Pam Dillon, Barkly Sport Education, Tennant & District Times

Students from Murray Downs were lucky enough to name a game the Barkly Region Sport Education Coordinator made up.

The game is now officially called “Tricketball” which is a combination of Tennis, Cricket and Softball equipment.

The students played the game and incorporated maths into the lesson by tallying the number of runs each team member made.

Throughout the game photographs were taken and then used back in the classroom to create a book about the game.

Earlier in the day the junior school learnt the skills of Lawn Bowls and also used maths and literacy to produce a book in the classroom.

The book was printed that day and each student took a copy home to read to their family. The teachers at Murray Down saw how engaged students were and are planning to use physical activity much more in their classrooms to produce positive results in other areas of the school curriculum.

This article appeared in Tennant & District Times, 19 November 2021.