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Newsletter Number 11 September 10, 2010
cial mention to Verity Boyd,
Brooke Tregenza, Lachlan Hermans,
Holly Tregenza, Maddie
Wright, Miranda Boyle, Samantha
Hickman and Crystal
Knowles who all competed
out of their age group.
Our individual stars were Amy
Benifer (5 firsts), Adam Percy,
Jason Bialecki, Courtney Yates, Amy Malander, James Sanchez-Legg
and Andrew Bialecki (4 firsts), Shannon McDade, David Thomson,
and Ashleigh Shield (all 3 firsts), Sally Blain, Isabella Malander, Veida
Somerville, Emily Taylor, Ashleigh Oliver, Abby Couper, Shaun Lucas,
Nathan Percy, Maddie Lees and Luke Percy (all 2 firsts).
Students winning one event were: Nicole Benifer, Verity Boyd,
Matthew Brown, Alex Davies, Joel Marmion, Marcus Kinsella, Liam
Oakey, Ethan Roden, Chris Thompson, Dylan Prescott, Ted Bartchelor,
Maddy Tucker, Nick Iliov, Blake Van Leeuwen, Sarah Battersby,
Brooke Tregenza, Zoe Couper, Tristan Blizzard, Olivia Haupt, Brenda
Lay and Alistair Zuk.
One very promising statistic was the effort of our 13 boys and
13 girls who both won 8 of the 12 individual events in their age
group.
Our winning relay teams were:
13 Girls: Claudia Sheers, Abby Couper, Ruby Haupt & Amy Benifer
14 Boys: Josh Edwards, James Sanchez-Legg, Blake Van Leeuwen
& Joel Marmion
15 Boys: David Thomson, Matthew Leigh, Josh Hall
& Sam Gladwin
16 Girls: Chloe Webber, Courtney Yates, Zoe Couper
& Nicole Benifer
16 Boys: Henry Lees, Liam Oakey, Brendan Tait & Ben Grechko
20 Girls: Holly Tregenza, Maddie Wright, Amy Malander
& Shannon McDade
20 Boys: Nick Iliov, Jack Batchelor, Matt Brown & Shaun Lucas
Seven of our athletes were also recognised as age group champions:
Amy Benifer (13), Andrew Bialecki (13), James Sanchez-Legg
(14), Jason Bialecki (15), Courtney Yates (16), Ashleigh Shield (17)
and Adam Percy (17).
Jason and Andrew
All of the first placed athletes
and some second places
from the distance events
will contest the Eastern Zone
Athletics on Friday 9th October
at Knox Athletic Track.
Thanks to Mrs Dickson, Mr
Scott and ex-student Tom
Bond for their help in training
the team.
EASTERN ZONE FINALS
Our last zone finals for term 3 saw the year 7 girls netball teams
and the year 7 girls badminton team involved. The Netball A team
qualified in their pool and then won their semi final before losing
narrowly in the final to finish Zone runners up. The netball B team
finished third in their pool. The badminton team won one game to
also finish third in their pool of four.
Next term, the last of the Zone finals will be played with our remaining
summer finalists along with our district winners from term 3
sport to be involved.
WINTER SPORT
Last week, over 100 of our year 7 students participated in the District
round robin. The Boys A Basketball, Girls B Basketball and the
Boys and Girls Table Tennis teams all won their respective competitions.
Thanks to Miss Wyatt, Mr Porter, Mr Craig, Mr Simkins and Mr
Houben who all coached teams.
Our year 8 students had their turn this week; results in the next
newsletter.
Graeme Fox
Sports Coordinator
Mental Health Week
Next week 13th-16th of September is Mental Health Week. Each
day has a separate theme to encourage students and staff to prioritize
their own mental health and to do something to promote
their wellbeing. Each lunchtime the school will run games, activities,
prizes, competitions and giveaways.
See the timetable attached
First Aid
HAYFEVER
Matthew Porter
It is now September and the beautiful spring weather should soon
be upon us but a lot of people commonly suffer from hay fever at
this time of the year.
Hay fever can occur all year round but it is traditionally worse in the
Spring months when the pollen count in the air is high.
Hay fever is a common name for allergic rhinitis – meaning an allergy
in the nose. The allergic reaction causes the nasal passages to
become inflamed and produce more mucous.
Some of the common symptoms are : sneezing; runny or stuffy
nose; itchy ears ,nose and throat; red, itchy and watery eyes and
sometimes headaches.
Tips to try and reduce hay fever symptoms:
1: Stay indoors where possible on windy and stormy days
2: Smear Vaseline on the inside of your nose to help stop the airborne
pollen touching the lining of your nose.
3: Splash your eyes often with cold water as this tries to flush out
any pollen.
4: Try and reduce contact with known allergens eg – pet fur, flowers,
dust etc..
Anti-histamine medications in the form of tablets, nasal sprays and
eye drops may help alleviate symptoms but you need to discuss
this with your doctor or pharmacist.
Shirley McInnes and Nancy Davies
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