Sport
Wantirna District Winter Sport Competition
This year, our Year 5 and 6 students will be part of Winter and Summer Interschool Sports. These sporting opportunities will consist of a 2 day competition against our Wantirna District Schools.
Date of competitions: Thursday 6th June and Friday 21st June
Teams of students representing St Simon will compete in the following sports at the following venues:
AFL Football Boys/Mixed : Lewis Park Oval, Wantirna South
Netball Girls and Boys/Mixed : Knox Regional Netball Centre, Knoxfield
Soccer Girls and Boys/Mixed : Knox Park, Knoxfield
Fully Loaded Tee Ball Girls and Boys/Mixed: Gilbert Park Softball Complex, Knoxfield
Volleystar Girls and Boys/Mixed : Karoo Primary School, Rowville
We are open to assistance from parents to help with selection of teams and coaching our teams on the day. If you wish to support us with your expertise with coaching a team or know of someone who can coach a team and is available to help out please contact Mr Karl Camerino directly by email. All parents coaches will need to be vaccinated and have a current up to date Working with Children Check.
St Simon House Cross Country
Date: Friday 19th April
Where: St Simon the Apostle school
Who will be involved: All students from Prep to Year 6 will take part in the House Cross Country
Starting time: The timetable below outlines the times for each year's level race.
2023 House Cross Country Track Distance:
The following distance will be run by each year level.
Prep: 300m - This will be a small track marked around our oval and heading back to the Prep classes
Year 1: 1km
Year 2: 1km
Year 3 & Year 4: 2km
Year 5 & Year 6 : 3km
Times from the day and from the Physical Education program will be used to select competitors to represent the school at the District Cross Country in the 9/10 year old, 11 year old and 12/13 year old age brackets. Year Level Cross Country Champions will be awarded this year for the event.
Parents are most welcome to watch their child/ren running on the day in the designated areas marked out.
Knox Rebel Sport Community Partnership with St Simon's
Knox Rebel Sport has been a wonderful sponsor of our school in the past and this year. All purchases at this store by parents of the St Simon’s school community provide our school with store credits. These credits are used to provide the school with sporting equipment for sporting activities.
We highly recommend that the next time you visit or purchase an item from Rebel Sport in Knox, ask how to earn credits for our school. Thank you all for your support of our school through our Knox Rebel Sport Community partnership.