Sporting & Extracurricular 

NECOM / Australian Army Band                       Schools Workshop

Christopher W spent Wednesday 27th March 2024 being part of a Mega Band Day run by NECOM, working with the Army Band during their visit to Armidale.  Christopher got the opportunity to experience being able to play together as a large cohort. There were over 80 children in attendance from Black Mountain, Glen Innes Public, St Patrick’s Walcha and PLC, playing strings, woodwind, brass and percussion. Christopher had a ball and proudly represented St Mary of the Angels Guyra.

School Cross Country - 28th March 2024

Our St Mary of the Angels School Cross Country for students was held on Thursday the 28th of March 2024. 

The children participated in the following distances:

7 and under: 1.0 km,

8, 9 & 10 years: 2.0 km, 

11, 12 & 13 years: 3.0 km.

Students proudly wore their house colours and their encouragement of all participants was a joy to experience. Well done on your efforts, St Mary of the Angels!

The first 6 successful children per the age divisions 8-10 yrs and 11-13 yrs, will be invited to participate in the Diocesan Cross Country held in Barraba on the 17th of May 2024. Results and photos will be available in the next Newsletter. Miss Outridge will commuicate to families of those runners that will be offered a spot to run at Barraba.

We thank all families and friends who were able to come and support our young people on the day. We appreciated volunteers that assisted with the manning of checkpoints and cheering on our runners.

Expressions of Interest: Joey’s Walgett Rugby Union Gala Day

Calling for expressions of interest for students in Years 3 to 6 who wish to attend the Joey’s Walgett Rugby Union Gala Day on Friday the 24th of May 2024. Teams will be a mix of boys and girls. Parents will be required to transport their children to and from the event. 

If your child is interested in attending this day please complete the EOI form below by 9/04/24. 

https://forms.gle/qfA26fS2oFFFp8jk6 

School Athletics Carnival - Thursday 30th May 

After surveying our school community, we have made the decision to trial hosting our school Athletics Carnival at King George Oval, Glen Innes for 2024. 

This decision has been made to ensure our young people have access to full Athletics facilities and additionally, have exposure to a carnival convened in the same way the Dioscean and Polding Athletics Carnivals are convened. Hosting the carnival over one school day instead of two will also limit the disruption to learning. 

We understand that this may be difficult for some families, however we believe that in order to provide our young people with the best opportunities possible, we should trial this set up. Our school Athletics Carnival will be held on Thursday 30th May, 2024. Students will be bused to and from the venue, with the cost of the bus for this trial to be paid by the school. Further information about the carnival will be sent out via Compass closer to the date.

House Colours 

St Mary of the Angels have three school house colours. We encourage our students to wear these at school sport events, alternatively, sports uniform can be worn. 

In 2024 the school house colours are: 

McAuley - RED

Mercy - BLUE

Mackillop - YELLOW 

Please see list below with the school house colour that your child/ren are in: 

Sports dates for 2024

The Armidale Diocesan Primary Sports Council, webpage has dates set for sporting activities for Diocesan level and above. Please refer to this if you think you may need to plan for future events. Please note that the 2024 Sports Council Calendar has been added to the Armidale Diocesan Primary Sports page for your convenience.

https://www.facebook.com/ArmidaleDiocesanPSC/

https://sites.google.com/arm.catholic.edu.au/primarysport/home/

Pathway for progression in primary sport in Armidale Diocesan Schools.

1. School Carnival or Trials
2. Diocesan Carnival
3. Polding Carnival / NSW CPS
4. NSW PSSA
5. National Primary All Schools

Harlequins Hockey Club

Harlequins Hockey Club are seeking expressions of interest from players interested in playing junior hockey this year. We will be fielding teams in Under 8s, 11s, 14s and 16s girls competition and possibly in the boys/mixed comp if numbers permit.

The boys/mixed comp (11s, 13s and 15s) will be played on Monday evenings and the girls comp Saturday mornings.

Please send an email nominating your child's intention to play, which age division(s) they want to play in, date of birth, address and parental email and phone contact.

Please contact:

Lisa Patterson-Kane (junior co-coordinator) at cw.psychology@bigpond.com