School House Cross Country

Our school house cross country is taking place this Monday 22nd March between 9am and 11.30am. This is for all students from Grade 3 to 6. This event also seconds as a qualification for sub district cross country which is happening the following Monday. Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend to support the students on Monday.

Sub District Trials

This has certainly been in full swing this term with many sport having their district trials. At this stage we have to give a big congratulations to Carter S and Deklan N who have qualified for the rugby league Whitsundays team.
It was amazing to see 8 of our students try out for the AFL Football trials last week, something that is very new at Bowen State School and even more impressive was to see 4 of our students qualify for the Whitsunday team. Congratulations to Hayden F, Jake L, Billy G and Carter S.
We also have Xavier S who qualified for the North Queensland swimming team, another sensational performance.
Next term our sub district trials continue with touch footy occurring on the first day back! We will keep you updated on everyone’s progress.

Basketball Excellence Program

We have now begun our basketball excellence program and the improvement in all of the students involved so far has been amazing. They are starting to put their skills together in mini games and we will hopefully be able to get some larger scaled games happening next term!

Swimming

Swimming for Grade 1 to 4 students wraps up next week. These students have enjoyed heading down to the pool on Tuesdays and Thursdays this term. Preps, 5’s and 6’s will have their opportunity in Term 4.

Juggling Club

It has been great to see more than 60 students from Grade 3 to 6 with that number growing consistently. Juggling is great for hand eye coordination and will give students the opportunity to perform in front of an audience later in the year. Keep your eye out for these, it promises to be very entertaining!

Have a great week everyone

Leigh Dunn

HPE Teacher