Welcome
My name is Mitchell Stuart and this is my second year at NKPS. I have a huge passion for sport and hope to encourage students to get involved and participate to the best of their abilities. I look forward to introducing new games and skills to the students, but most importantly I want the students to enjoy learning and striving to be their best this year.
Can I encourage all parents and guardians to remind students to bring their bucket hats and water bottles to school every day. Don’t forget to wear sneakers on sporting days and promote the use of sunscreen to build sun smart habits.
Term 1
It will be another hot start to the year this Term, so please ensure students have their bucket hats, sunscreen, water bottles and sneakers, especially on their sport days.
During hot days, sport lessons will be adjusted to inside activities to keep students out of the heat where possible. Thankfully we have a fan in the undercover area to keep us a bit cooler on the warm days.
This Term will be an exciting one, introducing some new sports such as Flag Football and Baseball5!
Flag Football will be a new Olympic sport to make its debut in the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Flag Football is an adaptation of American Football, making it a non-contact sport with 'tackles' being replaced with tags around players waists. It is a fun, exciting, fast paced sport that I am sure the kids will enjoy.
Baseball5 is a small sided adaptation of Baseball with no bat and a special type of ball. Players use their hand as the bat in a smaller playing area with teams usually having 5 players each. This makes the game more flexible and accessible than a regular game of baseball.
Term 2
The weather has started to cool down allowing for some beautiful weather during sport lessons this term.
Busy Term this one, especially for Year 6s with the Eagles and Fever cup (AFL and Netball) games against other schools and the Winter Lightning Carnival.
Eagles/Fever Cup games will be held on Fridays Weeks 4-7.
Winter Lightning Carnival is held on Thursday Week 10.
Cross Country
The Cross Country Carnival will be held on the 2nd of July, Wednesday Week 10.
Years 1 & 2 run 800m, Years 3 & 4 run 1.5km, Years 5-6 run 2km.
Cross Country Training will be held at 7:45am on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the flats for students in Years 1-6. These trainings give the students an opportunity to practice, get familiar with the track, learn their pace and push themselves.
The canteen will also be open early on these mornings for students to grab a warm milo and muffin.
Important Dates
Interschool Cross Country Carnival 1st of August (Week 2)
Jumps and Throws Thursday 4th of September (Week 7)
Athletics Carnival Friday 5th of September (Week 7)
Interschool Athletics Carnival Wednesday the 24th of September (Week 10)
For more information on interschool sporting events throughout the year visit
Term 3
Another busy Term here with our Athletics Carnival coming up. This Term students will be preparing for the Carnival by practising their running, jumping, throwing and team game skills.
The Jumps and Throws events will take place for Years 3 to 6 on Thursday the 4th of September in Week 7. This will take place on the school oval with students showing off their longest jumps and biggest turbo javelin throws.
The main Athletics Carnival will take place on Friday the 5th of September Week 7. This will involve all students being down on the oval to participate in the racing and team game events over the day. We encourage students to wear their school faction shirt on the day to represent their faction and add some colour into the day.
Swimming Carnival
Ivanhoe
1st
252
Croesus
2nd
210
Imperial
3rd
199
Oroya
4th
165
Cross Country Carnival
Oroya
1st
456
Ivanhoe
2nd
407
Imperial
3rd
351
Croesus
4th
267
