Sports

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL INFORMATION FOR PARENTS 2021

Venue- Bill Sewart Athletics Track Burwood Hwy, Burwood East VIC 3151 (Melways 62 C8)

Date- Friday, March 12th 2021

Consent- Parents must consent on Compass by 11.59pm, Wednesday 10th March in order for the student/s to be legally allowed to attend the event. Students who do not have consent will not be able to attend the athletics. Please note that there will be no program running at school on the day as all teaching staff are required attend the Athletics Carnival. 

Student entries – Students can enter a maximum of 8 events via a link on their compass newsfeed.

COVID – Students must follow all hygiene and social distancing COVID practices. These will be updated and communicated closer to the event.

Transport: AM - Students are expected to be at Brentwood Secondary by normal school time. Students will report to their Aspire group at 8.50am for roll call. Students will be called to the tennis courts for departure by bus to Bill Sewart Athletics Track. 

Transport: PM - Students will report to their Aspire group teacher for roll marking at Bill Sewart Athletics Track. Students will be shuttled, by bus, back to Brentwood Secondary by 3.05pm. 

To ensure safe and orderly management of the event, any student who is required to leave early will need to be collected by their parent or guardian in person at the entry gate. Verbal consent and notes on the day to leave early without a parent/guardian will not be accepted. 

Phone Policy – The Brentwood phone policy applies to this school event. Students bring their mobile phone to the event at their own risk.

As per the Personal Mobile Devices Policy, when students are participating in an excursion or camp they may be allowed to bring their mobile phone/personal mobile device. The school will determine this on a case by case basis. For the upcoming athletics sports on March 12, students will be allowed to bring their mobile phones. Please note the following points:

1. All personal items brought to school and/or excursions are done so at the student/parents own risk. The school does not take responsibility for any lost or damaged items. Brentwood Secondary College does not have accident insurance for accidental property damage or theft.
2. Students are expected to use their phones appropriately. This means that they are switched off unless used for:
   1. Taking photos (with permission) of themselves and friends on the day.
   2. Communicating with teachers or students via Teams etc if required on the day.
   3. As a music device.
   4. Not using the phone to access prohibited social media accounts or broadcasting pictures of the event via these means.
   5. Engaging in any online behaviour or activity that contradicts the schools wellbeing and engagement policy, school values or while school expectations.
3. Any student who uses their phone inappropriately will have it confiscated by a member of staff and returned to them at the end of the day.

General Information:

• Students are expected to dress in their house colour’s (Waratah - Red, Jacaranda - Blue, Banksia - Green, Wattle - Yellow). Students DO NOT wear school uniform.
• Remember hats, sunscreen and fluids (Emphasize the importance of being safe in the sun!)
• There are no canteen facilities. However, there will be a sausage sizzle on the day with $2 sausages in bread and $2 soft drinks. All profits will go to the State Schools Relief Fund.

Unfortunately, parents/guardians will not be able to attend the 2021 House Athletics Carnival. Due to the size of our school community (1700 students and 100+ staff members) we are not able to accommodate the required density limits as directed by the Department of Education.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Kim Nash (Director of Sport) on 8545 0373

Monash Division Swimming Champions!

Congratulations to all our swimmers that represented Brentwood at the recent Monash Division Swimming Championships at Kilsyth Memorial Pool. Heading to a new venue, our swimmers were full of both nerves and excitement. After a quick warmup in the pool we were sending our swimmers down to marshal and then compete in event after event after event. We were also placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd and winning a ribbon for our performances in the majority of events. An exceptional effort!

We had younger swimmers filling older age group gaps in our team and these swimmers were very competitive. Thank you! We didn’t fill every relay team (worth double school points) due to late withdrawals. Overall, our swimmer’s made me very proud and they represented Brentwood amazingly. 

Brentwood returned to school with 2 shields; we won the junior age group and the Overall Shield! A fantastic achievement!!

Junior results

1st Brentwood                                   

2nd Wheelers Hill                               

3rd South Oakleigh                           

4th Wellington                    

Intermediate results

1st John Monash Science School                 

2nd Wheelers Hill               

3rd Brentwood   

4th Wellington    

5th South Oakleigh 

Senior Results

1st John Monash Science School 

2nd Brentwood                  

3rd Wellington                    

4th Wheelers Hill                               

5th South Oakleigh                           

Overall Winning School

1st Brentwood                                   

2nd John Monash Science School                

3rd Wheelers Hill                               

4th Wellington                                    

5th South Oakleigh                           

Team Members:

Thank you to Ms Chancellor, Mrs Stewart, Ms Kirk, Mrs Sanguinetti, Mrs Weinbergs and Mr Wilson for officiating and looking after our team throughout the day. Without these staff helpers the event would not run and your child/ren would not get the chance to compete and represent Brentwood SC. 

All those swimmers who won their events have now qualified to Represent Brentwood and the Monash Division at Eastern Metropolitan Region on Tuesday March 23. The EMR competition will be held at Aquanation. We wish all swimmers the best of luck at this championship.

Kim Nash

Director of Sport