Primary Sport

Sports Enrolments Term 1

Thanks to those families who have already completed their nominations for Term 1 sport for 2024. A reminder that these will close for current students on Thursday 2 November.

Get in quickly to avoid missing out! If you have any further questions, please email Brittany Robbins or Tom Mitton.  

Saturday Leave Requests

SCEGGS expects parents/guardians to request permission for Saturday Sports Leave from Mrs Helen Dempsey in the same way Leave would be requested from the ordinary school day, at least one week before the requested date.

Primary Sport Training

A big thank you to all the students (and families) who followed last week’s message of ensuring attendance at sports training on Tuesday. This goes a long way in ensuring we continue to create a positive culture towards sports and professionalism in attending training. Many thanks for your help towards this.

Years 2-6 Primary Swimming Carnival

We look forward to a fantastic day for our annual Years 2-6 Swimming Carnival held in Week 7 on Monday, 20 November, at Lane Cove Leisure Centre.

As usual, girls must be at school by 8.15 am on the carnival day. Students will travel by hired bus and leave SCEGGS at 8.30 am to take students to Lane Cove Leisure Centre. Students wishing to travel straight to Lane Cove will need to provide an email to their class teachers before the day. Upon arrival at Lane Cove, students must get their names marked off by the class teacher. After the event, girls will either return to school by bus or can be collected by a parent from the venue. No students are to be collected before the conclusion of the carnival. Written permission must also be sent to their Classroom Teacher if a student is being collected from the carnival. School will conclude at the usual time of 3.10 pm.

Girls should come to school in PE uniform with their swimmers on underneath. At the carnival, the girls may wear decorated hats, coloured socks, t-shirts, and the like in House colours. Students are not to bring pom-poms or streamers to the carnival in our efforts to minimise any adverse impact on the environment. PE uniform must be worn correctly to and from school.

The pool at Lane Cove Leisure Centre is an outdoor pool. While ample undercover seating is available, girls must wear t-shirts and sun hats when not swimming and are expected to bring and apply sunscreen throughout the day. Girls may wear any sun-protective swimwear for the day if preferred. We ask that the girls bring enough food and drink for the day. 

Parents may sit near the students’ seating area or on the balcony overlooking the pool’s finish line. While the canteen facilities are open to parents, we ask that parents not purchase food or drinks for their children. For students attending before-school and after-school activities, the school swim squad, Art Club and Drama Club will be cancelled for the day. All after-school sports activities will be on, but attendance is not compulsory.

This year’s carnival will be used to select next year’s IPSHA Swimming Team. We encourage all girls to get involved in all events and strive for their personal best! Any students who are absent and do not attend the carnival and wish to try for the IPSHA Swimming Team will be able to do so in early 2024. This date is yet to be confirmed.

We are all looking forward to a beautiful day. In the case of inclement weather and the need to cancel the carnival, a decision will be made by 7.30 am.

Student Achievements

Congratulations to the girls selected to represent CIS at the NSWPSSA Athletics carnival held last Wednesday and Thursday at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre. For these girls, they have successfully been selected to represent SCEGGS then IPSHA and now CIS in their respective Athletic events.

Well done to the following girls who gave it their all in their events.

Congratulations to Ava, who made it to the 12 Years 100m final.

A further congratulations to Stasia, who finished 2^nd overall in the 9 Years 100m final, making her the 2^nd fastest 9-year-old in the state!

Well done to Ingrid Soerensen (Year 5), who competed at the Club Nationals on the Gold Coast, taking place in which took place in the October holidays.

Last Saturday, Clementine Finlayson (North Bondi), Beatrice Emanuel (Bronte) and Emily Snow (Bronte) represented their Nippers Clubs in several events. Emily and Beatrice finished 1^st in the 2x500m relay, with Clementine and another student finishing 2^nd. In the 1km event, Beatrice finished 1^st, and Clementine finished 4^th. Congratulations girls!

Please help us celebrate any other achievements outside of school!

Does your daughter compete in any sport outside of school (for example, at a representative level or a sport we do not currently offer)? If so, I would love to celebrate their achievements by recognising them in this newsletter!

Please email Tom Mitton any information (and photos, if possible), will be included in newsletters throughout the term.

Upcoming Sport Events

Tom Mitton
Primary Sport Co-ordinator