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term 1 physical education - START UP

28/1/2020

 
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Students from Prep to Grade 6 at Mernda Park will be participating in a unit called "START UP." This is an acronym for the qualities, traits and characteristics that we would like all students to learn, perform and practise during Physical Education sessions.  The acronym stands for: 
Sport: playing and learning through games, activity and skill practise
Teamwork: playing and working in pairs, groups or teams
Attitude: learning and developing strategies for keeping a positive mind set
Respect: saying and showing respect for all things and people
Trial & Error: learning, teaching and practising persistence 
Understanding: putting ourselves in other people's shoes
Positivity: turning negatives into positives - "I can't do it!"  into "I can't do it yet."
Students will have one focus per week and work on these to help their understanding of the expectations for "What makes a Sports Superstar?"

TERM 1 INTERSCHOOL SPORT DATES AND VENUES

DATE
ROUND
VENUE
ADDRESS
PLAYING
Friday 14th Feb
1
HOME
​Tennis, Teeball & Volleyball - 40 Riverdale Bvd Mernda
Cricket - Waterview Recreation Reserve Mernda
St Mary's Whittlesea
Friday 21st Feb
2
HOME
​​​Tennis, Teeball & Volleyball - 40 Riverdale Bvd Mernda
Cricket - Waterview Recreation Reserve Mernda
Mernda Primary School
Friday 28th Feb
3
AWAY
Tennis, Volleyball & Teeball - 44 Mernda Village Dr Mernda
Cricket - Waterview Recreation Reserve Mernda
St Joseph's Catholic School
Friday 6th Mar
4
BYE
BYE
BYE
Friday 13th Mar
5
AWAY
70 Breadalbane Ave
​Mernda
Mernda Central College
Friday 20th Mar
6
HOME
​Tennis, Teeball & Volleyball - 40 Riverdale Bvd Mernda
Cricket - Waterview Recreation Reserve Mernda
Hazelglen College
Friday 27th Mar
7
AWAY
Tennis, Teeball & Volleyball - 2435 Plenty Rd ​Whittlesea
Cricket - AF Walker Reserve, Laurel St Whittlesea
Whittlesea Primary School

TERM 1 BRIDGE INN NORTH DISTRICT EVENTS

DATE
EVENT
LOCATION
Thursday 20th Feb
District Swimming Carnival
Northcote Aquatic Centre
​180 Victoria Rd, Northcote
Wednesday 4th Mar
5/6 Lawn Bowls Gala Day
Whittlesea Bowling Club
101 Church St Whittlesea
Tuesday 10th Mar
5/6 Softball Gala Day
Mill Park Softball Reserve
41 Morang Dr, Mill Park

term 4 physical education

19/9/2019

 
LEARNING COMMUNITY
GRADE
UNITS
PLC
Prep
Fundamental Motor Skills: Throw & Catch, Minor Team Games and Teeball
SLC
1/2
Fundamental Motor Skills: Punt, Team Games and Teeball
CLC
3/4
Fitness for Fun, Team Games and Teeball
YYLC
4/5
​Fitness for Life, Team Games and Softball
YYLC
5/6
​Types of Fitness, Team Games and Softball

DISTRICT SPORT DATES FOR TERM 4

EVENT
DATE
ADDRESS
3/4 Hooptime REGIONAL EVENT
Thursday 17th October
Mill Park Basketball Stadium
Redleap Reserve, Mill Park
3/4 Cricket Blast
Wednesday 30th October
TBC
3-6 Touch Rubgy 7's Gala
Wednesday 4th December
​Brimbank Rugby Club, Arthur Beachley Reserve, Ardoyne St, Sunshine

term 3 physical education & district carnivals

8/9/2019

 
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bridge inn north district athletics

