Sport

Fortians participate in planned physical activity in Years 7-10 timetabled PDHPE lessons as well as weekly sport which is mandatory for all students in Years 7-11.

Participation in sport provides many benefits in terms of physical fitness, health benefits, cognitive development, personal wellbeing, and social integration.

Sport

Year 7 have two periods of sport timetabled each week, in addition to their PDHPE classes. Students work through a program to build their general fitness and skills in a range of sports.

Years 8–11 participate in Sport on Tuesday afternoons.

A wide range of sports are available including Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, European Handball, Fencing, Ice-Skating, Netball, Oztag, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Touch Football, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball, and Yoga. Year 8 students are required to choose a Grade Sport; students in Years 9-11 may choose between Grade, Recreational and House sports.

• Grade Sport teams compete against other schools

• Recreational Sports are run by outside instructors

• House Sports are conducted by school staff

Students select one sport for Summer (Terms 1 and 2) and another for Winter (Terms 3 and 4). The cost of grade and recreational sports varies and must be paid for in advance of each sport session.

Students also have the opportunity to participate in Knockout Competitions. These teams are selected and coached by staff based on student interest, and compete against other schools until they are knocked out of the competition. Most teams have the opportunity to play two or three games a year. These games take place during normal school time.

Grade Sport

Fort Street competes in the Northern Suburbs Sports Zone.

Summer grade sports include: basketball, cricket, touch football, ultimate frisbee, volleyball, softball and European handball.

Winter grade sports include: basketball, Oztag, netball, volleyball, soccer, futsal and European handball.

Recreational Sport

These are activities where the primary purpose is participation, with the realted goals of improved physical fitness, fun, and social involvement.

Recreational sports at Fort Street include tennis, ice skating, yoga, pilates, boxing, gym classes, futsal, basketball, ultimate frisbee, rock climbing and swimming.

Sport House

In 2021 as part of a re-structure of our House and Merit Award systems, an opportunity arose to re-consider the names of the current houses and to introduce a fifth house. Students and were invite submissions from students to help decide the names of all five school houses. The school’s executive decided on the final House names, taking into consideration input from students, staff and the Fort Street community. For swimming, athletics and cross-country carnivals students are allocated to one of five houses, named after famous Fortians.

Joshi (Ruby)

House Patrons: Ms Kaur and Ms Cove

House Captains: Antony Walczak, Sofiah D'haeveloose, Lakshin Saravanan, Andrew Li

Joshi AO, Fortian 1977 is an Australian mathematician. She is a professor in the school of Mathematics and statistics at the University of Sydney, the first woman in the school to hold the position and is a past-president of the Australian Mathematical Society. Nalini Joshi was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australian in 2016.

Kirby (Sapphire)

House Patrons: Mr Vaughan and Ms Ryan

House Captains: Edric Sun, Xi Xi Ho, Raghav Goel, Arden Sen

Michael Kirby AC CMG, Fortian 1955 was a Justice of the High Court of Australia 1996-2009, President Court of Appeal, Supreme Court 1984-1996, Dep. President, Aust. Conciliation and Arbitation Commission 1975-1983, President, International Commission of Jurists (Geneva) 1995-1998, chair UN Commisson of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea 2013.

Mawson (Amber)

House Patrons: Ms Hussein

House Captains: Naomi Chen, Austin Li, Polly Russell, Max Zhang

Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA, Fortian 1898 was an Artic explorer who undertook expeditions in 1908, 1911-1914 and 1931. Mawson was a lecturer in Minerology and Petrology and a Geology Professor. Mawson was knighted in 1914 and published The Home of the Blizzard in 1915

Preston (Amethyst)

House Patrons: Mr Ockwell and Mr O’Neill

House Captains: Parthiv Prithvi, Mohsin Fouladi, Vera Liang, Hugh McMillan

Margaret Preston, Fortian 1887 is regarded as one of Australia’s most significant modernists of the early 20^th century. In 1929 she was the first woman artist to have an artwork commissioned by the trustees of what is now the Art Gallery of NSW. Preston’s paintings and prints are hung in major art galleries in Australia and overseas.

Sheikh (Emerald)

House Patrons: Ms Ezekiel and Ms Shino

House Captains: Nea Tarrant, Persephone Lee, Druhv Singh, Alex Jacquot

Simon Sheikh, Fortian 2003 is the CEO of an ethical superannuation fund and an Australian activist. He was the former National Director of activist group Get Up! From 2008-2012. He was a delegate to the economics stream of the Australia 2020 Summit and was named the NSW Young Professional of the Year in 2007.

Return to top of page

Fort Street High School

Sport