St Simon House Cross Country

Date: Friday 10th March,

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 the oval.

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.

St Simon House Sports Twilight Carnival- Friday 31st March

- Designed by Noah Kavanagh and Luke Spierings (Sports Leaders)

Our St Simon House Sports Carnival will involve all students from Prep to Year 6 who will be participating in a range of fun sport carnival races to earn points for their House and to ultimately be House Athletic Champions for 2023. This will take place on the oval of the school and we invite all parents to come to this event to cheer on their child/ren. All students will dress up in their House colours for the event to get in the spirit of the carnival. Further information will be advertised in the coming newsletters.

One key aspect that we wish to keep going this year is our annual event at a designated athletics track. This will be in Term 2 on Tuesday 9th May for only students in Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6. This athletics excursion will focus on your child/rens track and field abilities and assess and celebrate their learning through the Physical Education curriculum. As we get closer to this event, an Operoo permission form will be sent out with key details of this learning experience.

St Simon Run Club

The Run Club will be up and running this year with the goal to work on the fitness and skills of students with short and long distance running.

All students from Prep to Year 6 are welcome to join us for morning sessions on Wednesday 8th March from 8:00am.

Students can meet the teacher running the morning session on the school oval at 8:00am. These sessions will not go ahead if rain is projected. We hope to see your son or daughter there!!!

Year 6 Camp Coolamatong Experience

This year, our Year 6 students will have the opportunity to attend a 4 day leadership themed camp at Camp Coolamatong. This will be an exciting adventure camp that involves a variety of water based activities, team based land experiences and indigenous connections.

We ask all parents to please sign the Operoo permission and fill it in with as much as details as possible regarding your child/rens dietary requirements. In addition, please make sure your child/rens Operoo profile is up to date with emergency contact details and other information that may be required while they're away on camp.

Administration of Medication (IMPORTANT):

St Simon the Apostle is part of the Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) Management system and is implementing system wide policies involving the management of school medical information and distribution of medicines.

If a parent requires a school staff member to administer medication to a student, the parent\carer will need to complete a Medication Authority Form and, in some cases, will require a Medical Management Plan.

The Medical Management Plan and \ or Medication Authority Form must include complete information for the school staff member to be able to action the administration of medicine.

A Medication Authority Form must be completed and signed off by an AHPRA registered health practitioner for any short-term medication required while attending camp.

A Medication Authority Form must be completed and signed off by an AHPRA registered health practitioner for any over-the-counter medication during camp, including hay fever tablets, eyedrops, eczema cream, nasal sprays and travel sickness medication.

A Medical Management Plan and Medication Authority Form are required if medication is to be administered as part of a medical condition.

Please return all Medical Management Plans and Medication Authority Forms with your child’s medication of the camp by THIS FRIDAY. On the morning of the camp departure, there will be a medication drop-off area where the medication product will be matched with the submitted Medical Authority Form and\or Medical Management Plan.

Knox Division AFL Girls Championships

We are excited to once again send our selected Year 5 and 6 girls to the Knox Division AFL Girls Championships. The championships will take place on Wednesday 5th April. There will be training offered before school to prepare our team before the championships. We hope your child can make these sessions offered to support them with their kicking, marking, handball and game plays skills.

In the event of undesirable weather conditions, the training will take place in the school hall opposite the school soccer pitch.

Knox Rebel Sport Community Partnership with St Simons

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.

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