South/Weston Region Cross Country Carnival Wednesday 2^nd June
at Stromlo Forest Park, Opperman Avenue, Stromlo.

Thank you for returning your child’s permission notes for this carnival and for paying $10 via Qkr. Fingers crossed that the weather is a little nicer than it is today!

Saints Peter and Paul Athletics Carnival save the date

Sts Peter and Paul’s Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 4^th June, 2021 (Term Two, Week 7) at Woden Park Athletics Track, Cnr Yamba Drive and Kitchener Street, Phillip ACT.

All students will be leaving school at 9:10am and travelling by foot to Woden Park Athletics Track. Students in Kindergarten and Year 1 will be returning to school at 11:30am. All other students will return to school at 2:30pm. (Please note that these are approximate times.) As this is considered a local area excursion, permission notes are not required for children to participate.

Please find information below in relation to the different track and field events that your child/ren will be participating in on the day. A rough program of events will be uploaded to the newsletter when it has been finalised J

Discus and High Jump will not be run on the day. If you would like your child to compete in these events at the South Weston Region Athletics Carnival, please provide their distances/heights from a certified discus or high jump coach or official (e.g. a Little Athletics Centre representative.

Due to current COVID restrictions, we kindly ask all parents attending the carnival in any capacity to use the Saints Peter and Paul Check in Canberra App QR code on the day, which will be located near the covered seating area (sign in and out sheets will also be found here if you do not have a smartphone) and observe the 1.5m social distancing measures currently in place.

On the day, children may wear a house colour t-shirt instead of their school sport shirt if they would like. If you’re not sure what your child’s house colour is, please ask their teacher. The houses and colours they represent are; Red – Cooyal, Yellow – Bangalong, Green – Iraga and Blue – Talara.

Children will need to apply sunscreen before coming to school and will also need to bring their hat, any food that they would like to eat and school bag with them to Woden Park Athletics Track. If your child/ren would like to make posters and bring mascots to support their house, they are most welcome. However, we kindly ask that no crepe paper, streamers or glitter be used when creating these.

Mrs Raccosta will be offering a special lunch on this day, so watch out for more information in relation to this. If you would like your child to have this special lunch, please order via QKR. Unfortunately, there will be no over the counter canteen sales on the day.

We would appreciate the help of parents who are able to act as timekeepers, marshals and long jump, shot put and novelties assistants. If you are able to help out, please complete the Parent Assistance section in Compass no later than Tuesday 1^st June. This will become live ASAP. Thank you for your assistance with this. All parent volunteers will be meeting at Woden Park Athletics Track, at approximately 9am.

Holding this carnival enables us to select students to represent our school at the South/Weston Region Athletics Carnival on Wednesday 18^th August. Students who are turning 8 and over this year may be considered for representative selection. Information in relation to parents/spectators attending the regional carnival will be shared with you when it becomes available to us.

We’re looking forward to an amazing day of fun together J

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If you ever have any questions about anything related to Sport, please don’t hesitate to get in touch mary.desmet@cg.catholic.edu.au Hopefully I’ll be able to help you out!