Co-Curricular Activities Sheldon College offers a comprehensive range of sporting, arts, academic enrichment, technological, personal development and community service programs to ensure students have many and varied opportunities to develop selfesteem, teamwork and higher order thinking skills. . The College’s extensive co-curricular Sports Program caters to young beginners and social athletes through to those representing Australia in international competition. Students from Prep to Year 2 are offered a range of sport development programs, while students in Years 3 to 12 have access to weekly Saturday morning interschool sporting fixtures and associated training programs. Sports on offer in such weekly interschool fixtures include Australian Rules Football, Basketball, Football (Soccer), Indoor Cricket, Netball, Touch Football and Volleyball, while interschool carnivals are run for Swimming, Cross Country and Track & Field. In addition to interschool sport, a number of opportunities exist for students to compete in club sport for the College. At present such opportunities exist for Basketball and Touch Football. The College also actively participates in a number of State and National tournaments to offer our students further opportunity to compete and grow in their chosen sport. The Sheldon Academy of Sport (SAS) covers the College’s year-round, professionally coached individual performance sports of Athletics, Swimming and Tennis, with Strength & Conditioning and rehabilitation support. Some students enrol in SAS programs as casual/social participants, while the more serious athletes commit significant time and effort to more advanced pathways in their goal of reaching their full sporting potential. All three SAS programs are affiliated with their relevant sport governing body, opening direct competition pathways to state and national representation.
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