Sport

SCHOOL SWIMMING CARNIVAL 2026

Our annual school swimming carnival will be next Friday the 13th of February (Week 3) at Quirindi Aquatic Centre, it is a day carnival to be held during school hours. Buses will pick students up from school at 9am, enabling normal school drop off for all students. The carnival will start at approximately 9:30am and conclude by 2:30pm. Students will then be brought back to school for normal afternoon travel arrangements. Students will come dressed with the swimmers underneath their school sports uniform to allow for quick transition to the pool. Children are able to wear a t-shirt in their colour house colours for the day as well as use their colour house zinc if desired. 

We would love as many parents and family members to attend as possible and will still need volunteers to make the running of our carnival a success for our students. Please indicate on COMPASS if you are able to assist.  Permission is also needed to be completed here. 

Our swimming carnival and fun day are focused on student participation and whilst there are competitive events for those who wish to enter, there are also many fun novelty events for students to engage in and develop a sense of team spirit with their colour houses. Even if your child doesn't swim, their colour house needs their voice to cheer! I will have extra helpers in the pool to assist our less confident students to participate in the fun of the day. 

Swimming carnival events:

Swimming Nominations: when  nominations are open, you will tick one event for each stroke that your child/ren wish to participate in (Freestyle - children can do 100m freestyle and 50m if they are capable): Students are not permitted to compete in the novelty events if they have nominated to swim in more than one 25m or 50m event. Kindergarten students can participate in novelty events and 10m events as well, if they are capable. 

All 10m event swimmers will have a helper in their lane and can use a pool noodle to assist them during the event. 25m swimmers are also able to have a helper with them if needed. 

Championship Points: For children to be eligible for championship points they must swim 25m events in the 5-7 yr age category or 50m events in the 8-12 yr age category. 

Events on the day:

Freestyle: 100m 

Freestyle:  50m or 25m or 10m (with kickboard if needed)

Breaststroke: 50m or 25m or 10m

Backstroke: 50m or 25m or 10m

Butterfly: 50m or 25m

Individual Medley :200m 

Novelty Events  Little pool and Big pool categories

What to pack:

• Swimmers (to be under school uniform). Rash shirts are optional for carnival day, however are recommended unless your child is swimming in a competitive event.  
• Towel
• Goggles - particularly important if students do not like putting their head under water. 

• Sunscreen - only if a special brand is required. The school has sunscreen readily available to students. 

   

CANTEEN AND FOOD:

Pool canteen facilities are not accessible to school students for the duration of the school swimming carnival. 

MORNING TEA

Our PT&F cwill be running a cake stall to fund raise for the day. They will need lots of yummy donations from parents to make this a success. Cakes will be available on the day with no need to preorder. Cash or card purchases can be made. 

LUNCH

Our amazing canteen coordinator Michelle Cortis will be providing a pre-order lunch meal deal through our normal ordering system for the Canteen in COMPASS. If parents, grandparents or other family members are coming along for the day, orders can also be made through your child's COMPASS profile. Michelle will also have extra food to be purchased on the day. These purchases will need to be made using CASH only. 

IMPORTANT SAFETY MESSAGE:

All school children are under the supervision of teachers for the duration of the carnival. They are not allowed to access the little pool, splash zone or big pool outside of their event times. We appreciate parent support and assistance to make our carnvial day a fun and safe day for all. 

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.