Sports Bulletin
Welcome to Week 5 of Term 3 2023
Please find below this week’s sport news and reminders.
Junior Sport- Year 7, 8, 9 Sport Program:
JSS Sport: Wednesday Afternoons
Round 2 of the JSS Competition saw SMCC Students compete against Bentley Park.
Please see the JSS Draw and information below:
JSS DRAW:
| Week 5- 9 August: | Round 3 - Home Round v. Woree
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| Week 6- 16 August: | BYE - All JSS teams training at either SMCC or offsite venues
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| Week 7-23 August: | Round 4 - Home Round v. MCC
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| Week 8-30 August: | Round 5 - Away v. Bentley Park
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| Week 9- 6 September: | BYE - All JSS teams training at either SMCC or offsite venues
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| Week 10-13 September: | BYE (catch up games if required) All JSS teams training at either SMCC or offsite venues.
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- Students are expected to wear their SMCC Sport uniform weekly and wear the appropriate footwear.
- Please bring a hat, water bottle and sunscreen.
- You will need to eat your lunch whilst being marked off the roll and meet your sports coach outside the HOB at 12:40pm weekly.
- You will depart the college weekly at 12:45pm to head to your venues.
- Please contact your sports coach for more information.
Junior Sport (Year 7,8,9 students not in JSS teams):
Year 7, 8, 9 students (not participating in JSS Competition) have been placed into the Junior Sport Program.
The Junior Sports program provides opportunities for students to engage in the below sports options for term 3 and term 4 on Wednesday afternoons 1.17pm-2.57pm.
Students are expected to wear their school sports uniform, appropriate footwear and bring a hat, water bottle and sunscreen.
The Junior Sport program commenced on Wednesday 19th July and will run in Terms 3 and 4.
Junior Sport Program - Sport Options:
- Soccer Program (Delivered by an accredited soccer coach)
- Hockey Program (Delivered by a performance hockey coach)
- Netball Program (Delivered by an advanced netball coach)
- Sports Rotations (2-week rotations) and Sports include- Ten Pin Bowling, Golf, Boxing, Gym, Outdoor fitness, Yoga, Cricket, and Volleyball.
Students have been sent an email with all information and instructions.
Students are expected to check their emails daily.
Senior Sport- Year 10 and Year 11 Interhouse Sports Competition:
Semester 2 will see the Year 10 and 11 students engage and compete in the Interhouse sports competition.
Students have been placed into teams in their house groups.
Teams will compete against other teams for house points in the below sports:
- Cricket
- Basketball
- Touch Football
- Netball
- Volleyball
- Futsal
All students to please meet in the Nazareth Pavilion every Tuesday at 1:27pm (Period 5) for Senior Sport. All students are to wear their house shirt, bring a hat and water bottle.
Students that are not participating in the Interhouse Sports Competition can do Chess Club, Aspire to Teach Program, and/or Service and Justice group.
Interhouse Competition Points Table: Week 2 Results
| YEAR 10 & 11 INTERHOUSE COMPETITION - POINTS TABLE | ||||||||||||
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| WEEKS | Team 1 | Team 2 | Team 3 | Team 4 | Team 5 | Team 6 | Team 7 | Team 8 | Team 9 | Team 10 | Team 11 | Team 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
Interhouse Competition Draw:
Term 3 - August Sports Calendar:
Student expectations
No mobile phones during Sport: This includes all sport groups travelling offsite and JSS teams. Failure to meet this expectation will result in a detention.
Expectations for students with regards to organisation:
- Read the Notices Located on the Student Portal each school day.
- Please check your emails daily.
- Bring a water bottle, hat and wear the appropriate attire and footwear to every Sport lesson.
- If your sport is a fitness-based activity, you will need to bring a towel.
Expectations for students with regards to behaviour and engagement:
- Participate in the Sport/ Activity to the best of their ability.
- Represent our College well when travelling offsite.
- Demonstrate respectful and appreciative behaviour towards any outside provider facilitating a program along with a St Mary’s staff member.
Please note: Our Sport program involves some groups travelling offsite, therefore, please avoid making appointments during Tuesday and Wednesday sport.
TCS & Peninsula Trials
Parents/ carers will need to contact the College regarding any school absence due to students attending Peninsula trials which occur during school hours. TCS trials occur afterschool.
Students are reminded to collect signed Peninsula paperwork from the Sport Department staffroom to take to their TCS trials. Students will NOT be allowed to trial if they do not have this paperwork.
Students and their families are responsible for:
Logging onto the Student Portal to obtain:
- TCS Calendar (this tells you when your trial is on)
- Peninsula paperwork (complete, hand in & collect to take to trial)
- Notice of Trial (This document is uploaded to TCS Sport app within two weeks of trial)
- Follow the timelines outlined in the Peninsula Paperwork Process
Sport Coordinator Availability to support students in TCS & Peninsula Paperwork processes:
8:10am – 8:25am: Tuesday – Friday
Second half of Second Lunch: Monday – Friday
3:15pm – 3:30pm: Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Kind regards,
Kym McPhee-Smith
Sport Operations Manager
kmcpheesmi@cns.catholic.edu.au