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Sport
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School Sport | Carnivals
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Stanwell Park Public School students are
provided with an opportunity to experience a variety of sports.
The emphasis is on participation and enjoyment but also caters
for the athlete who wishes to pursue higher representative
goals. Skill development and increased fitness for students are
also included in the main outcomes for sport. |
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School
sport for K-2 is held on Friday morning.
Rotating groups are held each term including gymnastics, dance,
games and skills.
Year 3-6 sport is held on Friday. Due to
limited ground space, class sport is held at various times
throughout the day.
For 2006, the program is as follows:
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Term 1: game skills
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Term 2: PSSA sport. Girls soccer, touch,
rugby league
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Term 3: PSSA sport. Netball, boys
soccer, A.F.L.
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Term 4: K-6
gymnastic skills
Fitness is conducted on Monday – Thursday
on a class basis. Stage 2 combine for fitness activities.
Activities include distance run, circuits, aerobics, skipping,
athletics training, sprint training. |
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Carnivals |
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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 31st December, the student
participates in the 10 year age division. The carnivals are
school house events and support for the students’ house is an
important aspect of the carnival. House groups are: Mitchell
(blue) and Hargrave (red). Teachers are assigned to a house
while Year 6 children are elected to be Captain or Vice Captain
of either Mitchell or Hargrave. |
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Swimming Carnival
The school swimming carnival is held at
Helensburgh Council Pool. Students in Years 3-6 participate in
this carnival in their age division. Eight year old students
from Year 2 who are proficient swimmers are invited to
participate in the Year 3-6 carnival.
The carnival involves the following events:
100 metres freestyle, 50 metres freestyle, butterfly,
backstroke, breaststroke and individual medley.
A special event which the students look
forward to is the parent's race which is hotly contested every
year. |
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Cross Country
Carnival
Students in years 3-6 participate in this
carnival in their age division. Any eight year old student from
Year 2 are welcome to take part. The carnival is held at
Stanwell Park reserve which is an arduous track comprising bush
tracks, dirt roads, beach run and hill climbs.
Distances run are 8-9,
10 year (2km), 11 year, 12/13 year (3km)
K-2 also participate at the same venue but
run a modified course organised by K-2 staff. |
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Athletics
K-6 participate in the Athletics Carnival
which is held at Beaton Park Athletic track. The event is held
as a tabloid activity with each age group rotating and
attempting each event. Field events include 800 metres, 200
metres and 100 metres.
Some events are modified to cater for K-2
athletes. For example a frisbee is used as a discus, a softball
for a shot put. |
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Representation |
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Stanwell Park is a member of the North
Wollongong Primary School Sport Association (PSSA)
Children who display excellence in a sport
are given the opportunity to attend district trials. The order
of progression is District, Zone, Region, State and Australian.
Children who represent the State are eligible for a Regional
Blue Award which are presented at an annual dinner. Sports
which children can attend are numerous – golf, rugby (union and
league), touch, softball, cricket, basketball, A.F.L., hockey,
netball and tennis. Children are given the same privileges in
the 3 main carnivals: Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics.
The first 2 placegetters at the school carnival in
Athletics/Swimming are eligible to participate at the District
Carnival. The progression is then Region / State / Australian
carnivals. The first 6 placegetters at the School Cross Country
are eligible to compete at the District carnival. The first 5
placegetters at the District carnival then compete at the
Regional Carnival which is usually held at Cambewarra, Nowra.
From this carnival 4 children compete at the State Carnival and
finally an Australian carnival is held. |
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