Sports
Melrose High School is noted for its success in the sporting field. Students have the opportunity to participate in school carnivals for swimming, cross-country and athletics, with successful competitors moving on to the Zone and ACT carnivals in each discipline. Throughout the year Melrose High School teams successfully compete in a number of sporting activities for both girls and boys. Visit the links below for more information.
Students in Years 9 and 10 have the opportunity to participate in Outdoor Education courses as part of the PE component of the curriculum. The outdoor education program includes bushwalks, caving, abseiling and canoeing.
PE courses are tailored to meet the needs of all students. Those students who excel at sports and physical activity have the opportunity to choose courses that suit their levels of expertise and talent. One course available to Year 10 students involves Sports Coaching, with class members working with students at local primary schools as part of the course. Please visit the PE Faculty pages for more information about the PE Curriculum.
School Carnivals
Melrose High conducts Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country carnivals each year. Time is allocated in Physical Education classes prior to Athletics and Cross Country Carnivals for training and skills practice to enable students to participate to the best of their ability. Our best athletes then progress to Zone Carnivals and if successful, they compete at ACT Carnivals. Students who become Age Champions in their age group at any of these levels are honoured at a school assembly.
Team Sports
Each year Melrose High School enters teams in inter-school competitions and one day carnivals in a wide range of traditional team sports such as volleyball, basketball, soccer, rugby, AFL, netball, hockey, touch, cricket, gymnastics and softball. Teams for both girls and boys are entered where there is sufficient interest to form a team. Training for these teams is held at lunchtime and before and after school. Teams are usually comprised of students in Years 7 and 8 for junior teams and Years 9 and 10 for senior teams. Those teams, which are successful at the Zone level, then proceed to contest ACT finals. Melrose High School has an excellent reputation in the sporting arena, with many of our school teams reaching the finals in a range of sports. Students in these teams are acknowledged at a school assembly.
Representative Sports
The ACT Secondary Sports Association sponsors over twenty teams each year, which compete in inter-state and Australian carnivals. All Melrose students are eligible to try out for positions in these teams.
Lunchtime Activities
Lunchtime activities are organised for students on a term basis, and are organised by different faculty areas. The PE and Health faculty offers team sports. Teams are mixed sex and played in year groups. Two year group competitions of either futsal, indoor soccer, volleyball or basketball are usually held each term. The Mathematics faculty offers weekly Mathematics tuition for students who require extra help with their studies or who just need somewhere quiet to complete their homework. Other lunchtime activities may be offered depending on areas of teacher and student interest.
