Last week the students from years 3 to 6 participated in a Mini Olympics Incursion. Daniel and “Dozza” came to our school and taught us many facts about the Olympics from a variety of countries that we didn’t know. We also did many fun activities involving balance, aim, kicking and throwing.
Overall, everyone really enjoyed the day and we are thankful that the teachers organised this day for us.
Here are some photos from the day…
At the end of last term the 5/6 students participated in Teeball Interschool Winter Sports. We played well against all the schools in Scoresby District competition winning most of our games and making it through to the Divisional champtionships.
In the Division competition we played against 12 different schools and we won most of our games which showed how much we had improved as a team. Unfortunately, we were unable to win enough games to make it through to regionals champtionships but were very proud of our efforts.
Thankful to Mr. O’Brien for his guidance throughout the Teeball competition.
On Tuesday 7th of May the students in all grades participated in our annual cross country. This year the cross country took place around the school as Egan Lee Reserve is currently under renovations. Our Prep students ran one whole lap of the school including running through the car park and the basketball court whilst the 1/2 students ran two laps, the 3/4’s ran three laps and 5/6 students ran four laps. It was great seeing so many students being active whether it was walking or running all the way around the course. The Grade 6’s were luck enough to run an extra lap with their buddy which was really cool.
There were lots of amazing efforts throughout the school and the top ten students for each year level will get to represent HT in the district cross country.
The overall places for the house championship are as follows ….
Mackillop (Green house) won for spirit points which were earnt in sport class and at sporting events.
Dominic (Red house) came in 2nd place, Bunurong (Gold house) came in 3rd place and Mackay (Blue house) in 4th place.
Congratulations to everyone for your efforts with preparing and participating in our school cross country!
A big thank to Miss Humphris for all of her efforts with organising this event for our school.
On Tuesday 20 February the students from Grades 3 to 6 went to the Bill Sewart Athletics track in Burwood to participate in our school athletics day. The students participated in a range of athletics activities like high jump, long jump, triple jump, discus, shot put as well as the running events including 100m, 200m and 400m.
Everyone participated well in the different athletics events and the spirit shown throughout the day was excellent.
Overall, it was a great day for everyone.
A big thank you to all of our wonderful helpers and to Miss Humphris for all of her hard work in organizing the Athletics Day. Great job everyone!
On Friday the 23rd of February, twenty one students for years 3 to 6 were chosen to represent HT at Croydon Memorial Swimming Pool. The pool is an Olympic sized which means it is 50 metres long and at least 8 lanes wide.
HT had lots of successful swimmers that participated in a range of events including backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke and relay. Some of our swimmers did so well that they were chosen to participate at the next level of competition.
Overall, HT came 3rd but we were only a few points from first so it was a fantastic result. Most importantly all the students represented HT with great sportsmanship positively supporting all the students swimming even those that were not from our school.
One of our year 5 participants commented how he really liked being part of the day and gave it a rating of 10 out of 10.
Here are a few photos from the day of competition.
At the end of last term nineteen girls were chosen to represent Holy Trinity in netball for Winter Interschool Sports.
We had been practising hard for a few weeks and it was great to see how well each teams improved throughout the competition.
This is how our teams went during the competition ….
A team
Game 1: Played St Judes and WON
Game 2: Played Bayswater West and WON
Game 3: Played Wattleview and WON
Game 4: Played Boronia K-12 and WON
Final: In the final HT played against Bayswater West and we needed to go into overtime to find a winner. We ended up WINNING which meant that the A Team is the Champions of the Scoresby District.
B team
Game 1: Played Wattleview and WON
Game 2: Played Scoresby and LOST
Game 3: Played Knox Park and WON
Game 4: Played Kent Park and TIED
DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS
In the Division championships we played against
Game 1: St. Andrews and WON
Game 2: Bayswater West and WON
Game 3: Regency Park and LOST
In the final match we played against Templeton and we needed to win by one goal to make it through to Regional Championships.
Overall, we won 5 out of the 7 matches which is an amazing effort.
Overall, we did a great job to come third in the Division Championships. We are thankful for Mrs. Rocha, Mr. D and the parent helpers for your fantastic support.
Here are a few photos from our netball days….
On June 7th 2023 the year 5/6’s participated in Interschool sports soccer at Knox Park.
Each game was about 30 minutes long with a break in the middle. We also had a 20 minute break between each game.
Here are our Day 1 scores
HT Boys Games:
1st game HT Vs Saint Judes 0 – 1 Loss
2nd game HT Vs Kent Park 3 – 0 Win
3rd game HT Vs Knox Park 1 – 0 WIn
4th game HT VS Boronia K-12 6 – 0 Win
HT Girls Games:
1st game HT Vs Scoresby Mixed 2 – 0 Win
2nd game HT Vs St Jude’s 1 – 0 Win
3rd game HT Vs Knox Park 0 – 2 Loss
4th game BYE
Division Competition:
HT Girls played in the soccer division championships as well.
These are the overall results ….
