This Friday we will have an activity day which will involve your son/s playing in House teams in a variety of sports such as touch football, soccer and European Handball. Your son may wear his House colours (or PE uniform) on this day and should pack a hat, recess and lunch and drink bottle. Lunch orders can be ordered online prior to 9.30am as lunch and recess will run as usual on the day. On this day we will also hold our sprint finals (70m, 100m and 200m depending on year of birth).
Oz-tag and Touch Football News – Congratulations to the following students for their selection is the ACT Cougars (Oz-Tag – various ages) and the U12 ACT Raiders (Touch Football). These students will be training hard over the next few months for competitions later in the year.
ACT Cougars Oz-Tag – 10 Boys: Saxon Small, Kael Sixsmith (shadow). 11 Boys: Kado Ramalli, Lachlan Murray, Rock-James Brookman (shadow). 12 Boys: Brayden Kent
ACT Raiders Touch Football U12 Boys – Isaac Iirilli, Charlie Jamieson, Jonah Ong
ACT School Sports Trials
Over the coming weeks and months, there will be opportunities for students to trial for 12 Years and Under ACT Representative teams for a variety of sports. Anyone with a child interested in trialling for the various sports needs to log onto the School Sport ACT website and register for the sport that your child wishes to trial for. It is the responsibility of parents to monitor the website for any upcoming sporting events, if your child is interested in competing in the regional/national competitions.
Please also note: if your child is successful in being selected for an ACT team to participate in a national or regional tournament, you need to write a formal letter to the Principal to seek permission for absence from school during this period. Once the College has received such a request, it can then be formally approved for your son’s participation in this activity with School Sport ACT. Secondly, we will also be able to acknowledge his achievement.
Year 4-6 after school Homework Club
Tuesday & Wednesday after school – beginning Week 2
3.30pm – 4.30pm
Junior School Library lab
Boys are to bring work with them that they may need assistance with. This could be homework, assignments, extension work or additional work set by their classroom teacher.
All students are welcome to attend, but this is not a drop-in session and parents must email Mr Kelly in advance requesting attendance for the week (one or both days) and what their son will be working on.
dkelly@stedmunds.act.edu.au
PE Uniform – Just a reminder that your son is to wear his PE uniform to school each day his class is scheduled to have PE. He is also to wear PE uniform on Day 10 of the timetable as classes usually have Year group sport on this day.
Year 6 Runners Program – As a part of our Year 6 into High School transition program, we will be enlisting the assistance of Year 6 students to help as runners. As runners, the students will get to know the school layout very well ahead of Year 7. The students will work in pairs for a full day (learning remotely between jobs). The students will rotate through on a daily basis for semester 1 only.
Absences – If your son is away from school, parents/carers need to ring 6239 0694 or email studentservices@stedmunds.act.edu.au with a reason. If you forget to do this, you will receive a text message. If you receive a text message, reply 1 – sick, or 2 – family reasons to account for the absence.
Staff Car Park (off Canberra Avenue) – Parents/carers are asked not to use this area for dropping off or picking up as it poses a definite risk to students. Parents/carers are asked to use the drive-through at the front of the school or one of the roads surrounding the school (not Canberra Avenue). Thank you for your support with this.
David Kelly
Assistant Principal – Junior School