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2023 St Simon Swimming Squad
We congratulate all swimmers who have made the St Simon the Apostle Swimming team for next year.
An Operoo form with the information of the District Interschool Swimming Competition will be sent out shortly. Dates and times for the before school morning training sessions will be advised in this form. We hope our team members can make the sessions so they are confident and capable of swimming their events.
If any students are unable to participate due to illness, injury or COVID based reasons, please contact Mr Karl Camerino so a replacement competitor can be arranged.
St Simon the Apostle 2023 Swimming Squad
*Teams are subject to change, and competitors are substituted accordingly based on the timed trials, needs of the team and SSV guidelines.
2023 SWIMMING SQUAD EMERGENCY COMPETITORS LIST
Emergency competitors listed below will be used in the event a student is ill, injured or unavailable to attend the District Swimming Carnival. These will be at the discretion of the Interschool Sport Coordinator.
2023 St Simon Swimming Program
The school intends to ensure our students learn skills that are required for them to enjoy water-based activities in aquatic environments safely.. All programs will be at Paul Sadler Swimland, Rowville with qualified, trained instructors.
Year 2 and Year 4 Swimming Program: Monday 20th February 2023 - Friday 3rd March (10 day program from Monday to Friday)
Prep, Year 1 and Year 3 Swimming Program: Monday 4th September 2022- Friday 15th September (10 day program from Monday to Friday)
In addition, the Year 5 students will be involved in the Open Water Lifesaving Education Program on Thursday 23rd February. The day of learning creates ‘Everyday Lifesavers’ out of our students, by teaching them practical and engaging water safety, lifesaving and emergency response skills. The OWLE program is designed to empower students to make safe aquatic related decisions while enjoying their local waterway. Lifesaving Victoria instructors will conduct a 2.5 hour session with the remaining time used to engage in a range of “Nipper” beach activities.
The setting of our program will be at Hampton LifeSaving Club on Hampton’s forebeach.
Operoo permission forms with information for these programs will be sent out very soon.
Karl Camerino
Interschool Sport and Outdoor Education Leader
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.
Rowville District Sport dates
As we go into 2023, please note some of the key Interschool Sport dates going into the first Semester.
Term 1
District Swimming : Friday 17th February 2023
Division Swimming: Friday 10th March 2023
Knox Division AFL Girls Gala Competition (Year 5 & 6 selected students) : Wednesday 5th April 2023
Term 2
District Cross Country: Friday 5th May 2023
District Winter Sport (2 round robin days): Friday 26th May 2023 & Friday 9th June 2023
Division Cross Country: Friday 2nd June
Dates are subject to change if necessary and any necessary changes will be notified through the newsletter, Operoo and Skoolbag.
Karl Camerino
Sports Leader