Winter Lightning Carnival

Good players inspire themselves, great players inspire others. If you were fortunate enough to be a spectator at the Winter Lightning Carnival, you would have found the Joondalup Primary School students to be inspirational.

Shortly after Cross Country, selected Yr 4, 5 and 6 students switched their focus to Netball, Soccer and AFL. They trained at lunch time and after school to sharpen their skills in each sport and build team comradery.

HBF Arena was the site where Joondalup Primary School met with Currumbine Primary School and Edgewater Primary School to engage in a day full of sporting fun.

Even though Joondalup Primary School performed well, most notable was the way students conducted themselves during the day. The feedback from the staff, parents, umpires and organisers was Joondalup has a sensational sense of sportsmanship.

This sportsmanship was highlighted in many ways however an outstanding story comes from the boys soccer. The boys were not in the final however they did console the losing school after their penalty loss. It is moments like this that make us extremely proud of the students and how they represent the community. Well done boys.

Behind the students, are the parents and guardians. Thank you for your help in adjusting your time to picking up the students after school and being there on the day. It is very uplifting for the students to see so many familiar faces to support them.

Special thanks goes to Bec and Bev for sending through so many photos of the day. Matt, Liz and Danielle for giving up their time and coaching the netball. Rob and Sean for fully engaging the students and building a great AFL team. Your efforts were very well reflected in the success of the students.

Thank you very much to the staff, who helped organise the event and supervised or coached on the day. It was a very big day and your support was more than welcomed.

The results:

• AFL: 2^nd
• Netball Division One: 1^st and 4^th
• Netball Division Two: 1^st
• Soccer Boys: 4^th
• Soccer Girls: 3^rd

Congratulations to the AFL team for getting into the grand final. Congratulations also to the Netball A team and the Netball C team for winning their divisions. 

If you would like to continue sport
Netball, Indoor Soccer, Indoor Cricket – Bouncer Indoor Sports Centre
Netball, Basketball, Soccer – HBF Arena
AFL – Joondalup Kinross Junior Football Club (Windermere Oval)

AFL

AFL, a sport with many exciting opportunities for young men and women. With this in mind and in preparation for the Winter Lightning Carnival, Joondalup Primary School invited the West Perth Falcons to swoop in and take over Physical Education classes, leaving the students flying high on the excitement of the game.

West Perth Football club came to Joondalup and taught students the many lessons associated with team sports and the fundamental movement skills and tactics specific to AFL. The goal of the visit was to maximise the enjoyment of the students and they successfully achieved this outcome.

The students were provided with a safe, fun and fair environment to develop their skills and were taught about fairness, equality, respect, teamwork and encouragement. A great opportunity to continue learning in this setting outside of school hours is at the Joondalup Kinross Junior Football Club. They have many close ties with the Joondalup school community and train at Windermere Oval, directly across from the school.

The following are details about their programs:

Auskick is for children wanting to learn all the skills of AFL. Children aged 5 – 7 years (Pre-Primary to Year 2) are eligible to play Auskick.
Games are played on Saturday morning at the Windermere oval in Joondalup.

Modified AFL is for children aged 8 and above (Year 3 to Year 6).
The games are played at various local grounds against local teams on Sundays.
Game times vary depending on the age groups. Times start from 8:30 am.

Open Rules is for children in Years 7 – 12. The games are played at various local grounds against local teams.

Girl’s AFL is a 15 week program for girls in Year 4 – 12.  This is a Friday night program played under lights.

Starkick was introduced to the club in 2016 and allows children with special needs to enjoy football.

If you are interested in AFL, the Joondalup Kinross Junior Football Club can be contacted via phone 0450 013 320, e-mail registar@jetsjfc.com.au or by visiting their website at https://www.jetsjfc.com.au/.

Circus Skills with Mr Lee

Roll up, roll up to the greatest show on earth. The school has been transformed into a circus where the sport's shed is sideshow alley and the undercover area is the big top, encompassing the main arena where you will find the stars of the show, the students.

The long history Joondalup Primary School shares with circus activities allows for young children to have fun and explore opportunities not commonly found at other schools.

Circus skills uses the essence of circus, that is, fun, playfulness, skills and teamwork, to help participants embrace being active, cooperative and creative. It is about harnessing the excitement that people feel when they have been to a circus and using that excitement to fully engage students in physical challenges.

Circus activities draws on human skills such as balancing, manipulation of the body, dexterity and our need to be children, to pretend and to play games that challenge our minds and bodies while having fun.

Circus at any level also requires participants to be great team players. It helps students to develop their skills and appreciation of communication, cooperation and care of self and others.

Robert Lee
Physical Education Specialist