Sport
The Hutchins academic curriculum has a compulsory sport component for boys in Year 2 - Year 12 involving weekly Physical Education lessons. Combined with this are carnivals, sports days and inter-house competitions. Supporting the Physical Education curriculum is an extensive extra-curricular program which offers boys a wide range of sporting choices.
In Junior School, the extra-curricular sports choices are athletics, cricket, mixed games, softball, swimming, tennis, T-ball, bushwalking, Australian Rules (modified rules), hockey, soccer, cross-country running, table tennis and basketball.
Middle School boys can select from athletics, basketball, cricket, orienteering, rowing, swimming, table tennis, tennis, sailing, surfing, touch football, Australian Rules Football, badminton, cross-country running, hockey, Rugby Union, soccer, water polo, cycling, sports shooting and fencing.
In Senior School the extra-curricular sport choice is even wider, with athletics, basketball, cricket, orienteering, rowing, swimming, table tennis, tennis, sailing, yacht sailing, surfing, touch football, fitness development, weights and fitness training, Australian Rules Football, badminton, rock climbing, cross-country running, hockey, Rugby Union, fitness for winter sports, soccer, water polo, boxing, cycling, golf, sports shooting, fencing and squash.
At Hutchins, intra and extra-curricular sport participation is compulsory. Boys are encouraged to participate at a level that they are comfortable with, whilst challenging their fitness and building their skills. Sportsmanship and fair play are paramount. Hutchins is regularly and enthusiastically represented and recognised at state, national and international level across various sports.
