On Wednesday 18 May, the Campbell Primary School Cross Country was able to take place after last weeks’ rain delay. Excitement was high for the first full school sports event for 2022, with lots of house spirit and enthusiasm on display. We were also delighted to welcome back families to cheer on all of our amazing runners. Participation in the cross country event was very high and all of our budding athletes should be very proud of their efforts, with all contributing to their house point total regardless of where they finished.

The announcement of the winning house will follow at a later date, along with ribbon presentation. Information will be communicated to families advising of the presentation date and also for the regional carnival at Stromlo Forest Park, for those who have qualified, as soon as possible. Watch this space!

The formalities out of the way it was time to move on to Campbell Primary’s first ever colour run. What a tremendous amount of fun for all involved. We started with our Kindergarten to Year 2 group expertly mentored around the course by members of our Year 6 student leaders. Mr Holness, Ms Thane, Ms Nguyen and Ms Vicky did their best to make sure all runners were covered by as much colour as possible as students raced around the course (even if they ended up looking like a smurf or the Hulk themselves). Then it was the senior crew’s turn to run and they had a BLAST, right down to the very last drop of colour powder. We have a feeling that we will see the colour run back next year!

An enormous amount of work goes on behind the scenes to make these events such a success and we would like to acknowledge the effort and support of all staff in providing this fun and enriching opportunity for our CPS community. In particular we would like to thank Mr Scherer, Ms Ebbage and Ms Honner for their tireless planning, organisation and execution in both the cross country and brand new colour run events.