and fitness skills.
Annual MPS Track Carnival
In the last week of Term 2 MPS students participated in the Athletics Track carnival at Moruya High School. Our students engaged in 100-, 200-, 800- and 1500-meter sprints as well as challenging themselves in a house team relay. We had many students trying new skills for the first time as the events challenged short and long course running skills, and all students enjoyed a day of sport. We had many volunteers, including MHS students mentoring us and we appreciate Moruya High School for hosting our event. Thank you.
Eurobodalla District PSSA athletics track and field carnival
This week our MPS students had opportunities to engage in higher sport competition at the Eurobodalla District PSSA athletics track and field carnival. We had students from all stages compete in track and field events including short and long course sprints, shot put and high jump. Our students also represented our school in Junior and Senior Boys and Girls 100m sprint relays, encouraging our school teamwork and spirit.
All competitors represented our school well and gave fantastic effort. We have a few MPS students who will be moving forward in the competition arena to the Regional PSSA athletics track and field carnival later in the term. More information on that will be shared here in coming weeks. Watch this space.
MPS Premier’s Sporting Challenge Olympics
MPS students have begun their Premier’s Sporting Challenge last week in week 1. All students from K to 6 have opportunity to participate in a range of physical activities within the school program, in the classroom and on breaks.
The Premier’s Sporting Challenge encourages active participation in physical activity both in school hours and out of school. Students in K-2 will log participation in Fundamental Movement Skills, while students in years 3-6 will log their participation toward specific movement activities and sports. This challenge has encouraged many interesting conversations with students about what physical activity can look like in school, sport and home environments.
In the spirit of the Olympics, MPS students are now engaged in the MPS Premier’s Sporting Challenge Olympics. In this challenge students log their minutes of sporting and physical activity to achieve different levels of participation: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Diamond.
Students are given time to log their achievements and their participation is logged in a class team tally. Every week classes will log their class medals onto their e wall chart. The classes with the most gold/diamond participation medals for sport and physical activity will be awarded a MPS Gold, Silver or Bronze Medal of participation.
The first week was a very exciting week with the following classes achieving the awards below.
Week 1 Premiers Sporting Challenge Class Participation Medal Winners
Gold Medal - 3/4C : 16 Gold/Silver participation medals
Silver Medal - 4/5F: 15 Gold/Silver participation medals
Bronze Medal - 5/6T: 14 Gold Silver participation medals
Students can log their outside of school sport and movement activities in this challenge as well. Please encourage your child to look for other ways to participate in the challenge. Sport practice, sport games, swimming lessons, sport/ movement classes and even movement activities that increase your heart rate for 20 minutes such as brisk walking or running the dog around the block would be included in the tally.
Great work to those classes. I look forward to seeing the winners for this week.
Mrs Finney
