Sports News: Erin Hardwicke

Swimming Carnival

We are excited to be able to kick off this year’s sporting events with our school swimming carnival. The carnival will be held on Wednesday 10^th March, Week 6. This year our carnival will be held at Stromlo Leisure Centre. The change of venue is only for this year’s carnival and is due to the 50m pool at Gungahlin Leisure Centre currently undergoing repairs.

Permission notes and nomination forms have come with all students today. All students in Year 3-6 will attend the carnival, along with competitive swimmers in Year 2 who turn 8 this year. If you are able to assist at the carnival, your assistance will be greatly appreciated and you can indicate your preference for a role on the Nomination Form. A current WWVP is needed if you wish to help out on the day. Please assist us by returning notes on or before 12^th February, Week 2. Unfortunately, it is not possible for us to accept late nominations.

K- 2 Water Fun Day

On Wednesday 10^th March students in Years K-2 will enjoy a water fun day here at school (on this day our older students will be participating in the swimming carnival). The day will commence at recess with a ‘special recess’ and then students will rotate through water-based activities in their house groups. An information/permission note has come home today.

Belconnen Region Swimming Competition

Please be advised that the Belconnen Region Swimming Carnival will be held on Wednesday 17^th March at Stromlo Leisure Centre. There is a very short turn around between our school carnival and at the Belconnen Region carnival. We will endeavour to inform students as quickly as possible if they have qualified for Belconnen Region Competition.

Our 5/6 school camp will be held at the same time as the regional competition. Please send me an email or see me at school to discuss options should your child be in 5/6 and wish to compete at the regionals.

Cross Country Carnival
Please be aware that we are holding our cross country carnival in Term 2 this year and not in Term 1. Our carnival will be held on 7^th May (Term 2, Week 3)

School Sport ACT

We have been advised by School Sport ACT that at this stage, due to the ongoing COVID situation, national level competitions will not be taking place in 2021. At this stage, all other levels of competition are planned to go ahead, these being; school level competition, regional and state level competition. In addition to this many of our local sporting organisations are offering gala days which schools can elect to participate in. Should any new decisions be made in relation to School Sport ACT, I will keep you informed through the newsletter.

Please see the School Sport ACT webpage http://www.schoolsportaustralia.edu.au/stateterritory-school-sport-offices/school-sport-act/ or Facebook page for the most up to date information.

SCHOOL SPORT ACT TRIALS – THIS IS INTENDED AS AN FYI ONLY. At this stage no ACT trials will be taking place in 2021. Please keep an eye on the School Sport ACT website www.schoolsportact.asn.au for upcoming ACT trials. The process for registering can be found below. If you need any assistance registering your child please feel free to ask for assistance.

How to register your child with School Sport ACT

School Sport ACT now collects all registration information online – this is to prevent the movement to and fro of a paper note and have all information readily available to officials prior to the trial. As this process incurs a fee for data storage, system maintenance and admin, a small $5 fee payment via credit card will be required.

Go to the School Sport ACT website – www.schoolsportact.asn.au
Click Register (top right corner of homepage) for an Account – enter parent details and password
A confirmation email will be sent to your chosen email that will contain a link that you must click on to verify the email account.
Click Log In (top right hand corner of home page) enter password then click on top tab My Profile
You will see a ‘dashboard’ of your information, click green box to Add Student – enter student and medical details and save.
Go to the Sports Tab – choose your specific sport, click on Trial Information box then click on the Register to Trial link.
Select your child’s name from the dropdown box and then enter the optional fields for Playing History, Preferred Position (if applicable) and Representative Experience. If you are already in the system, ensure your child’s school is up to date in your profile – have they moved onto High School?

Please contact me via email if you have any questions, feedback or are able to offer your assistance at any of our sporting events throughout the year.

Looking forward to another big year of sporting participation,

Erin Hardwicke
erin.hardwicke@cg.catholic.edu.au