Sport News
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 Aarya Shundravel and Gabriella Saggin (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.
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.