In weeks 5 and 6 of Term 1 students in Grade 1 – Grade 6 were involved in cricket clinics with three Cricket Tasmania coaches during PE. During the program students in Grades 1 and 2 were introduced to the Captains Challenge a throwing and catching challenge being given to students from Kinder to Grade 2 across Tasmanian schools. In this challenge students are required to throw and catch a ball as a team along two lines in a zig zag pattern, throwing along the line as far as they can without dropping the ball. They also learnt bowling, batting, and fielding skills in mini games and activities.

In Grade 3 to 6, students learnt bowling, batting, and fielding skills as well as the roles of different positions within mini games of cricket. All students enjoyed the cricket sessions and gained valuable skills and information from the coaches. A highlight of the program was the warmup game called ‘In the Water’, which the Grade 6 students have now been using in their daily PE sessions.

Thank you to the amazing coaches from Cricket Tasmania for coming into Burnie Primary School to run these sessions.