St Luke's After School Activities: 2015

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

A testimonial from a St Luke's parent regarding Joshua Furby and ASA Fitness training

Re: Before and After School Activity - Fitness and Circuit with Joshua Furby

I wish to express our gratitude and appreciation to the school for their support of this positive initiative.

Our daughter Jaymee, took up this opportunity at the beginning of the year by attending the offered sessions, 3 mornings per week and when available the afternoon sessions too. She has continued with this program all year.

Joshua has set realistic goals and challenges for Jaymee throughout the year which has complimented her other training schedules. He has also taken into consideration her competitive events and educated and supported her with appropriate programs pre and post these events.

Jaymee has had a very successful year in sport and this has been largely contributed to the support and training that she has received from Joshua. Not only has this benefited her physically, but has also strengthen her psychologically. This program has also increased Jaymee's overall confidence.

Joshua's willingness to accommodate Jaymee's ongoing training over the Christmas period is very much appreciated with providing a program for her that will ensure she maintains the high level of fitness she has gained.

It would be exceptional for this program to run again during 2016 as Jaymee is already discussing her continuation of support for it.

Amanda and Andrew Ericson

A testimonial from parents about our ASA Running training

Dear Peter,

Dean and I along with Tom are very appreciative of the program run by Dwayne McKay on a Monday afternoon.

From a parent's point of view we have found that Dwayne has greatly assisted Tom in the development of his sprinting and fitness skills.

His encouraging manner has also provided Tom with further motivation and belief in himself and his goals

As a result of this partnership, Tom successfully gained selection in the greater Wide Bay region (Sunshine Coast, Hervey Bay, Burnett and Bundaberg) to participate in the State Carnival this year.

Although Tom trains regularly with club, it is this one off training with Dwayne that he has time to reflect on his performance and discuss his goals.

Tom is eager to continue this program with Dwayne next year as his goal is to be selected in the Queensland team for 2016.

We thank St Luke's for this additional after school activity and believe that this offering allows Tom and others to shine in their chosen field.

Kind regards,

Dean and Sandy Rinaldis

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

A Thank you message from a Parent about ASA

Many thanks Mr Robinson for the excellent running training being provided as an after schools activity for the children in years 4-12 under the enthusiastic care of Mr Dwayne McKay.

My children enjoy any opportunity to engage in sporting activity and- having a natural love for running- we were keen to sign up for sprint training with Dwayne. We have certainly not been disappointed as their skills have noticeably improved and as a fitness mentor Dwayne has inspired them to do their best but be sensible about how they train.The fact that the activity takes place at school makes it a perfect choice for us and I hope that this and the other activities on offer will be able to continue into the future. We have enjoyed the sports blog with its up to date commentary on the sporting life of the school, for following up results and checking dates and times of fixtures. Thank you for all the work that goes into that.

Regards and best wishes

Deborah Thomas