Soccer Gala Days

Year 3 and Year 4 - Nowra:
On the way to the Gala Day, I had to wake up early to pick up my friend Benjamin. It was a fun ride.
When we arrived, I saw my friends and warmed up by kicking the ball around until it was time to talk about the rules before the Gala Day started. Then we had to go to our field to get ready to play our game. We were short of players so the other team had to even their side up to make it fair. I was pretty happy with my efforts and tried my best and all the other boys tried as well.
My favourite part of the day was just being able to be outside and enjoy playing soccer with friends. Mr Green cheered us on all day. Thanks, Mr Green.
By Christian. M  4 Gold

At the Soccer Gala Day, we were all excited about playing soccer! While we were waiting for the first game we practised our skills as a warm-up. During my first game, I played defence and I needed to stop the other team from having the chance to score a goal and at least to help our goalie. I got to defend, as well as get the ball to our strikers and I even tried to kick at the goal post for a goal. It was fun trying, but it was tiring. Luckily, they were only short games.

At the end of each game we shook hands with the other team, showing not only we are good soccer players, but that we have good sportsmanship. It was great having fun with my schoolmates and watching them play positions that they could show their best skills. It helped us win all the games.
We had great weather, which made it even a more wonderful day. Thanks, Mrs Adams for looking after us.
By Sofia. F and Alysia. A  4 Gold

Year 5 and Year 6 Boys - Albion Park:
Two senior boy teams competed against schools from the southern region in soccer at Terry Reserve, Albion Park. The boys displayed skills, team strategies, sportsmanship and most importantly fun. It was a great experience for all the boys to play on a large field as a school team. Both teams were determined to do their best on the day and as a supervising teacher it was rewarding to watch the boys organise themselves into positions and giving each other pep talks before they ran on to the field. They played 6 games all day including one game against each other. Results were fantastic and it was obvious that we have talented boys who play soccer.
Thank you to all our wonderful parent supporters for all your words of encouragement to both teams.
Mrs Briscoe

Year 5 and Year 6 Girls - Warrawong:
On Friday 2 August, the 18 of our senior girls travelled to Darcy Wentworth Oval to represent our school at the Soccer Gala Day. What a team! These girls played so well together and supported each other all day.
They played 7 games in total and were undefeated at the end of the day. They showed wonderful sportsmanship and a great day was had by all – students, parents and teacher.
A big thank you to the parents who were there supporting the girls, cheering encouragement and helping out where needed.
Congratulations to Kitarni, Sophie, Amelia, Rayhana, Jasmin, Maysa, Lara, Paige, Sienna, Ange, Sierra, Olivia G, Emilia, Mary, Samantha, Hannah, Tianna and Olivia A on your fantastic efforts and behaviour on and off the field. It was a pleasure to spend the day with you and watch you have fun and enjoy your day.
Mrs Matos

Regional Athletics Carnival
The Regional Athletics Carnival will be held at Beaton Park, Gwynneville on Tuesday 13 August. All permission notes MUST be returned to school this week. Good luck to all our competitors.

Sam Bremner Shield
On Tuesday 20 August, our Year 6 Girls Rugby league team will be attending the Sam Bremner Shield competition at Croome Road Sporting Complex, Albion Park. Thank you to the NRL who have come out to school to run some tackling clinics with the girls. Congratulations to the girls for giving something new a go! They are excited to try their luck and have been training hard to learn the rules and safe tackling techniques.  We must also say thank you to Jamberoo Junior Rugby League Football Club for loaning the girls some jerseys to wear on the day. Good luck!