District Cross Country on Thursday the 26th April
We had 60 children compete at Princes Park
State team trials, After the Division stage of trying to qualify for the State team in a variety of Sports we have had many successful students get to this level but the competition has been very hot! Yet Ariel Reyes in Soccer has made it through to the Regional stage, so congratulations! And Good luck to her! Geoff Ratcliffe.
Lunch time Tennis (now week 4 because of the Walkathon) and Bike club is on again commencing week 3
Interschool sport recommences in week 4!
Cross Country for PHPS is on the 19th April from 12.10 to 2.00 and the District event is on the 26th April. Divsion Cross Country is on the 13th of June and Region on the 20th June, more news when it's available.
Mother's Day Classic
Come and join some PHPS families for the Mother’s Day Classic fun run on Sunday 12th May to help raise funds for Breast Cancer Research. Follow the link below and register for the 4km walk or run or if really keen there is the 8km run. Please remember to enter PHPS as the team. This is a fantastic event and is lots of fun for the whole family. Everyone gets a medal and most importantly, the run raises vital funds for breast cancer research. Michelle and Sophie will be holding some training runs around Princes Park on Sunday 14/4, 22/4, 29/4 and 6/5 at 9am.
On Tuesday the 27th March five of our students tried out to qualify to represent our District (ten schools in all) to attempt to gain selection in the Primary School State Soccer Team. The competition was extremely good and it was very difficult indeed to progress as only the top four Boys and four girls can represent the District. After an extensive process over seen by one of the State Selectors Ariel Reyes, Lexi Durham Arnold and Theo Streader were successful amongst other talented students from The Carlton District. Next stage in the process is on the 9th of May. Congratulations to everyone who tried out!
Princes Hill P.S. CROSS COUNTRY 2012
We will be holding our School Cross Country event on Thursday the 19th April at Princes Park
8/9/10 year olds will be running 2 kilometres and 11/12 year olds will be running 3 kilometres. Age groups are determined by what age the child has or will turn this year.
Children who qualify (i.e. top ten in age and gender for the 10y.o. 11y.o. and 12y.o. age groups) will compete in the Carlton District Primary Schools Sports Association Cross Country event to be held on Thursday 26th April, which will also be at Princes Park
If your child turns 9 this year and wishes to try to qualify for the District Cross Country then they will have to compete with the ten year old age group. Your child will need to inform me of this before the event.
We need parent help too so that we can supervise the course. Please let me know if you can help on the day. The time you are needed is from 12.00 to 2.00. Thank You, Geoff Ratcliffe.
Regional SWIMMING
11 of our students competed at Northcote Pool on Wednesday the 14th.March. We had great results again! Against very tough competition the results don’t look quite as good on paper as they were at Division level but the efforts put in were even more impressive than last week.
Swimming The Carlton District Swimming Carnival was held on Thursday the 1ST of March at the Fitzroy Pool and we had 35 of our students qualify for this. All of the children from our school swam their hearts out and all achieved great results. The Division then Regional Swimming Carnivals are on the 8th and 14th of March respectively at Northcote Pool. (Division is the new term for what used to be the Zone Level).TILLY S ZHAN HUI HAMISH B QUADE E LEXI D A GEORGE P, IMOGEN H, SIMONA N, SHANNON M, RUBY M, HUGO W, have all qualified. Good luck to them all at the next stage on the road to possible State Championship entry!
STATE TEAM TRIALS
The Carlton District Primary Schools Sports Association held trials this past Wednesday and we had quite a few of our students put their skills to the test in Basketball, Netball and Football. The competition was tough but we had success in Netball with Emily Hopcraft and Monique Costanzo qualifying for the Divisional trials and Peter Hill did so as well in Football! These trials are in May and the competition will be even stronger. Congratulations to these three and everyone else who attempted to get through.
Regional SWIMMING 
11 of our students competed at Northcote Pool on Wednesday the 14th.March. We had great results again! Against very tough competition the results don’t look quite as good on paper as they were at Division level but the efforts put in were even more impressive than last week.
