Leader of Sport
Dear St Joseph’s College Families,
Welcome to the 2024 school year.
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the College’s Leader of Sport. Within this role, I oversee the organisation of both internal sport lessons and extracurricular representative sports.
Internal Sport
As communicated at the end of 2023, our internal sports program will be different from previous years. The main change to the program is that students will have their double sports lessons with their entire year group and not just their class group. This change allows the College to have the ability to offer students the opportunity to choose their offsite sports activities for their double lessons.
A variety of options will be available for students to choose from across each of the school terms. The College’s sport budget will cover or significantly subsidise the cost of each of the activities. Depending on the activity students choose there may be an additional cost that will need to be paid and this needs to be taken into consideration when students are selecting their preferences.
Each term students will make selections for the next term's sport. This will be done electronically and students will be asked for their order of preference. Each sport activity will have a limit to the number of students that can participate and students will be allocated their activity on a ‘first in first served’ basis. For Term 1 students have been making their selections throughout week two and communication for parental permission and payment will be sent out via Compass.
We understand that at times it may not be possible for some students to physically participate in sport due to illness or injury. If this is the case, a note from the parent or caregiver is required to be written in the diary for your child’s teacher.
As with any activity, there is an expectation that all students behave appropriately. This is especially important when we travel off-site. Failure to follow teacher directions or behave in a sensible and safe manner will result in students not being allowed off-site for their sports lessons and they will be required to remain at school.
St Joseph’s College Representative Sport
In regards to extracurricular representative sports, St Joseph’s College provides a range of sporting opportunities for students to participate in organised team and individual competitions within the school, locally, and at Diocesan and State levels.
All representative opportunities are communicated through the SJC Sports Desk Google Classroom and students express their interest in trialling for a team on our SJC Sports Desk Google Classroom. The code for students to join this Google Classroom is 6v6zikw. Once students have registered their interest, the coaches will run trial/training sessions to allow them to select a team, and then the team/s will be announced. Once selected for a College representative sport team students will be required to attend training sessions prior to the day of competition. This year we will be introducing before and after school training for a number of sports to assist with strengthening our students’ skills and the competitiveness of our teams. The focus areas for this semester will be Netball, Rugby League, Touch, AFL and Running Club. Additional information about when these training sessions are occurring will be communicated shortly.
Parents/guardians will receive permission notes for representative sports events via Compass where you can give permission and pay for the event. It is College policy that elective fees must be paid and up to date for a student to be able to attend an extracurricular event, therefore please make sure that this is the case prior to paying for any sporting events.
NSWCCC Sporting Representation
Families with students who wish to nominate for trialling in a sport at the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges (NSWCCC) level should make themselves familiar with the Catholic Schools NSW (CS NSW) Sport website https://csnsw.sport/. Parents/carers will need to create an account to be able to register their child. Once a student has been registered on the CS NSW Sport portal it will be sent to me for College approval.
This document is a summary of all the details of all the representative sports pathways that NSWCCC offers. Within the document, if a sport is noted as ‘‘Via Dio’, this means that students must trial for the Diocesan team first and communications for these teams will be sent through our Sports Desk. Please be prepared to travel if your child is accepted to travel. Parents have the responsibility to register their child on the NSWCCC portal, please make note of the registration closing dates as there will be no reminders about these sports.
Swimming Carnival Results
Congratulations to HANLY who were crowned HOUSE CHAMPIONS at our College Swimming Carnival on Thursday 15 February 2024.
Hanly - 1935
Reynolds - 1868
Hoade – 1745
Dalton - 1607
We made the journey down the highway again to the Murwillumbah Aquatic Centre for this year’s Annual Swimming Carnival. Students who attended the carnival had a fun-filled time as they embraced the ‘Hawaiian Holiday’ theme and enjoyed the sunshine whilst participating in a variety of events with their friends and housemates.
I applaud all the students who stepped up and competed in the championship races to ensure they did all they could to contribute to their house points. The students’ enthusiasm and team spirit are what made the carnival so competitive and enjoyable. I congratulate and thank them all for their wonderful efforts and cooperation on the day.
A big thank you to the house leaders who worked hard not only throughout the day but also in the lead up to promote participation and create carnival cheer, you did a fantastic job, as well as those teachers who helped set up early (arriving at 6:30am!) which allowed for our long distance competitive to run.
Congratulations to all age champions on their success at the carnival. A special mention must go to Kye Thompson who now adds another two school records to his tally: one for Open Boys 50m Breaststroke (breaking his own time (35.07) from last year) with a new record of 32.16; and one for Open Boys 50m Butterfly in a time of 28.72. Congratulations, Kye – an outstanding achievement!
Male Age Champions
12s Dax Stonefield
13s Liam Morrison
14s Jarrah Star-Webb
15s Liam Reilly
16s Keelan McLaughlin
Opens Kye Thomson
Female Age Champions
12s Ella Reid
13s Imogen Beacroft
14s Kiara Skorupski
15s Elodie Campbell
16s Jarah Irvine
Opens Evie Richardson
We have a competitive group of students who placed 1st or 2nd in a championship event at our carnival that will be travelling to Port Macquarie on Thursday 7 March to compete in the Diocesan Carnival. We wish them all the best at the carnival. Further information will be provided to parents and students next week in regards to which events they have qualified for.
A reminder that the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges (NSWCCC) Carnival is at Homebush on Thursday 4 April 2024.
Ms Madeline Ilic
Leader of Sport
In other sports news . . .
| Jalen Beatty - Year 9 RY7
Gold - Board Rescue
Gold - Sprints
Gold - Flags
Gold - All Age Beach Relay
Silver - Team Cameron (Swim, run, board)
Bronze - Mixed Sprint Relay
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Tilly Mison - Year 9 DL5
Gold - Individual board
Gold - Board rescue Silver - Swim team Silver - Cameron relay 4th - Individual iron 4th - Individual swim |
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