School Sport with Mrs. Walsh

Last Friday Years 2-6 started the “Get into Rugby” coaching sessions run by Reinhold Kamilo who is the Rugby Development Officer for Monaro. Ronnie is a talented Rugby coach and ran the students through some fun and engaging skills, drills and games. He instilled in the children the importance of respecting their teammates, coach, and referee. Ronnie will be running these sessions as part of Friday sport until week 4.

We can access these specialist sporting programs and coaches through grant opportunities provided by The Australian Government and Australian Sports Commission. Grants support the delivery of sport-based programs to help students build the confidence and capability to be active for life. Sporting Schools has partnered with more than 35 national sporting organisations (NSOs) and national sporting organisations for people with disability (NSODs) to facilitate delivery of Sporting Schools programs.

Primary schools can apply for three grants per year. This generally includes funding for 4 sessions of 30 students for 4 weeks. Based on numbers this usually allows Years 2- 6 to be involved. Consequently, our infants have not involved so far this year in these programs. It is something we are aware of and have plans for sporting opportunities and coaching for our Infants to enjoy with further access to grants. We have received two grants so far this year and hopefully another next term.