HT Vs Mount Waverley 0 – 6 Loss
HT Vs Heritage College 1 – 4 Loss
HT Vs Knox Park 0 – 1 Loss
Overall the 5/6s really enjoyed representing our school in soccer and had a great time!
Here are some photos from the day!
On Friday 19th of May 58 students from years 3 to 6 participated in the Scoresby District Cross Country. The event took place at Jells Park. Despite the cold and wet conditions, these students represented our school with pride and tried their best. We are very pleased to announce that HT were the overall District champions, which is a wonderful achievement following our recent success at the Athletics District event. We are very proud of all the students! A number of students have also qualified for the Division Cross Country on the 2nd of June.
A big thank you goes to Mr. D and all the parents who have helped to train us to be ready for this cross country event.
On Wednesday 7th June and Friday 16th June our Year 5s and 6s represented Holy Trinity in Tee Ball. The boys and girls were separated into two teams for their T Ball games.
In the first match the HT boys played against the Scoresby boys. It was a hard fought match and in the end the scores were 17 – 16 which meant the HT boys won by 1 run!
In the first match for HT girls they played against Knox Park girls. Unfortunately for the girls lost even though they learnt a lot from the match.
After their first games the next match that each team played was against each other! HT boys Vs HT girls. At the end of the interesting match the scores were very close but the HT boys won the match.
For the boys, their third game was against Scoresby mixed. The match was fair but there was a big gap in the scores and HT boys won once again!
The HT girls third match was against Knox Park boys. Against all odds the scores ended up being the exact same that means the match was tied.
The fourth match and final match for the HT boys was against Bayswater boys. This match ended up in a tie but then the two teachers decided to do a sudden death round to decide on the result. In the end HT boys ended up winning by 2 points.
The fourth match for the HT girls was against Scoresby. The game scores ended up losing in a close fought match.
Overall, both the boys and girls represented HT with pride and played really well!
Thank you to all the teachers and parents that helped support us with our games.
On Monday (8th of May) all the students at HT and St. Mary’s participated in our school’s annual Cross Country event. The students walked to Egan Lee Reserve to complete the run. Even though the weather wasn’t ideal everyone tried their best & had fun! The younger students ran 1 lap of the track (1km long), the students in the 3/4 level ran two laps and the older students ran 3 laps.
The preps were lucky enough to run with their buddies. Even though many students felt quite nervous leading up to the event it was great to see so many students doing their best and ‘getting active’.
Thanks to Mr D for organizing this day and for all the parent volunteers for helping with running the event!
Here are some pictures of a some of our ribbon winners after their events ….
Each Friday this term there has been lots of excitement amongst our Prep to Year 4 students as they have been have been participating in swimming lessons at Swim World in Glen Waverley. Each week the students dress with their swimming costumes underneath their school clothes. At their allocated time each class gets ready by putting on their swimming caps and goggles and then they go on the bus to Swim World.
During swimming lessons the students have been learning a variety of skills including floating, water safety techniques and practising the different swimming strokes.
Last Friday, the students brought along some old clothes to wear in the pool to practise what a person should do if they were to fall into the water. The students seem to really enjoy this adventure!
Overall, the students are having a great time at their swimming lessons and are looking forward to the last fun lesson this Friday.
Here are a few photos of the students in action …..
On Monday 20 February the students from Grades 3 to 6 went to the Bill Sewart Athletics track in Burwood to participate in our school athletics day.
Students participated in a range of athletics events including the field events of long jump, discus, high jump, shot put and the running events of 800 m, 200 m and 100 metre sprint.
There were so many impressive results with lots of students achieving personal bests and some even participating in events that they had never participated in before.
Everyone had a great time and many students were chosen represent the school in district athletics championships in May.
Our Age Champions for this year were ….
Year 3 – Patrick S & Peyton
Year 4 – Owen V & Audrey & Asha
Year 5 – Josh R & June
Year 6 – Lizzie & Darcy
The winning house for the day was Dominic (Red) with Bunurong (Yellow) – 2nd, Mackay (Blue) – 3rd and MacKillop (Green) – 4th taking the remaining places. Congratulations to everyone in Dominic House!
Here are a few of the photos of some of our age champions and Oliver displaying holding the shield as the winning house captain.
On Thursday 1st December, Holy Trinity and St Mary’s students and families gathered for our annual Twilight Sports. Bunarong (Yellow), Mackay(Blue), Dominic (Red) and MacKillop(Green) competed in various events to win the overall Twilight Sports shield for 2022.
It was a fantastic night with everyone thoroughly enjoying the opportunity to gather again after missing out on Twilight Sports since 2020.
The final event of the evening was where the year 6s ran the Fran Rascas run. This is a special race held just for the year 6 students who run around the school to remember Fran Raskas who was a parent who did a lot for our school community many years ago. The overall winners of the Fran Rascas race were Nathan for the boys race and Abbey won the girls race.
At the end of the evening MacKillop was announced as the overall winners of the event. Well done everyone in the MacKillop team!
Thank you to all the parents, staff and especially Mr. D for helping to organise such an enjoyable event for everyone.
