Primary Sport News

All Primary Co-curricular Sport will start in Week 2, with the exception of IPSHA Football, Year 3 Basketball and IPSHA Flippa Ball/Water Polo that will all begin on Saturday 30 January.

An email has been sent to all parents with daughters enrolled in Sport this term with start and finish dates, as well as pick-up and drop-off information. These can also be found on Cognito in the Sport course (Parent Access).

Please contact Sarah Carter or Xanthe Axford if you have any questions.

Year 3 -6 Primary PE Lessons

From the start of the year up until our Primary Swimming Carnival (Wednesday 17 February), all Primary PE lessons for Years 3-6 will be swimming.

When your daughter has her scheduled PE lesson from Friday 29 January onwards, please ensure she brings her swimming costume, a cap, goggles and a towel in her PE bag. She will not need to bring her PE uniform.

Normal PE lessons in full PE uniform will commence from Thursday 18 February.

IPSHA Football Years 4-6

IPSHA Football (Years 4-6) will start the year with three trial sessions, with the first session on Saturday 30^th January, at Moore Park Turf fields.

Dates/Times	Saturday 30 January (8.00am – 9.30am) Tuesday 2 February (3.15pm – 4.50pm) Saturday 6 February (8.00am – 9.30am)
Location	Moore Park Synthetic Turf Field, Robertson Road Moore Park
Wear	SCEGGS sports uniform, shin pads, long SCEGGS socks and trainers or boots. (Football boots are not compulsory)
Bring	Large water bottle, sunscreen & a healthy snack
Wet Weather	In case of wet weather please check @SCEGGSport Twitter. This can be viewed on the ‘Sport’ home page on Cognito (Parent Access) if you do not have a Twitter account.

We will decide final teams at the start of Week 3, Term 1, and training will commence on Tuesday 9 February at Moore Park Synthetic Turf Field (3.15pm – 4.50pm). Saturday games will start on Saturday 13 February.

For all Tuesday sessions, girls will catch the bus from SCEGGS and can be picked up at 4:50pm at Moore Park or approximately 5:20pm outside the Sports Hall on Forbes Street.

Year 3 Basketball

Year 3 Basketball will start with three sessions of training and learning the rules of the game, starting on Saturday 30 January at the SCEGGS Sports Hall.

Dates/Times

Saturday 30 January (8.30am – 10.00am)
Tuesday 2 February (3.15pm – 5.00pm)
Saturday 6 February (8.30am – 10.00am)

Note – For the first after school training session in the SCEGGS Sports Hall, girls will be collected by coaches from their classroom at 3.10pm and taken to the Sports Hall. They will have a snack before commencing the session. Please ensure your daughter has a large water bottle as well.

Unfortunately, no spectators will be allowed to attend our Saturday training sessions. Please drop off and pick up at the Sports Hall doors on Forbes Street.

Wear

SCEGGS basketball singlet and PE shorts and sport shoes

Bring

Large water bottle and healthy snack

Teams and the draw will be released in Week 3 of Term 1, and training will commence on Tuesday 9 February at the SCEGGS Sports Hall (3.15pm – 5.00pm). Saturday games will commence on Saturday 13 February, with all games played at SCEGGS.

For all Tuesday sessions, girls will be ready for pick up outside the Sports Hall on Forbes Street at 5.00pm.

If you have not yet enrolled your daughter in the Year 3 Basketball program, we do still have space! This competition is a great opportunity for new and old SCEGGS girls to meet new people and is an excellent introduction to Saturday team sports. If you would like to enrol your daughter, please contact Sarah Carter.

IPSHA Flippa Ball/Water Polo Years 5-6

IPSHA Water Polo (Years 5-6) will start the year with 3 swimming and skills sessions, with the first session on Saturday 30 January, at Andrew Boy Charlton Pool, The Domain.

Dates/Times	Saturday 30 January (8.00am – 9.30am) Wednesday 3 February (6.30am – 7.30am) Saturday 6 February (8.00am – 9.30am)
Location	Saturday – Andrew Boy Charlton Pool, The Domain Wednesday – Cook & Phillip Pool, Sydney
Wear	SCEGGS sports uniform, SCEGGS Swimming costume, cap & goggles
Bring	Large water bottle, sunscreen & a healthy snack for after training
Wet Weather	In case of inclement weather please check @SCEGGSport Twitter. This can be viewed on the ‘Sport’ home page on Cognito (Parent Access) if you do not have a Twitter account.

Normal training in teams will begin on Wednesday 10 February at Cook & Phillip Pool (6.30am – 7.30am). Saturday games will commence on Saturday 13 February.

For all Wednesday morning sessions, girls need to make their own way to Cook & Phillip Pool. For easy drop off, a coach can meet girls at the cul-de-sac at the end of Cathedral Street from 6.15-6.25am and supervise them into the pool. After the session, girls will get changed and a hired bus will take them to school.

Primary Sport Achievements

Does your daughter compete in any high-level sporting competitions outside of school (for example, at a state or national level)? If so, would love to celebrate their achievements by recognising it in this newsletter!

Please email any information (and photos if possible) to Sarah Carter. High level sporting achievements will be included in newsletters throughout the year.

Sarah Carter
Assistant Primary Sports Coordinator