Mount Carmel Catholic College Varroville eNewsletter

College Sport at Mount Carmel

As you may be aware there has been a clear increase in restrictions from the NSW Government and this has resulted in additional directives from CEDoW. These directives were communicated to parents via a letter that was sent earlier in the week.

Sport practices and protocols during that reflect the new directives

Contact sports remain suspended.

Students will continue engaging skill-based drills and small-sided modified games for all contact sports.

Students must remain within their relevant cohort (class, year group, or stage) to limit the mixing of students between cohort groups.

Students will remain within year groups for all recreational sports
MISA sporting groups have been split into stages
Some MISA groups have been collapsed and these students will return to their recreational groups (this includes Year 10 AFL students, Years 10 - 12 Softball and Years 10 - 12 Cricket).

External providers essential to the delivery of the sport or physical activity are permitted.

External providers such as fitness instructors and coaches will continue to be utilised to enhance the sporting program of the College
External providers have provided a COVID-safe plan
All visitors have read and signed the CEDoW COVID paperwork.

The use of local external venues and facilities (including external sporting grounds, pools, recreational facilities and community facilities) where the school has exclusive use are permitted in line with venue protocols and COVID safety plans.

The vast majority of students will remain on-site. The exception to this is MISA Soccer, MISA AFL and power walking groups who will use Kooringa Reserve.
The paddocks behind the College (Cross Country track) will be utilised in coming weeks.

In addition to the requirements above, sporting equipment continues to regularly be cleaned before and after Tuesday activities. Students are encouraged to continue utilising the hand-sanitiser stations found around the College both before and after activity. Students are to continue respecting social distancing between themselves and adults (teachers / instructors that support the College’s sport program).

Recreational Sport

Week 6 marks the mid-term rotations for many sport groups for students in Years 8 - 10. Year 7 will remain in their current sport groups. Leading into the Preliminary exam period most Year 11 students will move to study on a Tuesday for both periods. The sport schedule is pinned to the Compass dashboard each week in which students and staff have access to. Students are asked to view the sports schedule carefully as our mid-term rotations come into effect. Please note that some groups will not be rotating to the sport or activity that they initially selected. Adjustments have had to occur as we are not yet using buses to travel off-site for sport.

MISA Skill-Development Term 3

MISA Teams will continue refining their skills through small-sided games and skill-based drills within a competitive environment. The new directive that “students must remain with their relevant cohort (class, year group or stage) to limit the mixing of students between cohort groups” has resulted in the following changes to MISA groups:

Sport	Years	Directions
Indoor Cricket	Years 10-12 Boys	Due to low numbers/cross stage, students will return to their recreational group.
Softball	Years 10-12	Due to low numbers/cross stage, students will return to their recreational group.
AFL	Years 10-12 Males Years 10-12 Females	Year 10 will return to their recreational sport groups. Year 11 - 12 will complete training / study.

Netball	Years 7/8 Years 9/10	Each team will train on half a netball court eac.

Soccer	Years 7/8 Males Years 9/10 Males Years 7-9 Females	Training to go ahead as normal. Year 9 Girls will join Years 9 / 10 Males with Mr King. Training to go ahead with only Years 7 and 8 girls.

Rugby League	Under 15’s Div 1	Group to be split into two groups Group 1 - Year 9/10 Group 2 Year 7/8.

Sports Detention and Non-Participation

If a student is unable to participate in sport on a Tuesday they must provide a note to the Sports Coordinator at recess on the day that they cannot participate. This will provide the opportunity for discussion and for an alternative plan to be put into place for the afternoon. In most cases, students will attend either their group or another group as decided upon by the Sports Coordinator and will adopt another role such as scoring, timekeeping or refereeing. This is of course dependent on the reason for non-participation.

Changing Sport Groups

If a student would like to negotiate changing sport groups they must email Ms Bowen prior to Tuesday stating their name, current sport group, the group they are seeking to change into and a reason for needing to change. This is not guaranteed but will be negotiated on a case by case basis.

Below are some general policies that the College enforces in regards to sport.

Leave from venue notes: A reminder that if students wish to leave a venue they need to supply the Sport Coordinator with a note that is signed prior to departing for sport. A sample note is included below:

Date

To Whom it May Concern,

I (parent / guardian name) give permission for my son / daughter (child’s name) to not return to the College at the conclusion of sport this afternoon.

Kind Regards,

(Parent / Guardian signature)

(Contact Number)

Any other notes on Tuesdays: If you are sick, injured or cannot participate on a Tuesday you must have a signed note from your parent/guardian detailing the reason for non-participation. You must bring this note to Ms Bowen so an alternate plan can be arranged for you during sport time. Students who are unable to participate in their sport due to injury are asked, where possible to still attend the event with their group and to assume another role as instructed by the teacher such as timing, scoring or umpiring.

DIOCESAN SPORT NEWS

Updates and news on Wollongong Diocese sport events and trials can be viewed at https://www.dow.catholic.edu.au/sport/diocesan-sport-news/?ref=quicklinks

Please note that all Term 3 Diocesan events have been cancelled.

Updates on specific events secondary events can be viewed at https://www.dow.catholic.edu.au/sport/events-secondary/

Higher level MacKillop and CCC trials and events status can be monitored at https://csnsw.sport/news/events-suspended

In each case a COVID-19 safety plan will be developed inline with normal risk assessment procedures. These events will be subject to existing NSW government restrictions and advice along with CEDoW leadership input.

Please note: all Term 3 Diocesan sporting events have been cancelled.

NSWCCC / CSNSW SPORT NEWS

Each Diocese has their own process for actioning refunds. Please be patient as we work through these. Any questions should be directed to the contact details found on the top of your invoice. Students who have been selected in a Polding / MacKillop / NSWCCC team will be contacted directly to organise refunds and discuss uniform options. The CSNSW Sport store has been closed, for now no merchandise can be purchased until further notice.

Please continue to monitor the CSNSW sport website for updates and the most current information regarding cancelled events. Information can be found at Welcome to Catholic Schools Sports Services | CSNSW Sport Portal.

SCHOOL SPORT AUSTRALIA SPORT NEWS

Understandably, this decision will likely have a flow on effect for all sporting events (Diocesan, CCC etc) moving forward in 2020. Information will be communicated as the situation continues to develop and unfold.

More School Sport Australia information can be found at School Sport Australia - Education through school sport.

Miss Sarah Bowen

(Acting College Sport Coordinator - bowens01@dow.catholic.edu.au)