School Teams
Nightcliff Primary School has four school teams all named after famous explorers who each discovered many different parts of Australia. They are Flinders, Stuart, Gregory and Tasman.
One day a year during the dry season, the school holds a sports day in which children participate in competitive sporting activities, mainly in track and field events, with the aim of winning award ribbons and points towards their allocated school team. Flinders won the majority of sport days during the 1990s.
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