By Violet Li
Cranbourne Carlisle Primary School had its first-ever sporting celebration day on Tuesday 17 September.
The day was completely organised by parents.
“Usually, on the last day of term, we had kids dress up in their favorite sports colours, and the parents thought we could do something a little bit more than that,” principal Sally Webb said.
“They thought maybe we could have a pie day, traditional pies with footy day, so it started with that. And then they said, well, not everybody likes football, so let’s make it a sporting day.”
Parents then connected with many local community groups to finally make it happen.
“We have an incredibly passionate and active group of parents who have lots of other wonderful things planned for the year. Our approach here is to embrace community involvement, give them autonomy and say yes to most things,” Ms Webb said.
“Let’s give it a try and see if it works, and it did. It was terrific.”
