Making a Splash in the Junior School

By Faye Robertson, Junior School HPE Teacher and Sports Program Manager

Junior School students dove right into Week 2 of the school term by participating in the Junior School Competitive Swim Meet.

50 students from the middle and upper years signed up to compete in a variety of 50-metre and 100m swims at CISAC in Belconnen.

The Competitive Swim Meet was born last year when the Junior School sport and PE team explored the creation of providing a more diverse and varied swim opportunity for all students across the school.

The aim of the Swim Meet is to facilitate a more specialised and targeted approach to competitive swimming, feeding into Belconnen and ACT-zone competitions.

The Junior School Years 2-6 Community Swim Carnival will be held later in the year, where all students will have the opportunity to get into the pool by playing, exploring, learning and competing.

This year, we saw an increase in Junior School swimming competitors and all students gave their very-best efforts, supporting one another and encouraging each swimmer until the very last stretch.

It was such a supportive environment and students found themselves enrolling in events that were somewhat new, taking on personal challenges with pride and vigour.

Well done to all the swimmers who took part in the day. A special mention goes to the Golden Flipper winners, Isabelle Merenda and Lachlan Stevens, who gave the best swims of the day and took out the top place of male and female swimmers.