Brentwood Park Primary School has always had a strong focus on Health and Physical Education. When students participate in the Physical Education program they are educated in a range of different sporting experiences with a focus on fitness, motor skills, sportsmanship, game sense and teamwork. Students in grades three to six have the opportunity to participate in athletics, swimming and cross-country with the ultimate aim of representing Brentwood Park at district level. Brentwood Park have had students represent our school at district, division, regional and state level. Students in Foundation and Year One, have elements of Perceptual Motor Program (PMP) during Physical Education classes. Year 2 to 6 have weekly Physical Education classes with a strong focus on fitness, movement and ball handling skills. All students from years 3 to 6 participate in additional sports sessions weekly. These team sports lead to representing the school in interschool sports in year 6. Students are always encouraged to have success in sports by always improving their own skills, making their own goals and doing the very best they can.
Additional sporting events.
Students from years 3 to 6 are invited to trial for the school swimming team in term 1. The whole school participates in our school cross country carnival in term 1. District, division and region cross country is in term 2. The whole school participates in our athletics carnival in term 2. District, division and regional athletics is in term 3. Selected students from years 5 and 6 compete in Inter School Sports Competition(both summer and winter). Students from years 5 and 6 are invited to trial for the Hot Shots Tennis Team in term 1.
House Teams
The student population is divided into four house teams. House Captains are elected by the students and have a number of responsibilities including conducting school assemblies. In keeping with our ties to the history of Berwick the houses have been named after prominent residents and locations.
Cardinia: Takes its name from the Shire name. The aboriginal word “Kar-din-yarr” means ‘looking at the rising sun.’
Casey: Takes its name from the Shire name also. The Shire of Casey was named after Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey who had a great deal of influence on the region and Australia. He was Governor-General of Australia. He was an author and aviator.
Gardiner: Was named after Captain Robert Gardiner. He was one of the first European landowners in the district. He named Berwick after his birthplace in England – Berwick-on-Tweed.
Akoonah: In 1948, the Berwick Agricultural Society required a larger area for the annual show. They secured some 15 acres of the Berwick Pound Paddock from the Lands Department. The picturesque area with a tree-lined frontage to the Cardinia Creek and bounded by the Prince’s Hwy and Cardinia St, was to be known as ‘Akoonah’ Park, being the aboriginal name for Running Water.
