Cricket Carnival

On Friday 26 February Catherine McAuley participated in the Catholic Schools cricket carnival at Karen Rolton Reserve. We entered three teams involving 26 students from year six and seven. The students played in a round robin competition involving four games. The carnival provided a great opportunity for students to implement their skills and knowledge taught in Physical Education lessons.

Teams started strongly, with a good understanding of the game. Throughout the day it was great to see students improve their bowling and catching skills resulting in many wickets taken. The ‘6 hitting’ and spectacular catching were a few of the highlights. As the day progressed teams grew in confidence and worked well to score many runs and restrict the opposition from scoring with great fielding.

Thank you to Ms Connelly, Mr Marafioti and Mrs Rositano for their help and support in providing a successful experience for the students.

Catholic Schools Student Driven Leadership Program

Last Friday the Sports Captains participated in the student-driven leadership program held at St Augustine's School. Students collaborated with eight other Catholic schools in the northern area and discussed the question, "What qualities make someone a good leader?”

The workshops offered effective student leadership initiatives to support Daily Physical Activity and promote an active curriculum. It also offered structured leadership strategies through personal and social skills to motivate students to run effective leadership programs in schools. The sessions featured a range of practical and theoretical components to inspire developmentally appropriate activities for students which were connected to the personal and social capability component in the Australian Curriculum.

Students will use the knowledge and skills gained at the leadership workshop to lead, assist, and design activities to support the Physical Education program at Catherine McAuley.

SAPSASA District Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to Brody Paynter and Addisyn Deblaauw on making the SAPSASA District swimming team. Brody and Addisyn represented the Playford District at the State Metropolitan SAPSASA Swimming Championships this term. Congratulations on a fine achievement!

Top Effort Everyone!
PE Co-ordinator

Fabian Chevalier