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2023 St Simon Swimming Squad 

Date:   Friday 17th February 2023

Time:  9.40am – 2:45pm 

Venue: Monash Aquatic and Rec Centre, 625 Waverley Road, Glen Waverley

Swimming Squad Training: We encourage all competitors including our back up swimmers as emergency swimmers to attend the training session on offer so they are prepared for their selected strokes in the competition. The sessions will take place on the following dates and times:

Payment for this event:

Payment for the District Swimming competition and the training sessions can be made through the CDFPay link below:

https://ssrowville.cdfpay.org.au/MonitorOnline/app/#!/login

We ask all parents to please refer to the send Operoo form for any further information about the District Swimming Competition. We wish our swimming squad team the best of luck at the competition this week!

St Simon the Apostle 2023 Swimming Squad

*Teams are subjective to change and competitors substituted accordingly based on the timed trials, needs of the team and SSV guidelines

EMERGENCY COMPETITORS LIST

Emergency competitors listed below will be used in the event a student is ill or unavailable to attend the District Swimming Carnival. These will be at the discretion of the Interschool Sport Coordinator. Payment for the event is only required if you are listed in the St Simon the Apostle 2023 Swimming Squad on the previous page. 

Year 5 Open Water Learning Experience

Our Year 5 students will be involved in the Open Water Lifesaving Education Program on Thursday 23rd February. The day of learning creates ‘Everyday Lifesavers’ out of our students, by teaching them practical and engaging water safety, lifesaving and emergency response skills. The OWLE program is designed to empower students to make safe aquatic related decisions while enjoying their local waterway. Lifesaving Victoria instructors will conduct a 2.5 hour session with the remaining time used to engage in a range of “Nipper” beach activities.

The setting of our program will be at Hampton LifeSaving Club on Hampton’s forebeach. 

We ask all Year 5 parents to make sure their child packs the following in a small backpack for the day:

• Morning snack
• Lunch 
• 2 drink bottles filled with water
• School Hat
• Rash vest or suitable t-shirt with long/short sleeves (Rash vests are provided by LSV and to be worn for visibility and safety reasons but your child may like to wear their own rash vest or a sleeved shirt underneath LSV rash vest)
• SPF 30+ sunscreen
• Face Mask (to be worn on the bus)
• Towel
• Change of underwear
• Plastic bag for any wet clothing
• Warm clothing (in case of cool weather)
• Wetsuit (optional)
• Hygiene Items such as soap (optional) 

All information regarding the Year 5 Open Water Learning Experience can be found in the sent Operoo permission form. 

Karl Camerino

Interschool Sport and Outdoor Education Leader

Year 2 and Year 4 Swimming Program

Our St Simon the Apostle Swimming program dates for our Year 2 and 4 students next week from Monday 20th February to Friday 3rd March (10 day program from Monday to Friday). All programs will be at Paul Sadler Swimland, Rowville with qualified trained instructors. The timetable below outlines the structure of the lessons and when your child will be attending their session.

IMPORTANT: Paul Sadler Swimming Form

We ask all parents to fill out the digital Paul Sadler School Swimming Form using the links below. This form will indicate your child's ability to Paul Sadler and support our program with the grouping of your child.

SCHOOLS SWIMMING FORM -  ST SIMONS YEAR 2

SCHOOLS SWIMMING FORM -  ST SIMONS YEAR 4

What to Pack and Bring

Students attending the swimming program will need to bring the following to school each day in a swimming bag;

• A towel, 
• 2 x plastic bags for wet clothing 
• Spare Underwear and socks
• Thongs/slides (only to be worn at the pool venue)
• A Hairbrush (Optional) 
• Goggles (Optional: If students have received their Maxi Pink Paul Sadler certificate, they will have received their goggle licence)
• Swimming cap (Optional)
• Ear plugs (Optional)

Please ensure that all items brought to school are clearly labelled with your child's name.

Students can bring their swimming bathers in their swimming bag and change into them before their session. Alternatively bathers can be worn in the morning under their school uniforms if they are comfortable to wear them during school time before their session. Thongs/slides are only to be worn at the pool and school shoes need to be worn while at school. 

Knox Rebel Sport Community Partnership with St Simons

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.

Rowville District Sport dates

As we go into 2023, please note some of the key Interschool Sport dates going into the first Semester. 

Term 1

District Swimming : Friday 17th February 2023

Division Swimming: Friday 10th March 2023

Knox Division AFL Girls Gala Competition (Year 5 & 6 selected students) : Wednesday 5th April 2023

Term 2

District Cross Country: Friday 5th May 2023 

District Winter Sport (2 round robin days): Friday 26th May 2023 & Friday 9th June 2023

Division Cross Country: Friday 2nd June

Dates are subject to change if necessary and any necessary changes will be notified through the newsletter, Operoo and Skoolbag.

Karl Camerino

Sports Leader