Sports News
Important Dates:
- Tuesday 12th of May: District Crosscountry (Yrs 3-6)
- Wednesday 28th of May: Division Crosscountry (Yrs 3-6)
WOW WEDNESDAYS -
St Mark's are proud to announce that we have joined Kingston in the WOW program.
What: WOW Kingston is the “Walk or Wheels Once a Week” program for primary schools in the City of Kingston held over 6 weeks during Term 2 of the school year. WOW Kingston is a travel behaviour change program that encourages primary school students to travel to school by more active modes such as walking and cycling and decrease car dependency. The program also improves road safety awareness and traffic conditions around the school.
When: Every Wednesday,starting the 7th of May!
Students will record their participation on a special class wall calendar provided by Council. At the conclusion of 6 weeks, the class that has walked and cycled the most will be awarded with Council’s special WOW Kingston Golden Boot to recognise their outstanding participation. Schools will receive materials and incentives as part of the program.
TAEKWONDO THURSDAYS
Over the past week, students in Grades 1–6 have participated in a Taekwondo session. To help further develop their skills, Tiger World Taekwondo will be hosting lunchtime sessions at St Mark's over the next three Thursdays. These sessions will give students the opportunity to continue learning and practising Taekwondo techniques.
Please see the flyer below if your child is Interested.
WALK2SCHOOL DAY
Hawthorn Players at St Mark's
On Tuesday, April 29th, we had the pleasure of welcoming some AFL players from the Hawthorn Football Club to our school. The students had the opportunity to meet the players, and some were even lucky enough to get their autographs.
DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY
Just a reminder for students in Grades 3–6 that the District Cross Country will take place on May 13th at Karkarook Park. St Mark’s has arranged a bus to transport students to and from the event. If you are participating, please remember that training sessions will be held every Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00 AM.
Equipment:
Please ensure that if your child is bringing their own sports equipment to school, it is clearly labeled with their name.
Interschool Sports - Term 2
Multiclass in District sports
I just wanted to let you know that SSV, School Sports Victoria who oversee our interschool sport and sporting carnivals are now accepting a new classification, ii3, Autism without intellectual disability.
This allows students who are formally classified to participate in multiclass events. There is a bit of a processing time of 6-8 weeks to finalise a classification so if your child is eligible and would like to participate in future District events such as swimming, Cross Country and Track & Field competitions please feel to apply or contact Miss Amerena at gamerena@smdingley.catholic.edu.au
We have had students at our school with classifications before which has made a huge difference to their confidence and sport ability.
Please see attached flyer.
Sports Uniform:
Over the next couple of years we will be phasing out the solid green sports polos and only having one sports top for all levels. The sports top that all students will wear is the polo top with the St Mark's lion on it, that the 5/6 students currently wear for interschool sport. We were finding that for some sporting events the 3/4 children also needed to wear the "interschool sport top" and they did not have it and it is also an additional expense for our Year 5/6 families that is not necessary - one sport top is plenty. Both the current green sports polos and the St Mark's lion sports polo are acceptable wear for PE days for all students. Year 5/6 students are still required to wear the St Mark's lion interschool sports top on interschool sport days. Once we are further underway with the roll out of the new sports top we will set a date where students can no longer wear the green polo - but that will be quite some time away so please do not worry.