FEAST DAY CELEBRATIONS

CROSS COUNTRY AND ST JOSEPH THE WORKER DAY CELEBRATIONS

WHEN: Wednesday May 2

WHERE: St Joseph's College Mercy Campus - Corner Riverside Avenue and Eleventh Street

TIME: Normal school times 8.50am - 3.20pm (student can arrive from 8.30am)

The Cross Country will be followed by the St Joseph’s Day celebrations of food stalls, activities and concert. All of these events will be co-ordinated at the Mercy Campus on Eleventh Street.

The following arrangements are designed to limit the concerns of parents and the wider community in relation to student movement along Eleventh Street on mornings when St Joseph’s College has whole school events at the Mercy Campus.

We are therefore providing alternate transport to alleviate the need for students to walk to the Mercy Campus from the Enright Campus. We are actively recommending that students are either delivered by parents to the Mercy Campus or that students arrive at the Enright Campus as normal and the following arrangements apply.

Parents are requested to take note of the following arrangements for students.

Where students are normally dropped off at the Enright Campus:

We strongly recommend parents take students to the Mercy Campus before 8.50am on May 2
Where this is not possible, students can be delivered to the Enright Campus. All students who arrive at the Enright Campus will be taken by bus to the Mercy Campus.

Students who walk to school to the Enright Campus:

Students who arrive at the Enright Campus will be bussed to the Mercy Campus.

Students who arrive at the Enright Campus by bus:

Students may be able to continue on their bus to the Mercy Campus as most buses drop Year 8 students at the Mercy Campus each morning. If they need to exit the bus at the Enright Campus, these students will be taken by College bus to the Mercy Campus.

Year 8 and Trade Training students who arrive at the Mercy Campus on Thursdays are to follow normal routines.

END OF THE DAY

Students may be picked up by parents at 3.20pm from the Mercy Campus. Entry after 3.15pm will be via the 11th Street gate with a pick up zone arranged near the Mercy Theatre. Exit will be via the Riverside Avenue gate. Parents may park around the perimeter fence parking spaces while waiting for students, however not in the Riverside Avenue Bus zones. Please refer to the attached traffic map for a detailed explanation of traffic movement and drop off and pick up zones.
Bus travellers – students are to check with their particular bus driver as to whether this bus picks up at the Mercy Campus at the end of the day as many buses pick up Year 8 students each day. Some buses do not go the Mercy Campus.
If bus travellers need transport to the Enright Campus in order to catch buses, transport will be available for this purpose. Students will be required to show their bus pass to get this transport.
Students may be dismissed from the Mercy Campus at the end of the day but parents are notified that St Joseph’s College discourages student movement along Eleventh Street at the start and end of the day where this is not the usual route for students.
Transport will be provided for students who need to return to the Enright Campus at the end of the day.

We look forward to a successful day for all students and hope that these arrangements assist in the smooth and safe conduct of the day.

The format of the day will be as follows;

Students are to arrive by 8.50am and assemble and stay on the oval in house & homeroom areas for roll marking. * Please note students are asked not to bring Footballs, Soccer balls etc. for the day, these will be confiscated if found to be present. The current phone policy applies on this day & students are not permitted to take any photo’s or use their phones.

RUNNERS

Students participating in the 5km will be given a paper number to pin on chest, they will also be given a wrist band to be worn on either wrist.
Students in the 3km will be given a wrist band to be worn on either wrist.
Students will be able to store bags in a secure fenced off house area.
Runners will then assemble in age group order for marshaling.
First age group (16, 17, 20 Boys 5km) will leave between 9.30am and 9.45am.

The first 5 place getters from each age group will qualify for the SSVS Interschool Cross Country which will be held on Wednesday 23rd May at Apex Park.

WALKERS

All walkers will need to leave their bags on the oval in house bag storage areas after homeroom, these will not be accessible until walkers/runners return.
Walkers will also be issued with ID wrist bands.
All walkers are required to assemble in house groups on the Aerodrome car park side of Stadium.
Walkers will leave the car park under teacher direction and follow the walking course.

ALL STUDENTS

At the completion of their run students will:

Have access to toilets, showers and change rooms.
Have access to bags via house storage on the oval.
At the completion of both the run and the walk students will be able to:
Purchase drinks, collect valuables and money to purchase tokens for the rest of the day.
On the oval, a table with two staff members will be present to sell tokens (only after the first event runners return).
All Students will help homeroom teachers start setting up stalls from 11.15am.
All students will be able to are bags on Court two prior to the commencement of the Stalls.
Once bags are stored they will not be accessible until of the day.

PLEASE REMEMBER

PLEASE NOTE THAT PAYMENT FOR FOOD AND ACTIVITIES WILL BE BY TOKEN SYSTEM ONLY. TOKENS ARE TO BE PURCHASED ON THE DAY.
Clothing for the day will be casual clothes in House colours with the appropriate walking or running shoes; please wear non-black sole runners.
You will be expected to compete in the Cross Country & Walk unless you have written permission from your parents/guardian stating that you are unable to run or walk.
Early departures will require parental permission to leave the Mercy Campus Grounds.
All students will assemble and be dismissed from the Mercy Campus Complex at the end of the school day.
Transport will be provided for all students that are required to return to the Enright Campus.

If you have any queries or concerns regarding this information please contact Mr. John Fleming at the College.