01 Jul 2020
We are planning to resume our normal sport afternoons for Term 3. As per DoE requirements sport is a mandatory part of every child’s education and we support our students with a large variety of choices for all students to select from.
In Term 3, Year 7 will be placed in mixed groups and will be involved in a rotation of 5 sporting competitions – Netball, Gaelic Football, Touch Football, Soccer, and Volleyball (2 weeks at each sport).
Volleyball and Gaelic Football will be held at MHS Eastern Oval. Touch and Soccer will be held at Wherrett Park and will involve walking to and from the venue and Netball will be also held at Wherrett Park but may involve bus travel on return if space permits on the returning Yamba buses.
A permission note was given to all Year 7 students to be signed and returned to permit bus travel, otherwise, your child will need to walk back to school. If your child lives near Wherrett Park a signed permission note may be provided to the sporting teacher to allow your child to walk home rather than return to school at the end of sport. Any other reasons for leaving sport early must go through the attendance office at the school, either by note or phone call, and your child will receive a sign-out slip before leaving school grounds.
For years 8, 9, and 10 we will be returning to previous sport selections for Term 3 and these will be uploaded to Sentral and appear on your child’s timetable by the end of this week. Students have had the past 3 weeks to make any amendments to these choices.
A few minor changes have occurred due to new restrictions at gyms. Students who have selected Pulse or Rush (new owner/name of Sue’s 24hr gym) need to bring a personal water bottle and towel for their weekly sessions.
Just a reminder to students who have chosen Yamba sports, please buy a $4 bus ticket by recess each Wednesday. These buses at the beginning of lunch at 12.40 pm. If your child wishes to go home at the end of sport they will need to provide a note to the sporting teacher requesting this. Students are not permitted to sign out of school and use the sport buses to travel home to Yamba. Students not attending their usual Yamba sport will need to have travel arranged from the school. Students at Yamba sports who need to sign out before the end of Sport time will need to organise their sign out slip from the Attendance Office at the school prior to leaving school grounds.
Non-attendance from sport without a valid reason is not permissible by the DoE. All truants are followed up and a letter is sent home regarding these misadventures. Continual unjustified absences may mean the removal of a student from sporting venues outside school grounds.
Hoping for a happy and productive back to “normal” sport for the rest of the year.