PRIMARY CROSS COUNTRY

Our K-6 cross country carnival was held on Friday 17 May, and what a fantastic day it was.  Although it was quite chilly, there was sunshine and our students were ready to go.

This term, students have been training hard in PE to get themselves ready for the big day.

Whether students had a goal of running the whole course or having a walk and talk with friends, it was great to see so many participants out on the course.

Our top four runners from each race were invited to the North-West carnival on 28 May.

Congratulations to our Year winners and runners up

SECONDARY CROSS COUNTRY

Sheffield School held its annual Cross Country Carnival recently at the school farm.  The course included circumnavigating the many paddocks and obstacles.  As in recent years, students had the opportunity to be “coloured” as they progressed around the course.

The first event of the day was the combined Year 7/8 race.  Chloe showed that her extra training in netball and sport and recreation classes paid dividends as she crossed the line well ahead of Tamzin in second place and Emelia in third in the Year 7 girl’s event.   The Year 8 girls saw Ruby, Mia and Hayley finish within a minute or so of each other in a very competitive race!  Well done to Ruby on a tight victory.  Congratulations to those girls who tackled the course and finished quite coloured and dirty.

Year 7 boys saw Wesley come home in first position ahead of the fast-finishing Kolbie.  After some impressive performances in training, George picked up third position in a great performance.  The Year 8 boys event proved to be the most participated in event of the day with 13 boys taking the starters orders.  Jacob stormed home in first place, followed by Logan and Zavier.  Special mention to Tyson for his efforts.

Year 9 and 10 girls events revealed many surprises - Bridie blitzed the field with an impressive run completing the course in 17 minutes in Year 9 girls.  Obviously some secret training has been happening being completed on the Duff farm.  Abigail , Lillie  and Imogen rounded out the top four.  In the Year 10 event Amanda and Hollie battled it out for supremacy, with Amanda taking the ribbon by 20 seconds.  Cody, Fiona and Caitlin all received their ribbon only a couple of minutes behind.

Jack proved unstoppable in the Year 10 boys’ race, he comfortably defeated Jacob, with Stirling taking the bronze medal position.  Year 9 boys saw Hudson capitalise on his recent intense training and power home for the win in the spectacular time of 13 minutes 39 seconds.  Jack earned silver with Jett displaying huge improvement in his fitness to round out the top three.

The house results will be announced to students in the near future

Congratulations to all students who took up the challenge of completing the course and showing their best effort.  The participation and behaviour of those on the course was first class. 

PRINCIPALS AFTERNOON TEA

Congratulations to all the students who were invited to attend the Principal’s Afternoon Tea, in recognition for demonstrating our school values of Respect for Learning, Respect for Self and Respect for Others. 

It is always a pleasure to acknowledge student achievement, but also to view the positive interactions and gratitude displayed.

DEVONPORT SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB

Congratulations to Cody on receiving the Mercer Bursary! The Mercer family has a long association with DSLSC, and this bursary is designed to help an athlete pursue their goals in surf sports. Well done, Cody!