Results are….Shannon Miller came back with a 1st and a 2nd place medal and the other competitors all featured in very close races with plenty of 4th, 5th and 6th places. Shannon tied for 2nd in Butterfly then had to have a “swim off” to find out who would go to the State Champs for this event after 1st pulled out. In a nail-biting finish Shannon came second by about 5cm! but will still compete in backstroke at the State Championships. Congratulations to Hamish Baikie, Tilly Shepherd, Shannon Miller, Lexi Durham Arnold, Zhan Hui Lim, Quade Ecke, Imogen Howden, George Pyers, Hugo Welch. Ruby McGain and Simona Nicolini for their efforts. Best of luck to Shannon who will be competing in the State Championships on the 29th March.
Premier’s Active Families Challenge 19th March-30th April
The Premier’s Active Families Challenge is a key component of the Victorian Government’s commitment to get more people more active more often.
· The Challenge provides a great opportunity for all Victorian families to spend time together and enjoy the benefits of an active lifestyle.
· Families participating in the Challenge are asked to do 30 minutes of physical activity a day for 30 days between 19 March and 30 April 2012.
· Each family that registers will receive 20 free YMCA passes, discounts at Rebel Sport, one free child pass to the Melbourne Aquarium and one free child pass to the National Sports Museum, and opportunities to win prizes including iPads and Rebel Sport vouchers.
· There will be regular tips and ideas on ways to keep active throughout the Challenge.
Get more active more often, spend quality time together and have fun. It’s free, it’s easy, and there are plenty of chances to win prizes for yourself or your school
Register online at www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/challenge or call 1800 463 684, and remember to include our school’s name when you register.
Swimming The Carlton District Swimming Carnival was held on Thursday the 1ST of March at the Fitzroy Pool and we had 35 of our students qualify for this. All of the children from our school swam their hearts out and all achieved great results. The Division then Regional Swimming Carnivals are on the 8th and 14th of March respectively at Northcote Pool. (Division is the new term for what used to be the Zone Level).TILLY S ZHAN HUI HAMISH B QUADE E LEXI D A GEORGE P, IMOGEN H, SIMONA N, SHANNON M, RUBY M, HUGO W, have all qualified. Good luck to them all at the next stage on the road to possible State Championship entry!
State Sports Team trials
The Carlton District held Tennis trials on Sunday the 4th March and 4 of our students competed for a place in the District team, they were Hamish B, Simona N, Peter H, William T. After an exhaustive round robin process where each child played 28 games the result of all of this effort saw Peter and Simona along with students from two other District schools make up our team to compete on the 19th of March at the Division level. A fantastic result!
We will be holding trials for Basketball, Football and Netball on the 21st and the 27th March (Soccer only) at North Fitzroy and Spensley St Primary Schools
Basketball, Football, Netball, are all at North Fitzroy Primary/Edinburgh Gardens and Soccer at Spensley St Primary, (Clifton Hill).
The trials are being held as each District can only nominate three to five students in each gender for each sport to attend Regional trials to make up the State teams. Other sports such as Hockey and Rugby don’t go through this process, but do hold trials at Regional/State level so if you child has a talent in any particular sport, and wishes to have a go, get them to come and see me.
PHPS Cross Country is on the 19th April (in term 2). Our school Cross Country is usually a great afternoon because of the build up that happens during Phys. Ed. Classes and importantly is continued by keen students after hours. This is not just about trying to win a race but to improve your own health and fitness! So I want to encourage regular training so that completing the 2k or 3k run is a relatively comfortable experience!
Children who turn 8, 9 or 10 this year will run 2k and 11, 12, 13 year olds run 3k. The top ten finishers in the 10, 11, and 12/13 y.o groups will qualify for the District Cross Country on the 26th April. We start the 9 year olds with the 8’s as we have such a large number of them, but if there are any children who will be turning 9 this year and wish to try and qualify for the District Cross Country they need to see me as soon as possible so that they can start and compete with the ten year olds. (Age groups for all School and Interschool competitions are based on the age that a child turns in that calendar year)
School Swimming Carnival, Thursday 23rd Feb.
A great morning was had by all children at our swimming carnival, where some fantastic efforts were observed! Not only those that managed to qualify for the District Swimming Carnival on the 1st of March but by all of those children that entered an event, and a special mention to a new student who entered every single event even though she isn’t the strongest swimmer around, a very brave effort Katelyn!
