The ESSINGTON SCHOOL DARWIN
Creating the Difference
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Council of International Schools
A Cambridge International School
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The ESSINGTON SCHOOL DARWIN
The Essington School Darwin has a comprehensive sporting program for its students. This
provides opportunities for students to participate in many sports at school, interschool,
community, and international level.
The Essington School Darwin’s sporting program develops skills acquired in the curriculum
subject of Physical Education. This is taught from Transition to Year 12 experienced
Physical Education teachers.
Our Junior School Physical Education program provides students with a quality weekly
physical education and sports program, taught by specialist physical education teachers.
Students in Transition to Year 3 complete a two week swimming program each year.
Our Middle School Physical Education program allows students to develop their skills and
follow their interests. Increasingly, they access specialist sporting facilities for fundamental
skill training in various sports. In the Elective program, students can extend themselves and
participate at a higher level in Physical Education and use a variety of community sports
facilities.
Our Senior College NT Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET) allows students to do
Physical Education as a study at Year 11 (Stage 1) or Year 12 (Stage 2) level.
The Essington School Darwin’s overall sporting program develops skills acquired in
Physical Education. Primary students participate in sports such as swimming, athletics, ball
skills, tennis, cross country, and basketball. In the Middle School students play soccer,
tennis, hockey, swimming, and football.
We aim to provide as many opportunities as possible for students to participate in sport
within the school, with other schools, and within the local and national community. We feel
it is important for students to experience the benefits of being in a team, as well as being a
solo competitor. Many of our students participate in community sporting clubs, and
represent the school, school zone, Darwin and the Northern Territory in various sporting
activities each year.
The House Sport program allows students to participate in a wider variety of sports during a
school year. It also provides opportunities for students to participate in sport leadership
within the school. Students are members of one of three School Houses who compete
against each other.
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As each student joins The Essington School Darwin, they are allocated to one of the
School’s three Houses:
FLYNN HOUSE (Geckos/Red)
Flynn House is named after the well-known Territorian, John Flynn, who established
the Australian Inland Mission and fifteen hospitals throughout the outback.
GUNN HOUSE (Frillnecks/Yellow)
Gunn House is named after Jeanie Gunn, a well-known early Australian author who
wrote “We Of The Never Never”.
WICKHAM HOUSE (Skinks/Blue)
Wichham House is named after one of the first European exploring sailors in the
Darwin region, John Wickham, who was the First Lieutenant on the Beagle (18311836) when it made its famous voyage with Charles Darwin.
The school Physical Education and sport uniform has a splash of colour in it representing
the House that a student belongs to.
The House system provides opportunities for students to develop their leadership
capabilities, to interact with students outside their year and class level, and to participate in
a variety of sport and other activities during the school year. Each House elects House
Captains and House Vice Captains, and some have Sports Captains for major sports.
The three major House sporting carnivals each year are House Cross Country in Semester
One, House Athletics in Semester One, and House Swimming in Semester Two.
House sporting competitions provide students with the opportunity to try different sports
that they may not normally be able to access. The House sporting competitions also
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provide opportunities for student
leadership and affirmation.
The Essington School Darwin has a
strong commitment to interschool
sport, and participates in almost all
interschool sport competitions offered
by NT Schools Sport.
NT School Sport organizes
interschool competitions during the
school year in various sports: Tennis,
soccer, basketball, netball, rugby,
cross country, swimming, athletics,
AFL, touch football, T20 Cricket, table
tennis, orienteering, gymnastics, TBall, beach volleyball, and squash.
The Essington School Darwin participates in almost
every sporting competition available, and is successful
in many sports.
Students who participate in NT School Sport
competitions are eligible to represent their School Zone
in their particular sport. This may lead to selection for
the Northern Territory team in a sport, and the chance to
represent the Northern Territory at a national level.
The Essington School Darwin affirms
the efforts, sportsmanship, and success of students through Award
Certificates at our weekly Assembly, end of Semester Award
Ceremonies, through the School’s weekly Newsletter, and through
noticeboards.
For more information about the Sports Program at The Essington School Darwin, please contact:
Angela Foley
Director of Sport
angela.foley@
essington.nt.edu.au
Spencer Harvey
House Coordinator
spencer.harvey@
essington.nt.edu.au
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Basketball
To provide additional opportunities for students to play together after school on week day
evenings and Saturday, the school established community sporting opportunities through
its own basketball club, the Essington Cannons.
Essington Cannons Basketball Club Membership Forms and Club Information is available
on the school website (www.essington.nt.edu.au) at the top of the first page of the website
(under ‘Basketball Club’). If you would like more information about playing for the
Essington Cannons Basketball Club, please email [email protected], or
phone our Director of Elite and Community Sports, Tim Weatherald, on Phone: 8985 0108.
The School has also developed links with other
community sports clubs. These cover a range of
sports including soccer, cricket, AFL, netball, rugby
union, tennis and hockey. The clubs linked with The
Essington School Darwin are clubs who already have
a large number of Essington students playing with
them.
Students at The Essington School Darwin who are
participating at an elite level in their sport are
recognised and assisted through the school’s Elite
Sports Program. The Director of Elite and Community
Sport assists each student individually to manage
their sporting and academic commitments during the school year. Special programs with
sports scientists are also organised.
For information about our school’s link with community sporting teams, or how we support our elite
sports persons, please contact: our Director of Elite and Community Sport – Tim Weatherald
Tim Weatherald
Director of Elite and Community Sport
[email protected]
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The school’s Basketball Club participates annually in the International Junior High School
Basketball Competition in Malaysia. Other playing opportunities in Asia in the international
school community, and national clubs, is being negotiated in Indonesia and the Phillipines.
The school hopes to extend these programs to other sports.
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PO Box 42321, Casuarina NT 0811
Telephone: (08) 8985 0100
Facsimile: (08) 8948 1910
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Chapman Road, Nightcliff NT 0810
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.essington.nt.edu.au