2021 Sports Day Newsletter

Changes to this newsletter are in:

• Program
• new section: Food & Drink for Parents/Visitors
  information on collection of Parent Lunch Orders
  
• COVID-19 Sports Day Restrictions
• Primary Timetable - High Jump & 800m Timetable
  

Congratulations to the elected House Captains and Vice Captains for 2021!

Our fundraising committee will open the Oval Canteen for drinks and snacks for PARENTS/ADULTS ONLY:

• Bradleys Bakery Donuts
• Dulwich Bakery  Cookies
• Red Rock Chips
• Bottled Water

Our canteen will also have an EFPTOS machine for your convenience.

PARENT LUNCH - parents can order Balfour's pastries on Qkr, but orders will close at 9am Wednesday 17 March.
If you have other family members attending, please ask them if they'd like to order lunch. We will have a few spare pastries, but not a lot.

All pastries are $5 each plus 50 cents for tomato sauce.

Balfours Pastries: Beef Pie, Bakehouse Potato Pie, Chicken & Vegetable Pie, Curried Lentil & Potato Pie (vegan), Sausage Roll, Premium Vegetable Pasty (vegetarian).

Parent Qkr lunches can be picked up from the Oval Canteen from 12:30. If you'd like your lunch earlier than that, just go to the canteen and ask them to put your order in the pie warmer, it will take about 1/2 hour to heat up.

The Coffee Guy will be on-site for hot and cold drinks from 8:30am (he will make a donation to our fundraising).

Parents cannot use the school canteen during student break times, but they are welcome to use it outside of break times.

School Canteen for students - students can visit the school canteen (not the Oval Canteen) to purchase drinks and snacks at recess and lunch time, just like they do on a normal school day.

NB. students will not be served at the Oval Canteen.

To avoid congestion and prevent students waiting in a busy line at the school canteen, we ask all parents/visitors to use the oval canteen. However, if you would like to purchase other snacks from the school canteen, please visit outside of recess and lunch breaks.

Parents/Visitors are also welcome to order lunch from the normal menu on Qkr through a student profile before 9:00am on Sports Day.

EASTER RAFFLE Our very popular annual Easter Raffle is almost ready to go. There are 15 prizes, the first 3 will be displayed on Sports Day and you will also be able to purchase tickets on the day. NB. All families will receive their own Raffle Book on Wednesday via their youngest child.

CAN YOU HELP? If you can help on the day for a 1/2 hour time slot in the Oval Canteen please let us know by emailing dl.0379.finance@schools.sa.edu.au

Students are split into their age groups depending on the year they are born, not their age at the time of Sports Day. This is how SAPSASA Athletics trials run and we use the same format for our Sports Day.

First place in selected events (80m, 200, high jump, shot put, long jump and discus) for the U/10s, U/11s, U/12s and U/13s can all qualify for SAPSASA.

The age groups work as follows:

·         2013 = U/8s (only 2013 born students in Year 3 participate)

·         2012 = U/9s

·         2011 = U/10s

·         2010 = U/11s

·         2009 = U/12s

·         2008 = U/13s

We have split the U/9s and U/11s groups into boys and girls as they are very large groups.

• There is no longer a cap on numbers - all family members are welcome to attend
• All spectators must sign-in via the school QR code, there is a QR code on Front Office doors, each building and there will also be several on the Oval Sheds
• Please adhere to SA Health 1.5m physical distancing and hygiene guidelines
• If you are the slightest bit unwell, please do not attend
• Adult toilets will be located in the gymnasium, please do not use other toilets
• There is no longer a need for designated viewing areas
• Visitors do not need to register to attend
  

Thursday 18th March, 2021
The Sports Day High Jump and 800m events are run the day before Sports Day due to time constraints and only for students that nominated to compete in these events.

Parents can now attend
Parents/caregivers are now able to attend these events, but must follow these COVID restrictions:

• must sign-in via the QR code
• must sign in on the school attendance computer in the Front Office before they go on-site
• follow SA Health 1.5m physical distancing and hygiene guidelines
• Parents/caregivers must exit the premises as soon as their child's event concludes
• must sign out on the school attendance computer in the Front Office
• If an event is running overtime and moves into a recess or lunch break, parents/caregivers must exit the school grounds prior to the breaks before students enter the yard for their break

Timetable