8/9/2019

 
Our motivated Mernda Park Athletics team took to the track on the fresh and frosty morning of Thursday 22nd August.  We took the largest team (43 students) in school history, that competed against other schools in the Bridge Inn North District.  All students worked hard during PE sessions and training to practice and improve on their skills in running, jumping and throwing events.  With a great level of excitement, all students participated in their individual field and running events.  All students finished strongly, with several students placing in their age groups.  Special mention goes to Olivia Sooden, Manjir Karmacharya and Ridham Attri who have progressed to represent Mernda Park in the Whittlesea Division on Tuesday 10th September.  Another amazingly awesome athletics day, where Mernda Park showed great improvement and determination to do their best and represent their school with pride.  Awesome job MPPS!
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Bulla 3/4 hooptime @ MILL PARK BASKETBALL STADIUM

20/8/2019

 
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The anticipation was finally over for the 3/4 students of Mernda Park Primary that took the court on a Thursday in August.  The vibe was electric and all students showed an awesome level of enthusiasm as they took the court in three mixed teams across two divisions: Rookies and Future Stars. All teams played against four schools from the Bridge Inn North District with a mix of wins and losses.  For most of our students, their first game day experience and the scoring their first goal was brilliant! For our Future Stars team, the journey has not ended there.  By following their game plan and collaborating together beautifully to win all their regulation games on the day, this team will now progress to the Regional Finals in October.  Our very first Mernda Park team to win through to a Regional level in Mernda Park history!  Briony and I were extremely proud of every single student that gave it their all in a fantastic day of action, baskets and skills! GO MPPS!

term 3 physical education

17/6/2019

 
LEARNING COMMUNITY
GRADE
UNITS
PLC
PREP
 Modified Athletics, Kick, Jump & Skip & Sport Science
SLC
1/2
Modified Athletics, Ball Handling: Striking & Sport Science
CLC
3/4
Athletics, Cricket & Sport Science
YYLC
4/5
Athletics, Indoor Soccer & Sport Science
YYLC
5/6
Athletics, Indoor Hockey & Sport Science

BRIDGE INN NORTH DISTRICT EVENT DATES

TERM
DATE
EVENT
LOCATION
3
Thursday 8th August
Grade 3/4 Hooptime Basketball
Mill Park Basketball Stadium
​Redleap Reserve,
​Mill Park
3
Thursday 22nd August
Bridge Inn North District Athletics
Meadowglen Athletics Stadium,
146-156 McDonalds Rd,
​Epping
3
Tuesday 10th September
Whittlesea Division Athletics
​Meadowglen Athletics Stadium,
146-156 McDonalds Rd,
​Epping
3
Thursday 12th September
Grade 5/6 Hooptime Basketball
​Mill Park Basketball Stadium
​Redleap Reserve,
​Mill Park

TERM 2 PHYSICAL EDUCATION, INTERSCHOOL & DISTRICT SPORT

Term 2 at MPPS, saw a busy, but very productive sporting calendar.  In PE, students continued to learn, develop and refine their motor skills across varying sport units, while learning and sharing their 'Personal Strengths' after each lesson. By selecting a quality that they were good at from our "Super Student Strengths" wall, all students were able to identify their greatness within each session and working on different strengths every week.  Interschool Sport saw two classic Winter sports in Netball and AFL, with the addition of Hot Shots Tennis into the fold.  Grade 4/5/6 students participated weekly demonstrating their abilities in leadership, resilience, collaboration and positive sporting behaviours.  District Cross Country saw our largest team yet, compete at Bundoora Park in 2km and 3km events.  A special mention goes to Matilda and Kristen for their fantastic effort and  Top 10 results, that saw them progress to the Division level where they did Mernda Park very proud.  The Sporting Schools Program enabled all students from Prep-6 to participate in Tennis run by our local Yan Yean Tennis Club.  Wow!  An amazing term, completed, with more events to come next term!      
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bridge inn district cross country

10/5/2019

 
Tuesday brought a beautiful autumn morning in Bundoora for the Bridge Inn North District Cross Country.  Twenty one students from Mernda Park, attended the meet and did the school extremely proud with their efforts in their 2km and 3km events.  All students representing Mernda Park ran with a focus on a personal best, and most of them achieved this.  We would like to celebrate two of our students, Matilda and Kristen (first time runners at the meet) that finished 2nd and 4th in their race to progress through to the Division Cross Country in two weeks time.  A brilliant day was enjoyed by all students and staff and I would like to again celebrate all of their efforts before, during and after their events.  Fantastic effort everyone!

