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Before School Training (BFT) Program 2024
BFT – “Before School Training” Program 2024
A reminder if it is wet, training will be cancelled.
Dear Parents/Guardian and Athlete,
Our Before School Training coaches, Kirsty and Nick Turner, Nicole and Anthony Battye and Rebecca and Nick Armstrong are ready to start our Before School Training and start preparing our runners for our House Cross Country this term. This training is for anyone in grade 1 – 6 who are committed to doing their best and respecting the coaches at our sessions. A huge thank you to our wonderful volunteers for putting their hand up to keep this terrific initiative running for our students.
Our BFT program is a free program designed to get our kids active before school as well as preparing them for up-coming school events including cross country, athletics and House Sports etc.
The BFT would like to communicate to all families and children who would like to be involved the Training Code of Conduct, which is an expectation for all runners who attend.
The BFT training is not a before school care service and our volunteers reserve the right to ask a child not to come back to BFA trainings should they not follow the following code of behaviour.
Code of Conduct for BFT
- Respect all volunteers and listen to their instructions.
- Respect other runners and their desire to want to train – “You come, you run” motto.
- Turn up for training on time and not earlier than 8.10am.
- Asthmatics must bring their asthma medication to training to avoid medical issues.
- ANY medical conditions need to be clearly outlined on the permission form and students must bring relevant medications to training, for example, asthma medication and Epipens.
- Students must sign in to every training session they attend.
- If a child is observed not participating (including playing on equipment or wandering off) over a series of two sessions, the family will be contacted about their child’s future participation.
BFT suggests athletes also bring…
- A piece of fruit or healthy snack to eat post training before going into class.
- Your drink bottle.
- A jumper in the winter months.
- A change of socks if the weather looks wet.
Permission to train form
By signing this official form, you as the parent/care giver are giving permission for the volunteers, who have a current Working with Children’s Check, to care for your child while they are at training from 8.10 – 8.40am.
Parents/caregivers must sign the letter below and hand it to one of the volunteers on the commencement of your child’s first training session.
Training Schedule 2024
**Training days for 2024
Wednesday mornings only (except for Public Holidays or Curriculum Days) 8.10am – 8.40am.
**WHATSAPP Group and CANCELLATION OF TRAININGS – Our coaching volunteers will advise all current members of the BFT community via a Whatsapp Group when a training session has been cancelled due to wet weather. You will need to provide a mobile number for them to invite you to this group.
IMPORTANT
Please send your child with this form completed on the morning of their first training session and ask them to hand it to the volunteer coach. Athletes will also need to check in and tick their name off at the start of every training session.