Sport
St Joseph’s Primary School, Quirindi
Athletics Carnival - This Friday!
Our annual school athletics carnival will be held this Friday the 26th of June at The Golland Fields, Quirindi.
Travel Arrangements for Carnival Day
We will follow the same process as last year where students will come to school as normal and then be bussed over to the fields at 9am. We intend to start our carnival by 9:30am. Buses will then pick students up from the fields between 2:30-3pm and bring them back to school for normal afternoon arrangements. Children can be collected from the carnival by parents, please see a teacher to have their name marked off before leaving.
Things to remember!
It is a normal school day, all students are expected to be in attendance. Remember, your colour house needs your voice for the War Cry and your feet for the March Past!
Pack warm clothing - an extra jumper or beanie.
Children can wear zinc, hair spray and ribbons of their colour house, as well as a t-shirt that matches their colour house.
Bring plenty to eat. We are very busy all day and students will have lots of little breaks and opportunities to refuel.
PT & F Canteen
Our amazing PT&F will be running a canteen for the sports carnival. Lunch is pre-orders but morning tea can be purchased on the day. Thank you to the parents who have volunteered their baking skills. Baking can be dropped off to the grounds on Friday morning. I will be there from 8am setting up. Please support our PT&F and our children by cooking up a treat.
Program of Events and helpers
Thank you to those parents who have offered to volunteer on our carnival day. Below is a link to the Program of Events and jobs list. Please note there are still helpers needed so if you can assist, please email me on mbartholomew@arm.catholic.edu.au or be ready to jump in a help on the day!
High Jump - Wednesday
The high jump event will be held at school this Wednesday from 12pm. Students participating in high jump will need the permission note to be signed and returned to enter the event. Students will also be required to complete a "safe jump" in our practices to be eligible to compete. Waffles can be warn in this event. Good luck to all students who are competing!
Weekend Sports News
Jake, Riley and Clay attended the soccer Gala day in Gunnedah on Sunday for Quirindi. Clay and Riley's team won the 7s division out of 6 teams and won the grand final 2-1 ( Riley scored one goal and Clay one goal!).
Jake played in the 11s division for Quirindi and they got runners up going down in the grand final 1-0.
Upcoming Sports News:
2026 Armidale Diocesan Athletics Carnival - Will be held at Tamworth Sports Dome on Wednesday 5th of August.
Sports Uniform
Term 2 - Sport uniform will be Wednesdays and Fridays
Term 3 - Sport uniform will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Sport Outside of School
I would love to add more examples of our student's success in their various sporting endeavours, so please feel free to flick me an email with photos and information so I can add them to our Newsletter.
All information about Diocesan sports events is well communicated on the Armidale Catholic Schools Primary & Secondary Sport Facebook page. This includes postponements and event photos. Please ensure you take the time to like this page, so you have access to the most up to date information on Diocesan sports events.