Sports Carnival Part 2

Kirsty in spirit!

Yes... a long time waiting, but we finally have more pictures and details from the Sports Carnival back in October! And it turns out we had the pictures all along... if you would like to read the first post about the day, go here.

We had a really nice set-up on the day in a small shaded area with chairs for spectators, an energy station for competitors and a scoring station (thanks for keeping score, Caro!)

Very nice set-up with beautiful bunting and balloons to get in the spirit!

We made bunting especially for the day and it looked great strung up along with some balloons in the colours of the factions (it was a birthday celebration too after all!)


We had a really sweet "Energy Bay" set up to keep competitors (and spectators) going throughout the day. Our Energy Bay had a water dispenser with cups (don't you love them? They were a really cheap steal from IKEA and so colourful and convenient!)

The IKEA cups (we just recently used them again at the Quiz Night - definitely worth it!)

We wrote everyone's names on a cup too so that no-one got mixed up! (Though after over 6 months of wear and tear, now it's about time we re-write the names). Behind the water there was a whole lot of "energy" food ranging from fruit to biscuits and lollies that we could all pick on during the day. It was really easy because each family brought a plate or two to share so there was nothing to worry about! If we have another carnival this will definitely be something we will set up again... it really encourages everyone to stay hydrated and energised during the day!

Front view of the energy bay (water dispenser/cups in front, snacks behind, oh yes, and our logo!)

We got lots of pictures of the long jump...

Amelia gives it all she's got

Kirsty leaps with hope

Sophie flys herself into it

And Georgia does a good jump too!

Roger worked hard too, being our chief measuring man

If you remember the story about who we shared the birthday cake with, here is a before pic... (so pretty, not to mention yummy!)

Before

And after...

We've still got one more post before we wrap up the Sports Carnival 2011, and that's with the team games. There's no guarantee as to when that post will be, but we're hoping as soon as possible! In the mean time a big thank-you to the following people as it couldn't have been possible without your help! To Miss Hooper/Mrs Mottershead and DPS for the use of their school oval, to staff and students at WPIPS for all the hours put in preparing and practising in the weeks before the event (and of course their efforts on the day) and to all the parents who helped out with jobs and with cheering on the day!

Quiz Night

In true 80's style...

After many long weeks of preparation, last night we hosted our 2nd annual Quiz Night at WPIPS!

This year, the Quiz Night was bigger and better than ever before, with around 27 people rocking up for a real good time. The theme was the awesome years of the 1980's and we were very impressed to see so many people dressed up! The night started at around 6pm with 6 rounds and lots of novelty games to follow. Our fantastic Quiz Masters were Miss Lucila Kelly and Miss Amelia Gooding, who did a great job in the weeks leading up to the night, writing and preparing questions as well as saying questions on the night and working hard to mark answer sheets and keep the scoreboard up-to-date.

The judges - Amelia and Lucila

Amelia whilst announcing a question

There were 5 teams of hard-working question answerers. In fifth place, Team 1 (aka. 3JBS ) was made up of Jack, Bec, Stuart, Joseph and Jesse.

Team 1 had a great time

Team 3 (aka. Punk Rockers), came in 4th, and was made up of Vic, Alice, Sophie, Elijah and Georgia.

Team 3, without Sophie or Georgia

Pat, Roger, Bonnie, Kirsty and Les together made up Team 5 (aka. the Sods), who came in 3rd.

Team 5 working hard

In 2nd place from Team 4 (aka. Wham!) were Mrs Riley, Wendy, Caro, Geoff and Odette.

Team 4

And the winning team of the night, receiving a trophy passed on from last years champions, Amelia, Caro, Jesse and Jake, was .... Team 2 (aka. MWC), made up of Anne, Michelle, Matthew and Hugh!

Michelle and Anne hard at work

The winning team (without Anne)

The final scoreboard

Lucila about to award the trophy

The novelty games though were a huge hit, in particular the Sing-off in which Roger from Team 5 was crowned champion singer (some may wish to argue that point).  We also had a best dressed competition, with judges Vicki and Caro having a very difficult job, to decide who dressed up in the theme of the 80's the best! The winner in the end, was Alice, who was wearing authentic 80's clothes once worn by her mother! Alice received a chocolate bar for her great style!

Mrs Riley looked great too!

Sophie enjoying herself

We also had a chocolate raffle as we did last year raising funds for our events through the year and year books. Taking home first prize (big chocolate hamper) was Matthew Riley and second prize ($10 Rarebits voucher) went to Eli.


Another of many fun jokes and games through out the night we had a lucky seat winner. In this game one person from each table had unknowingly chosen a lucky seat at the start of the night. These lucky winners were Pat Kelly, Vicki Kelly, Averil Riley, Jack Riley and Matthew Riley (again).

Jack was stoked to have won a prize!

After an exhausting amount of games, there was still yet another one to come - the treasure hunt. In this game we had to find 10 items in less then 60 seconds. Each team was assigned a classroom and we had to find our objects in those rooms. As well as all of the games there was nibbles and drinks available through out the night.

Daddy/daughter ♥

It was all so much fun and we did not finish till 10 pm by which time everyone was very tired but very pleased with how the night went.

Proof of how tiring the night was

Now to start the clean up...


Love from the WPIPS Crew