Non-Participation

Students are reminded that College Sport is a compulsory requirement of enrolment at Mount Carmel Catholic College. 

• If a student is unable to participate in sport on any given Tuesday they must provide a note signed by their parent/guardian to the Sports Coordinator at recess on the day that they cannot participate.

• This will provide the opportunity for a 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. 

Physical Activity Guidelines 

Sport is an opportunity for students to participate in physical activities through a range of contexts. Participation in physical activity is fundamental to the acquisition of movement skills. Having the opportunity to move and be active is an absolute privilege along with providing an opportunity for students to accumulate physical activity minutes daily. Please see the Australian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Young People (5 to 17 years) below and consider strategies that could be implement to meet and/or exceed the guidelines. 

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.

Recreational Sport

The sport schedule is pinned to the Compass dashboard each week in which students and staff have access to. Adjustments have had to occur for some groups as we are not yet using buses to travel off-site for sport. The cross country track has been mowed and will be utilised for cardiorespiratory activities during 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 groupings. These groupings have been communicated to students and are reflected in the sports schedule. 

Sun Safety 

It is so important that students and staff are protecting their skin from UV-rays by wearing the College hat and applying sunscreen. A sunscreen station is available outside the sports office on a Tuesday for Sport. Students are encouraged to utilise this station and to use sanitiser before and after. Skin cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in Australia. More than 434, 000 people are treated for one or more non-melanoma cancers in Australia each year and more than 11,500 people are treated for melanomas. Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. Below are 5 tips from the Cancer Council.

Source: https://www.cancer.org.au/cancer-information/causes-and-prevention/sun-safety/be-sunsmart

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. CEDoW directives which are now in place for the remainder of term 3 were communicated to parents via a letter that was sent earlier in the week. 

CEDoW Directives relating to sport 

Contact sports remain suspended. 

• Students will continue engaging in 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 prior to conducting each session.

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-sanitizer 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). 

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.