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| School Sport | Fitness | Athletics Carnival | Cross Country Carnival | Swimming Carnival | District Teams | Gymnastics | |
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Sport Mount
St Thomas Public School attempts to provide children with experiences in a
wide variety of sports (competitive and social) and fitness activities.
The main outcomes are enjoyment, participation, skill development and
increased fitness for students. School
sport for Years K - 2 is held on Thursdays. Rotating group activities
are held each term including gymnastics, dance, games and skills. Years 3 – 6 sport is held Friday mornings and varies each term. |
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Fitness is conducted throughout the week on a Stage basis. Activities include walking, mini-games, circuits, cross country training and athletics training. Carnivals School carnivals are held in age divisions. The age a student turns that year indicates their age division. For example, if a student turns 10 on 31 December, the student participates in the 10 year's age division. The carnivals are school house events and support for the student's house is an important aspect of the carnival. House groups are: Waratah – Red, Wattle - Yellow and Gum – Green. |
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Carnival
All students in the school participate in the athletics carnival. The carnival is organised in two sections: Years K – 2 – held at school Years 3 – 6 – held at Beaton Park Athletics Track |
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of the Years K - 2 carnival is participation. Events have a novelty
flavour. This carnival is held at school. Eight year old students from
Year 2 are welcome to participate in the Year 3 - 6
carnival.
The Years 3 - 6 carnival includes track and field events. The field events are held at school in the weeks leading up to the carnival. These events include: High jump, long jump, discus and shot-put. Track events include: 800 metres, 200 metres and 100 metres. |
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Cross
Country Carnival
Students in Years 3 - 6 participate in this carnival in their age division. Any eight year old students from Year 2 are welcome to participate in the Year 3 - 6 carnival. The carnival is held at school. The distances run are: 8 – 9 years 10 years 11 years 12 – 13 years |
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The School swimming carnival is held at the Wollongong University pool. Students in Years 3 - 6 participate in this carnival in their age division. Any eight year old students from Year 2 are welcome to participate in the Year 3 - 6 carnival. The carnival involves the following events: 100 metres and 50 metres freestyle, butterfly, backstroke, breast stroke and individual medley. |
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District Carnivals Teams are selected on performance at the school carnivals and in according to the rules of each sport set by the NSW Primary Schools Sports Association. Age divisions vary according to sport and event. Some sports use age such as 8 years, 9 years etc while other sports conduct competition in divisions such as Junior (8 - 10 years combined), 11 years, 12 & 13 years and Open (8 years - 13 years). A combination within sports is also possible. The 8 years' age is the youngest group in PSSA sport. |
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