HPE Week activities keep students moving

From mountain biking to dancing to skipping, HPE Week this week so far has offered a range of fun activities for St Joseph’s students.

HPE Week celebrates the role of Health & Physical Education in schools and communities. The aim is to promote the importance of HPE in the Australian Curriculum and to highlight the importance of HPE to the learning and development of children and young people.

The program of lunchtime activities was designed to encourage the fun and enjoyment of physical exercise with age-appropriate activities. The activities included Invasion Ball, Skipping, Tennis, Futsal, Dance-fit and mountain biking.

HPE week is always a fantastic opportunity to showcase the importance, value, and fun of physical activity in the St Joseph’s school community and parents and caregivers were also welcomed to witness and to take part in the activities.

Border District Winter Trials

Thursday 25th February saw a number of St Joseph’s students make the trek to Warwick for the annual Border District Winter Sports trials.

All students more than held their own across a range of sports, with a number of young first time trialists and the school is pleased to announce the following students were successful in gaining selection in Border District teams to contest Darling Downs trials later this month.

Brayden Spiller - 19 Years Football

Hannah Widderick - 19 Years Netball

Mia Everson - 15 Years Football

Addison Swan - 15 Years Football

The school would like to extend it’s thanks to all parents for supporting their children in their sporting endeavours allowing them the opportunity to represent to the highest standard possible.

South West Futsal

Last week saw a number of teams from St Joseph's travel to Highfields, Toowoomba for the South West Futsal competition.

All students played to their best ability across three fixture games and the spirit was high amongst all teams with great teamwork on display.

Swimming

Well done to Liam Green, Lillian Kendall and Jessica Pradella who represented The Granite Belt zone at the Darlings Downs Region 10/12 Years school swimming championships at Gatton on Wednesday 3rd March.

Congratulations to Jess who was selected to represent The Darling Downs in the 50m Butterfly, 50m and 100m Backstroke and 50m, 100m and 200m Freestyle.

We wish Jessica all the best at the Queensland Schools Championships.