Swimming Carnival & Water Fun Day Tomorrow Thursday 6th March
Year 3 -6 Swimming Carnival
Tomorrow Thursday 6th of March, St Clare of Assisi will be holding our annual Swimming Carnival at Queanbeyan Aquatic Centre Cnr Crawford Campbell and Antill St, Queanbeyan for all children from Years 3 - 6.
All 200 IM swimmers are asked to be at the pool by 8:30am to begin their races at 9:00am. Parents may be asked to stay and assist with time keeping for these races. For all other swimmers, buses will begin leaving school at 9am.
Competitive 100m and 50m swimmers will leave school on the first buses. All children will return to school by approximately 2:45pm. Lunch will be eaten at the pool so please pack recess, lunch and water bottles for your child. The canteen at the pool will be available for snacks only.
What to wear/bring:
- Swimmers are to be worn to school under sports uniform.
- School hat must be worn all day
- Wear a T-shirt in their house colour; (McCubbin-blue/Roberts-red/Streeton-green/Conder-yellow)
- Bring recess, lunch and drinks – lots of water!!
- Thongs/sandals, towel, school hat and sunscreen
- Your smile!
Kinder - Year 2 Water Fun Day
We will also be holding our Water Fun Day tomorrow at school for Kinder, Yr 1 and Yr 2 while the rest of the school attends the Swimming Carnival. The day will involve water safety activities as well as water play. For the morning session of our day (9:30am - 11.30am), each grade will rotate through a variety of fun water based activities. Students will then be able to dry off during the recess break (eating time, then play).
What to wear/bring:
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Full sports uniform with swimwear underneath (please ensure this is sunsafe)
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Hat & sunscreen (advised to pack sunscreen in your child's bag to re-apply)
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Students are welcome to bring thongs/sandals to change into and a towel
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Fruit Break, recess and lunch as normal. The canteen will operate tomorrow as normal for the K - 2 children at school.
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Drink bottles
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Optional: one water pistol/toy to use as part of a water fight, these must be labelled (this is your child’s responsibility and we recommend not to bring anything valuable/that would be upsetting if lost or broken).
Katherine Austin
Sports Coordinator