A big thank you to the parents that were there to support their children and in particular to those that helped in an official capacity. A fine effort by the children in Green House saw them as the Champion House for this year!
The following have qualified for next Thursday. EMILY HOPCRAFT EMILY PRICE LEXI DURHAM ARNOLD OLYMPIA ILIADES SHANNON MILLER WILL FARRAR HAMISH BAIKIE TILLY SHEPHERD ELLEN FENNELL GEORGE PYERS QUADE ECKE JORDI ELLIOTT EMMA CONDELLO ZHAN HUI LIM ATLANTA ILIADES BONNIE BROWN DANTE FERRETTI BERGAGNA EMMA CONDELLO HANNAH WRIGHT HARPER ELLIOTT HARVEY WEIR HUGO WELCH IMOGEN HOWDEN ISABEL WHITE JACK MURPHY JASPER PAEVERE JOEL RODIN MARCUS INSERRA MIA ALHASSAN MONIQUE COSTANZO NINA TREHERNE PETER HILL RUBY AYLIFFE RUBY MCGAIN SIMONA NICOLINI TOM HOWDEN
Don’t forget to check out the entry list on the window at the 5/ 6 area to double check what events you have qualified for. Good Luck! Geoff
Sports news…
Our School Swimming Carnival is on Thursday the23rd Feb at the Fitzroy Pool. All children in years 4-6 plus those confident and capable from grade 3 will be attending to compete for the opportunity of representing our school at the District Swimming Carnival on the 1st of March and also, importantly, for the fun of “having a go!”
Children have already nominated their chosen events, but if there is a problem please let me know asap. We will be leaving at 9.15 and be back at school about 12.45. We need help with Finish line judging which will be conducted under the watchful eye of Meredith so if you are able to help can you please come along and see Meredith and we will try and share this task around.
Congratulations to the following for being chosen as House Captains and Vice Captains for this year. We look forward to seeing this group be great role models for the rest of our students.
Blue House Captains Jack Perkins, Isabel White
Blue House Vice Captains Tara Urbanovits Dante Ferretti Bergagna
Red House Captains Dom Viggiani Jasper Paevere
Red House Vice Captains Emma Condello Edwin Kane
Green House Captains Peter Hill Imogen Howden
Green House Vice Captains Will Farrar Alexandra Forster
Gold House Captains Kobe
Gold House Vice Captains Joe Acciarito Shannon Miller
Badges will be presented on Tuesday the 14th at our school Assembly.
In the first week of term 2 we have our School Cross Country. I know some children who are already in serious training. We will be building up the distance run in Phys. Ed. Each week provided it’s not too warm, but children who wish to do really well should be making the time to do some running outside of school too!
2012 House Captains, Swimming, Cross Country and State Team trials.
On the 9th of Feb we will be having meetings for all students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6 to vote for House Captains and for children in grades 4, 5, 6 to enter events for the School Swimming Carnival which is on the 23rd. This is followed by Division, Region and State events. Children in grade 3 who are confident and capable of swimming 50 metres are also welcome to enter! If you are in grade 3 or away on the 9th come and see me asap and we will sort something out. We will also be training for our school Cross Country event this term, (amongst other things) but we will be holding our School event on the first Thursday of term 2 as this term is shorter than usual, State team selection begins at School and District level for many sports. Our District (Carlton) will be holding trials in March for those children interested, I will publish more information soon. Geoff
Lunch time Tennis and Bike Club will be recommencing in term 2!
Bike Club has finished off, (after a haphazard schedule this year) with a great ride to Kew Boathouse, the Quarries playground in Cllifton Hill and surrounds, we'll be back in 2012 for more!
Swimming
Early in 2012 we will be having our School Swimming Carnival (on the 23rd of Feb), so hopefully children will be thinking about which events they would like to enter, All children in grades 4,5,6 are involved plus those in grade three who feel confident about swimming 50 metres.- Plenty of time to practise!
The Afl Draft!
One of our past students, who still drops by occassionally to say hello was picked up by the mighty Tigers as pick no 15. Congratulations to Brandon Ellis who has pursued his dream and made it happen, ie to become an AfL footballer, Now the real hard work begins! Fantastic Brandon!
