Students from Joondalup ESC showed they can run with the best of them at Faction Cross Country Carnival held at Winderemere Oval on Thursday the 30^th of May.

 Students from Pre-Primary all the way through to Year 6 competed throughout the day to earn points for their Faction. Each year group ran at different lengths, starting with the Pre-Primary’s running 640m and finishing with a mammoth 2250m from the Year 6 students.

Thank you to all the staff who helped make the event wonderful for all involved. Thank you to the students for competing in such a big event and putting in their best effort. Thank you to all the parents that showed their support for the students and they created a great atmosphere.

If you or your child enjoyed Cross Country a reminder we still have Running Club happening this term on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8:15am-8:40am on the school oval for Year 3-6 students.

Alternatively, you can contact Para-sport Engagement and Classification Specialist, Cathy Lambert at cathy.lambert@paralympic.org.au for outside of school opportunities.

To calculate the points for the carnival, every 1^st place runner received 10 points for their faction, 2nd received 6 points , 3rd received 4 points and 4th received 2 points for their faction.

Overall awarded points were :

1st place RED with 192 points
2nd place Blue with 158
3rd place Gold with 140
4th place Green with 125 points

Congratulations Red Faction.

Mr Robert Lee

Physical Education Specialistts Teacher