Sporting & Extracurricular 

Water Familiarisation Program

Throughout Week 6, all students will be participating in this years Water Familiarisation Program. The purpose of this program is to provide students with water confidence, basic survival skills, and water safety knowledge. Students will have 3 x 45 minute sessions throughout the week. 

Success Criteria

• Understanding and respecting rules for a range of aquatic environments 
• Demonstrating entries and exits for a range of environments
• Floating, sculling or treading water for 2 minutes and signalling for help
• Performing a surface dive swimming underwater, searching to recover an object from deeper water

Students are asked to wear their full sports uniform on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Week 6. Students will need to wear their swimming costume underneath their sports uniform and at the end of their time slot, students will change out of their swimmers back into their sports uniform. Please ensure all of your child's clothing is labelled with their name. Students will walk to and from the pool each day. 

What students will need:

• Full sports uniform (with normal runners - no thongs or sandals)
• Swimming costume
• School hat
• Sunscreen 
• Bag for wet swimmers 

• Towel

  A wrap on the 2025 sporting year!

With the ACS Summer Trials being the final event on the 2025 sporting calendar, we celebrate an incredible year of sport it has been at St Mary of the Angels! From cross country and athletics to swimming carnivals, gala days and sporting schools programs, our students have shown outstanding effort, sportsmanship, and team spirit across every event. Whether representing their School, Diocese, or Polding, our athletes have given their best, supported their peers, and displayed the true meaning of fair play.

A big thank you to our staff, families, and community volunteers who made every event possible through their organisation, encouragement, and support. We look forward to another exciting year of sport in 2026, filled with teamwork, fun, and new achievements!

Sporting Stories

We would love to showcase your child’s special sporting achievements in the newsletter. Please email detailed information and a photograph to guyadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au Please ensure photographs do not contain students from other schools as we are unable to publish them.