Having a strong commitment to the ‘healthy body – healthy mind’ principle sees our students in an extensive Physical and Sport Education Program which provides both house and inter-school competition.

 

The House System:

The College House system is made up of 4 houses- Hollows, Monash, Gilmore, and Flynn. Every student is allocated a house and competes in their house, thus fostering a sense of belonging and team spirit.

 

Indigenous House Designs

Each design encompasses Flora and Fauna which are found locally on Wurundjeri Land and important to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Each design was chosen through student voice via each of the Houses. Initial ideas were presented to our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and other members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. After some alterations, Simone Thomson went to work to create the following beautiful designs.  

Hollows House Indigenous Design Monash House Indigenous Design Gilmore House Indigenous Design Flynn House Indigenous Design

 

Hollows House: Chose the Manna Gum tree which was a very important tree to the Wurundjeri People for food, shelter and medicine as well as the sugar glider.

Monash House: Chose the Cherry Ballart which was a tree used for food by Indigenous people. Also, the tree is very important as it cannot be propagated, and we have one at school! The fauna chosen is Crimson Rosella.

Gilmore House: Chose the Native Flax where the Wurundjeri people stripped the stems and beat them to free the fibre to make string for cord and fish nets. The oily, yellowish seeds were also edible. For fauna, Gilmore went with the iconic platypus.

Flynn House: Chose the Golden Wattle (muyan) which symbolises elders and also means eel season. The fauna chosen was the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo.

 

Sport at Heathmont College:

Sporting experience includes carnivals in swimming and diving, athletics and cross-country and competitions in badminton, basketball, netball, soccer, volleyball, tennis, table-tennis, cricket, football, golf, and hockey.

 

Outdoor Education:

Our Outdoor Education program provides students with the challenges to build strength of character through such activities as Nordic and downhill skiing, high and low ropes course, horse riding, rock climbing, canoeing, bushwalking and cycling.