By Zac and Sean
Here are some of the photos from our Twilight Sports evening …
On Monday 17th October, two teams of students from year 5/6 represented HT at softball in the Knox Division Championships at Gilbert Park. As you can imagine the competition was very strong when competing against all the other district winners but we held our own winning two of the three games that we played. Unfortunately, we just missed out on making it to the regional championships where just missed out on percentage and finishing third overall.
Overall, we all had lots of fun and represented HT with great pride and displayed great sportsmanship throughout the day. Thanks to Mr. D for helping to train us throughout the last couple of months and for helping us to participate in the day.
On Wednesday the 19th of October, two teams of 3/4 students were chosen to participate in the Regional All Star Hoop Time Championships at the State Basketball Centre. This was after our Future Star team also played in the Future Star Competition a week prior. Our All Star boys team won all their matches including the grand final against Monbulk Primary. Our All Star girls team also won all their games including a close win in the grand final against Scoresby Primary where they got the job done in the final few minutes. Our Future Star team also was successful in their grand final which is an amazing result for HT where our All Star Boys, Girls and Future Star teams made it through to the State Hoop Time Championships later on this term.
Well done to our 3/4 students and not only making it through to the State Championships but also using the TORCH values throughout the day as they represented HT. We can’t wait to hear what happens in a few weeks time.
Last Friday (14 October), the year 5/6 students went on an excursion to Hampton Beach to learn about beach safety. We learnt what to do in a emergency (DRSABCD), how you should act at the beach and the rules you should follow at the beach. We also learnt some great beach games such as Giants Treasure and Capture the flag.
Overall, all the 5/6 students were thankful for the opportunity to participate in this day and it was a very fun and helpful for us.
At the end of last term (Thursday the 15th of September) Holy Trinity and St Mary’s was full of colour as everyone wore their chosen footy team colors. During the day there were lots of games, competitions, food and energy as everyone joined in the excitement of the AFL football finals.
In the afternoon we had a parade on the basketball court each where each team walked around and sang their club song.
It was a great way to complete a great term 3.
Here are some pictures of the day.
Enjoy!
On Wednesday 24th of August and Tuesday 6th of September, the students from Years 5 and 6 students represented HT and St. Mary’s at tennis at Mountain Gate.
The students chosen to play tennis were divided up into 2 boys teams, Team A and Team B, as well as one girls team. Team A consisted of mainly Year 6 boys whilst Team B consisted of mainly Year 5 boys. The girls team consisted of both students from Years 5 and 6.
Some of the schools that we played against included Boronia K-12, Kent Park, Wattleview, St Judes and Scoresby. When Team A was playing games on court Team B would be cheering, counting the team’s points or practising and getting ready for their upcoming game. Then Team A and Team B would swap and it was great to receive encouragement throughout the day. Everyone was very enthusiastic even when the other schools were winning.
Overall, it was a very successful and well organised day with all teams winning some games. Well done to all students for their great behaviour and for representing our school with such great sportsmanship.
Here are a few photos of us in action at our games ……
On Wednesday August 24th and Tuesday 6th September the years 5’s and 6’s represented Holy Trinity and St. Mary’s at Interschool Cricket. The other schools that we played against included Wattleview, Scoresby, St Judes, Kent Park and Bayswater West and all games were played at HV Jones Reserve at Mountain Gate. We were divided into two team with team A being an all boys team and team B being a mixed team.
We were the first school to arrive at the ground so we had some time to practise our bowling and batting skills. Once all the schools arrived we ate some food and went to our assigned cricket pitches to play our games. Each school had an A and B team and for the first day the A teams played against the B teams.
On day 1 our A team was ‘on fire’ and won all their games while our B team played well but missed out on achieving any victories. However, on day 2 all the B teams played against one another and the A teams played the other A teams from the other schools. The B team showed how much they had improved throughout the competition by winning half of their games and once again our A team won all of their games meaning they were they were the champions of the entire tournament. As Division champion our A team will play against the winners of other Divisions at the cricket District Championship next term.
Overall, it was a highly successful two days for our cricket teams and they represented our school using the same TORCH values that they use at school.
Here are a few photos of our Interschool Cricket teams ….
On Wednesday the 24th of August and Tuesday the 6th of September the year 5/6 students represented Holy Trinity & St. Mary’s in Interschool Sports for Softball. The competition took place at Gilbert Park where we competed against teams from Knox Park, Bayswater West, Kent Park and Wattleview. Our school had two teams compete with one team being an all girls team and another a mixed team.
Both HT teams were very successful during the competition with both teams winning all of their matches on the first day except for the game between both Holy Trinity teams where the HT mixed team won.
On the second day of competition we were equally successful with Holy Trinity defeating Knox Park in the grand final by 8 runs. Both teams were premiers of the Scoresby district and will play against the other district winning teams in the Division Interschool Softball competition in term 4.
Overall, everyone really enjoyed the representing HT & St. Mary’s in softball and consistently demonstrated the TORCH values throughout the competition. Well done to everyone and thank you to Miss Tubby and Mr. D for helping to coach and prepare us for the competition.
Here are some photos of our softball teams ….
