Sport Carnival dates – Term 1

School sport representatives

Well done to all the students who have registered and attended trials this term. Congratulations and best wishes to the following students who have recently performed and been selected into City District or Metropolitan North teams:

City District Netball – Halle O and Taylah V

City District AFL (girls) – Annabelle S

Metropolitan North Swimming– Pippa T

All students who have been selected in City District or Metropolitan North teams this term will receive certificates recognising their achievements at Monday afternoon Assembly , March 24, if parents would like to attend.

Sporting achievements

We would like to give a huge shout out to Boyd B on his recent performances at Queensland athletics. Boyd, who is 11, competed in the under 13 age group and placed 2^nd in long jump, 3^rd in hurdles and 4^th in high jump. As a result he was selected in the Qld team to compete in Perth over Easter. We wish Boyd all the best and look forward to hearing about the experience.

We would also like to congratulate Year 5 girls Halle and Evie on their selection in the U12A Representative Touch Football team. They are currently in training for the Queensland State Cup which will be held in Rockhampton in July.  We applaud their effort and wish the girls the best of luck!

Cross Country Information for this Wednesday /Thursday (Week 9)

On both carnival days children will wear house coloured shirts with shorts, hats and sunscreen. All children who are asthmatic must carry a puffer with them on the course. Year 3 – 6 students will run between 9am and 11am with students of the same year of birth e.g. born 2015 = turn 10 in 2025. The top 5 students (9 – 12 years) will be selected to represent Ascot at the City District Crosss Country trials at the Grammar playing fields, Northgate on May 2nd.  

8/9yrs (born 2017/16) - Will consist of 1.5 laps of the oval, out bottom gate/ 1 lap around the top half of the school on the footpath/ finishing with a 3/ 4 lap of the oval.

 10yrs (born 2015)  -  Will consist of  1.5 laps of oval, out bottom gate/ 2 laps around the top half of school/ finishing with a 3 /4 lap of the oval.

 11/12yrs (born 2014/13) – Will consist of 1.5 laps of oval out bottom gate/ 3 laps around the top half of the school/finishing with 3/ 4 laps of the oval.

Yr 3 – 6 Order of Events/approximate times (Wednesday, 26 March)

P – Yr 2 Order of Events/ Approximate Times( Thursday March 27)

P – Yr 2 Order of Events/Approximate Times(Thursday, 27 March)

Parents are very welcome to come and spectate and cheer along the children but we would please ask parents and younger siblings to stay to the outside of the track while children are racing.

Swimming safety

We are so pleased that water safety skills have been a strong focus of our swimming program this term. Across the 2024-25 summer period, 104 died by drowning, with lack of swimming ability known to be a major contributing factor. Missing out on learning how to swim while young has known links to an increased risk of drowning in adulthood.

There are National swimming benchmarks with a set of skills detailed for under 6 years and under 12 years. For any parents interested in having a look, the link is below. https://www.royallifesaving.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/32192/RLS_SwimWaterSafety_NatBenchmarks-Assessment.pdf  

I will be on leave in week 10 so would like to take the opportunity now to thank all the parents who have helped support our students in the swimming program this term. We look forward to seeing you again in term 4 when the focus changes to stroke development and getting carnival ready.