Jeff Miller
Week 5 proved to be a busy week for students involved with Tag Rugby and Athletics. On Monday our school hosted the year 3/4 mixed NRL Tag Rugby carnival. We had 8 teams and around 80 students involved on the day. Leading up to this carnival each team had some year 5/6 students help coach and train the teams during recess and lunch breaks. Our school won two awards on the day. The first one was for Teamwork and the second one was for having the most overall values.
On Friday we again hosted the Tag Rugby carnival for the year 5/6 students. We entered 4 boy teams and 1 girl team. Our school one two awards on the day. The first one was for Inclusion and the second one was for having the most overall values.
On Thursday Brighton had 26 students attend the South West District Athletics carnival held at Henley Beach. Highlight performances include:
1500m Final Keeley 2012 2nd place
1500m Final Jesse 2011 1st place
High Jump Willow 2012 1st place
Shot Put Jude 2011 3rd place
Discus Seb 2012 3rd place
Long Jump Willow 2012 2nd place
Discus Jude 2011 1st place
800m Final Mitchell 2012 2nd place
800m Final Jesse 2011 1st place
200m Final Bella 2013 2nd place
200m Final Ruben 2011 2nd place
100m Final Evie 2011 1st place
100m Final Ruben 2011 2nd place
2013 Girls relay 4 x 100m 3rd place
2011 Boys relay 4 x 100m 2nd place
Overall points on the day:
LARGE SCHOOLS
1ST WESTMINSTER 157 POINTS
2ND PARINGA 138 POINTS
3RD ST PETERS WOODLANDS 119 POINTS
4TH BRIGHTON 115 POINTS
5TH ST MARYS MEMORIAL
6TH GLENELG 20 POINTS
SMALL SCHOOLS
1ST MCAULEY 111 POINTS
2ND SEACLIFF 80 POINTS
3RD SEAVIEW DOWNS 75 POINTS
4TH OUR LADY OF GRACE 66 POINTS
5TH ST LEONARDS 54 POINTS
6TH WARRADALE 49 POINTS
7TH STELLA MARIS 38 POINTS
8TH DARLINGTON 16 POINTS
9TH MARION 4 POINTS
Indoor Volleyball Carnival
Monday the 11th of September. We have 8 teams representing Brighton for this event.
Thanks Jeff
Sports Day- Friday the 29th of September
Preparations for this day have already begun. The House Captains have worked on the health hustle, team chants and the speeches for the opening ceremony. A timetable for the day will be available soon. This year will see the junior students running a 50m sprint as part of their tabloid events and the primary students will be running a 100m and 200m sprint as part of their tabloid events.
Thanks Jeff and Marek