Term 1 physical education & interschool sport

10/5/2019

 
Below is a snap shot of the sports and activities that students at MPPS participated in in Term 1 PE classes.  Apart from our skills focus of their specific sports, students were also working on emotional responses to activity and how to create positive feelings towards sport by using our "Feeling Faces" to high five how we felt at the end of the sessions.
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term 2 physical education

27/3/2019

 
LEARNING COMMUNITY
GRADE
UNITS
PLC
Prep
Run & Dodge: Body & Spatial Awareness
​Sporting Schools: Tennis
SLC
1/2
Ball Handling: Bounce
​Sporting Schools: ​Tennis
CLC
3/4
Frisbee Golf
​Sporting Schools: ​Tennis
YYLC
4/5
Volleyball
​Sporting Schools: ​Tennis
YYLC
5/6
Volleyball
​Sporting Schools: Tennis

Interschool Sport Dates for Term 2

  Students in Grades 4-6 will be participating in Bridge Inn North District Interschool Sport on a weekly basis against local schools in our district.
​As part of our Winter Sport Program MPPS will now be participating in Netball, AFL and Hot Shots Tennis for the Term 2 season.  A make up round has been scheduled for Friday June 28th, this will be updated at a later date weather permitting throughout Term 2.​
DATE
ROUND
VENUE
ADDRESS
PLAYING
Friday 10th May
1
AWAY
Netball & Tennis: 25 Everton Drive, Mernda
​AFL: Waterview Reserve, Mernda
Mernda Primary School
Friday 17th May
2
HOME
Netball & Tennis: 40 Riverdale Bvd, Mernda
​AFL: Waterview Reserve, Mernda
St Joseph's Primary School
Friday 24th May
3
HOME
​Netball & Tennis: 40 Riverdale Bvd, Mernda
​AFL: Waterview Reserve, Mernda
St Paul of the Apostle Doreen
Friday 31st May
4
AWAY
70 Breadalbane Ave, Mernda
Mernda Central College
Friday 7th June
5
HOME
​Netball & Tennis: 40 Riverdale Bvd, Mernda
​AFL: Waterview Reserve, Mernda
St Mary's Primary School
Friday 14th June
6
HOME
​Netball & Tennis: 40 Riverdale Bvd, Mernda
​AFL: Waterview Reserve, Mernda

​Whittlesea Primary School
Friday 21st June
7
AWAY
115 Eminence Bvd,
​Doreen
Hazelglen College
Friday 28th June
MAKE UP RD
TBC
TBC

BRIDGE INN NORTH DISTRICT EVENTS

TERM
DATE
EVENT & LOCATION
2
Tuesday 7th May
Bridge Inn North Cross Country
Bundoora Park
​1069 Plenty Road, Bundoora
2
Thursday 20th June
5/6 Volleyball Gala
Whittlesea Secondary College
​Laurel St, Whittlesea

grade 5/6 bridge inn north teeball gala

9/3/2019

 
The blue sky glistened over Mill Park Reserve, as the  Mernda Park Teeball teams took the field.  The Bridge Inn North District Teeball Gala got underway with a high level of enthusiasm from all students, as they showed great interest in the new learning experiences of an unfamiliar sport that lay ahead.  Mernda Park played Gilson College, Hazelglen College and St Mary's Whittlesea in the preliminary rounds of the event.  All three schools provided us with competitive, yet friendly games that saw us develop our skills in Teeball, especially striking and fielding.  All students from Mernda Park Primary showed a great amount of energy, as they developed their skills throughout the day.  An excellent event, with enjoyable experiences and sport education opportunities.  Brilliant job MPPS!
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