Health, PE and Sport

Interschool Sports 2025 wrap up

This year, we had 67 teams represent TC at interschool sports competitions 😊 A fantastic effort that highlights just how many students are getting involved, trying new things and supporting their peers 🎉

We had great success across a range of sports. Many of our teams won the Mullum Division competitions and progressed to the Eastern Metro Region, including baseball, basketball, badminton, girls’ AFL, table tennis and volleyball 🏅 Two sports stood out with exceptional results: Basketball and Baseball. Both teams pushed through to the State Championships, with our Senior Boys Basketball Team crowned State Champions, and our Entry Boys Baseball Team finishing as State Runners-Up 🥇🥈 An incredible achievement from both teams 👏

In the pool, we had strong performances at Division Swimming, where Easton Burns and Jessica Ryles were named age-group champions 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️ Imogen Nolan, Grace Richards, and our girls’ relay team also represented TC proudly at the Eastern Metro Region 🌟

On the track, Eden Bayley claimed age-group champion honours at Division Athletics 🏃‍♂️💨 while both he and Elden Saul progressed to the Eastern Metro Region to compete against the top athletes in the region 💪

We also had fantastic results in Cross Country, with Eden Bayley and Jessica Ryles qualifying for the State Cross Country Championships 🏃‍♀️🌿 demonstrating tremendous endurance and resilience.

Overall, it has been a year to celebrate — not just for the trophies and titles, but for the sportsmanship, teamwork and enjoyment shown by our students 🎊 Thank you to all staff who coached, supervised and encouraged our teams, and congratulations to every student who represented TC this year 🙌

Jessica Ryles (FLE3), Jacob Stephenson (FLE 4) and Marguerite Metaxas

ESDP at the Australian Schools National Championships 

🌞 During the first week of December our ESDP senior teams travelled to the Gold Coast to compete in the Australian Schools National Championships. TC took three Senior teams — a first and second boys’ team as well as a girls’ team. To qualify, teams must show success in their state tournaments (SSV, VSSC and Champions Cup), and for the first time ever our Boys’ First Team qualified for the Championship division — placing them among the eight best teams in the country. ⚪🔵💙 The Girls’ Team qualified for Division 2 and the Boys’ Second Team for Division 3, with all three teams showing grit, resilience and strong team cohesion. 

🌟 The Girls’ Team dominated early with a strong win over SEDA College, then continued with convincing victories through games 2, 3 and 4. They faced their first real challenge against Erindale College (ACT), but still completed pool play undefeated at 6–0. ⚪🔵💙 A semi final win over Varsity College (QLD) booked their place in the gold medal match against Hillcrest Christian College (VIC). After falling behind 21–5, the girls clawed back across each quarter and created the kind of moment athletes dream of — a national final, a roaring crowd and a chance to win in the dying seconds. A 1-point loss wasn’t the fairytale ending, but they should be incredibly proud of their silver medals. 

💪 The Boys’ Second Team faced height mismatches all week but never let it stop them. They brought energy, humour, camaraderie and effort to every game. Despite not securing a win in pool play, they saved their best for last — a crossover game against Centenary Heights (QLD). Pressuring the ball, executing their offence and playing fearless basketball, they closed out the week with a strong win and a huge celebration from players and supporters. 

🌴 Overall, the 2025 National Gold Coast Trip was a huge success — warm weather, beach and pool recovery sessions, lawn bowls evenings, mini golf, group dinners and plenty of on-court highlights. ⚪🔵💙 Congratulations to all players on a fantastic week and for representing TC with pride. 

Jason Hendry 

Professional images by Michale Hebden

Community Integrated Learning (CIL): Healthier Masculinities

Focus: Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships

✨ In 2025, staff from varied learning areas formed the Healthier Masculinities Working Party, using a strengths-based approach drawing from RRRR, RSE, the personal and social capabilities curriculum and Health Promotion prevention frameworks.

💬 The working party will continue in 2026, complementing ongoing cross-curricula developmental learning @TC. Healthier masculinities work celebrates and strengthens young people’s skills, knowledge and understandings of equality and respect, non-violence, reflection and self-awareness, emotional expression, vulnerability and accountability.

📅 Looking back at 2025, here are some of the Tier 1 and 2 activities and opportunities staff and students participated in:

• 🎓 Staff Masterclass: Addressing Harmful Language

• ❤️💛 Gender, Identity and Stereotypes (RSE)

• 🟦⚪ Victoria Police: Anti-bullying presentation (Entry Students)

• 🌱 The Connection Code: TMTW – FLE2 students

• 🎓 Staff PD: The ManCave Educator Workshop (3 HM working party staff), Healthier Masculinities and RRRR Curriculum

• 🔍 The GROK Academy: Online Sleuthing Challenge (identity theft and extortion)

• ⛺ Onsite Entry Camp

• 🤝 Affirmative consent, help-seeking & protective behaviours: Consent Education (RSE) Entry–FLE3

• 🚗 Guest Speaker: Sonya Karras: Whole New World – Alcohol, Drugs and Safe Driving (FLE4/GRADs)

• 📱 ‘Social Media Delay: aka Ban’: critical thinking about online and interpersonal communication (Entry–FLE2, RSE)

• ❤️ Connect Group Time: Social and emotional learning activities on anti-discrimination, drugs, vaping/tobacco, alcohol, misinformation, disinformation and positive news stories

📘 A key focus this year has been strengthening our collective understanding of “Healthier Masculinities” through professional development, meetings, research review and reflective conversations.

🌟 We look forward to building on this work in 2026 with more cross-curricula learning, incursions, celebrations, Connect Group opportunities and staff-capacity building.

💛 Thank you, and we wish the TC community a safe holiday season — from the Healthier Masculinities Working Party: Andrea, Ryan, Sarah, Jordan, Craig, Stevenson, Sean, Jason, Stevie and Ollie.

Andrea Carydias