Extra Curricular
At Jells Park Primary School we offer a wide range of extra curricular activities to all year levels. No matter what your child’s interests there is likely to be something on offer that will excite them. We actively encourage all students to participate in as many activities as they can as it enhances their overall educational experience.
JP Racing
Every year, Level 6 students from Jells Park Primary School compete in the Energy Breakthrough Challenge, in Maryborough.
The Energy Breakthrough provides opportunities for students, teachers, parents and local industry to work together to design and construct a vehicle that represents an ‘energy breakthrough’. Jells Park has a wonderful reputation as a consistently high performing school in the Challenge, with regular top 10 finishes in the 14hour race and the overall standings. The program helps students develop resilience, confidence, initiative, determination and commitment as they build strength and fitness from the riding along with team work, technical knowledge and verbal presentation skills.
Wakakirri
Every second year Jells Park Primary School participates in Wakakirri.
Wakakirri is Australia’s largest Performing Arts Event for schools with separate events for Primary and Secondary schools. Each year schools across Australia create Story Dances for Wakakirri that reflect student’s thoughts, ideas and aspirations. These stories are performed in professional theatres in front of the official ‘Wakakirri Panel’ who are searching for ‘Story of the Year’.
In 2018 Jells Park won the Primary Division 1 award in Victoria and won Best Historical Story at National level.
Victorian State School Spectacular Mass Choir
Each year, Level 4 students have the opportunity to participate in the State School Spectacular as part of the Mass Choir.
Around 20-30 Jells Park Primary School students help to form a Mass Choir of over 1000 students from government schools around the state. Students participate in rehearsals throughout the year as well as the final performances at John Cain Arena in September.
Participating students perform for the entire show and have a repertoire of over 10 songs to perform during the arena spectacular.
Maths Talent Quest
The Maths Talent Quest is an annual activity run by the Maths Association of Victoria open to all primary and secondary students.
Jells Park Primary School students have the opportunity to participate and select their own investigation topic based on their personal learning interests and apply mathematics in context. They can investigate in small groups, whole class or individually.
Students are able to develop an understanding and discovery of how mathematics is used and found in the world around them, providing a positive experience that reduces the barriers to learning in mathematics and often reduces student maths anxiety.
Some of the other benefits from students participating in the Maths Talent Quest at Jells Park Primary School are as follows:
Promotes an interest in and increases the awareness of mathematics in real life.
Focuses on building the learning capability of students.
Facilitates the integration of learning outcomes across mathematics and across other curriculum areas within the Victorian Curriculum.
Develops student communication, collaboration, problem solving, critical thinking and other skills.
Encourages students to verify and justify the results of an investigation.
Creates avenues for extension for the more able students.
Allows all students to be rewarded for growth.
Caters for mixed ability teaching and a variety of learning styles and preferences.
Fosters positive attitudes towards mathematics amongst students, teachers and parents to reduce maths anxiety.
Whole School Choir
At Jells Park Primary School there is a Whole School Choir open to students from Foundation to Level 6.
With around 100 current participants, students engage in weekly choir rehearsals, learning songs for Open Nights, Assemblies, the Whole School Concert and the Performing Arts Showcase night.
Students learn a variety of repertoire used to engage students and extend their skills of singing on pitch and together in two-part harmony.
The Whole School Choir is open to all students.
NEVR Choir
Every year the NEVR Youth Concert is held at Hamer Hall in Melbourne’s Arts Centre. Students from schools in the North Eastern Victorian Region come together to perform a concert consisting of ensembles, bands, soloists and choirs to showcase student talent from the area.
Jells Park students from Level 5 and 6 have the opportunity to participate in the Primary Choir made up of students from different primary schools.
Rehearsals run throughout Term 2 with the final performance held at the end of May.
Tournament of Minds
Levels 3 to 6 students have the opporutnity to join a team that writes and performs a problem-solving act that is presented in front of an audience and a panel of judges.
Schoolaerobics
Jells Park offers Schoolaerobics to students in Levels 4 and 5. Schoolaerobics is the largest inter-school Sportaerobic competition for Primary School students throughout Australia. The aim of Schoolaerobics is to provide our students with an avenue to improve their fitness, confidence, health and self-esteem through participation in a healthy and fun competition. The students develop co-ordination, flexibility and team work through their practises and competition
The students are taught an aerobics routine and need to master fundamental skills. They perform their routine against a number of other schools. Jells Park has been very successful with one team even making National level, competing in Queensland and winning medals.