Wantirna District Winter Sport Competition

This year, our Year 5 and 6 students will be part of Winter and Summer Interschool Sports. These sporting opportunities will consist of a 2 day competition against our Wantirna District Schools.

Date of competitions: Thursday 6th June and Friday 21st June

Teams of students representing St Simon will compete in the following sports at the following venues:

AFL Football Boys/Mixed : Lewis Park Oval, Wantirna South

Netball Girls and Boys/Mixed : Knox Regional Netball Centre, Knoxfield

Soccer Girls and Boys/Mixed : Knox Park, Knoxfield

Fully Loaded Tee Ball Girls and Boys/Mixed: Gilbert Park Softball Complex, Knoxfield

Volleystar Girls and Boys/Mixed : Karoo Primary School, Rowville

Winter Sports Training Sessions

Morning training sessions for all teams will be offered to prepare our teams for the Winter Sports competition. Some training sessions will also be during the school day.

These are the dates for the following teams training sessions:

Parent Helpers

Our school is in need of parents to volunteer with coaching or supporting a team for the Winter Sports competition. Our students in their teams always appreciate the expertise provided by our coaching parent volunteers and our teams have been even more successful with their support. In addition, parent support provides teachers with a stronger focus on supervising the students at each event.

We require the following parent volunteers to on BOTH or EITHER Thursday 6th June and Friday 21st June.

Without parent volunteers, there may be the possibility a team may not be able to compete.

Some knowledge of the rules of the sport would be beneficial but not required. Mainly a coaching role will involve instructing and encouraging the team while rotating the substitutions fairly. If you are able to support us in one of these volunteer roles, please select our interest in the Operoo permission form or email Mr Karl Camerino at karl.camerino@ssrowville.catholic.edu.au .

If you know of someone who has expressed an interest in supporting us, please also email Karl Camerino of their intention to volunteer in one of the above roles. A reminder that all volunteers need to have their Working with Children Check and sign the school’s volunteer documents at the school office.

Karl Camerino

Interschool Sports Leader

St Simon Cross Country Team

Congratulations to the 60 students listed below who have made it into this year’s St Simon the Apostle Cross Country team this year. All of our competitors are excellent marathon runners and we wish them the best of luck at the District Cross Country on Friday 19th May at Kings Park Reserve.

***Running at approximately 10:00 am at the District Cross Country Competition day in Term 2. Times are subjective to the running of the day and weather

***Running at approximately 11:00am at the District Cross Country Competition day in Term 2. Times are subjective to the running of the day and weather

***Running at approximately 12:00am at the District Cross Country Competition day in Term 2. Times are subjective to the running of the day and weather

EMERGENCY COMPETITORS LIST

Emergency competitors listed below will be used in the event a student is ill or unavailable to attend the District Cross Country event. These will be at the discretion of the Interschool Sport Coordinator.

CROSS COUNTRY TEAM TRAINING

Team training is for all students. Emergency competitors can attend the training if they wish

Knox Division AFL Girls Championships

We are excited to once again send our 24 selected Year 5 and 6 girls to the Knox Division AFL Girls Championships. Congratulations to the following girls who will represent our school with pride on the AFL field.

The championships will take place on Thursday 23rd May in Term 2 at Kings Park Reserve, Upper Ferntree Gully. There will be training offered before school to prepare our team before the championships. We hope your child can make these sessions offered to support them with their kicking, marking, handball and game plays skills.

In the event of undesirable weather conditions, the training will take place in the school hall opposite the school soccer pitch.

Knox Rebel Sport Community Partnership with St Simon's

Knox Rebel Sport has been a wonderful sponsor of our school in the past and this year. All purchases at this store by parents of the St Simon’s school community provide our school with store credits. These credits are used to provide the school with sporting equipment for sporting activities.

We highly recommend that the next time you visit or purchase an item from Rebel Sport in Knox, ask how to earn credits for our school. Thank you all for your support of our school through our Knox Rebel Sport Community partnership.

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