Interschool Sport
We've finished our "summer" season and our teams performed very well with great progress seen over the seven weeks in the way they performed and worked as teams. The standout result for this season was our "Red' Bat tennis team who were equal first in the competition. Congratulations to all!
State Athletic Championships.
After great results at the Divisional and Regional Athletics our Relay team of Hamish B, Theo S, George P, Dante F B and Lexi D A competed on Monday at The State Championships where they came 5th. That’s 5th from all the schools in Victoria
Regional Athletics, 18th October, Hamish B. is off to the State championships in November for 1500meters, where he came first! But also was part of the ten year old boys relay team who came second!, So they are off to the State Champs. as well. The team consists of Hamish, George P, Theo S, Dante F.B. and Lexi D.A. There are five names there because Theo was laid up in Hospital so at the last minute Lexi stepped in and obviously did a brilliant job along with the rest of the boys. We will need to conduct a trial to determine who goes along and I know one boy will be disappointed but whoever it is, they shouldn't be as they have all contributed to make the team successful!Interschool Sport, Starting Thursday the 20th October all students in grades 5/6 will be participating in sport against students from the other 9 schools in the Carlton District. We will be walking to Edinburgh Gardens to play in the following, Rounders, Newcomb, Bat tennis, Basketball and Cricket. The season lasts for seven weeks. Don't forget your hat and a drink bottle!
Tennis has been conducted from the 25th of October, at lunchtimes for seven weeks. We will be offering this again in 2012. An enormous Thank You to Toni Hardy for her commitment in coming along each Tuesday lunchtime to help out!
Bike Club is also starting again on the 25th of October so those who are in Bike Club make sure you come prepared!
Division Athletics Report, Wednesday 12th Oct.
Bike Club is also starting again on the 25th of October so those who are in Bike Club make sure you come prepared!
Division Athletics Report, Wednesday 12th Oct.
The following students competed at the Division Athletics Carnival at Epping. All of our students put in a sterling effort and achieved very good results against very talented competition. It must mean our students are talented too! I had a great day because our students behaved impeccably. Congratulations to each and every one of them. Some results that I recorded were Helena Stantinou 5th in 100m, James Hall Lucas 2nd in Triple Jump, Hamish Baikie 1st in 1500m and High Jump, Will Farrar 3rd in 1500m, Lexi Durham Arnold 8th in 800m, Anna Rusjan 3rd in 1500m, Hamish Baikie, Theo Streader, Dante Ferretti Bergagna and George Pyers 1st in relay, George was also 1st in 200m, Anna Rusjan, Tilly Shepherd, Amelia Menzie, Ella Treherne 3rd in relay, Amelia was also 1st in Triple Jump and Tilly was fourth in High jump and 6th in Shot Put, Charles Aitken 2nd in 200m and 6th in 100m, Best of Luck for next week for all those that finished first or second in the Regional Aths carnival, after that it is the State Championships! Thank you, Geoff Ratcliffe.
Princes Hill Cross Country Thursday 7th April
It was marvellous yesterday to see our children put in a superb effort to run either 2000 or 3000 metres, (depending on age). I hope they are feeling a great sense of satisfaction! The races went off well due to the support of parents who helped in being marshalls Princes Park
Divisional (Zone) SWIMMING news…
15 of our students competed at Northcote Pool on Wednesday the 9th.March We had great results! In fact every swimmer that competed will be back at the Regional Carnival on Wed 16th, again at Northcote. Results are….Anna Rusjan has two individual 1st place ribbons, Hamish Baikie a 4th and a 1st, Kai Hughes a 2nd, Lucy Hayes, Lola Niall, Tilly Shepherd and Anna Rusjan all got a 2nd for their relay, Lexi Durham Arnold, Hamish Baikie, Zhan Hui Lim, and Quade Ecke won their relay, Darcy Shepherd was an extremely close 2nd in Backstroke, and Matilda Raymond won in Breaststroke and Butterfly! Finally Patrick Hayes, Alex Vasilopoulos, Conor Niall and Jack Burden were second in their relay. Congratulations to everyone.
