Children who are in Year 2 and who  turn 8 years of age this year are welcome to compete in any events as long as they are able to swim 50 metres with confidence.

School Swimming Carnival - 2009

A warm welcome is extended to you to attend our annual school swimming carnival, as either spectators or helpers, to support and encourage your child.

WHERE:                Dence Park Pool, Epping
WHEN:                  Tuesday 3rd  March, 2009
TRAVEL:               All children to travel by bus
COST:                    $8.00 per child.  This cost is included on your Term 1 invoice.
                                ($2.50 entry for parents)

WHAT TO
BRING:                   Recess and lunch (no glass bottles)
                                Swimming costume to be worn under sports uniform
                                Towel
                                Sunscreen
                                Please NO crepe paper decorations

The focus of the carnival is participation. To encourage this participation points are awarded for entering an event. We encourage all students who are capable swimmers to give it a go, and we encourage all students to vocally support their sporting house throughout the day. It is also the first opportunity for the House Captains and Vice Captains to hone their leadership skills.
  To facilitate this the carnival will be divided into two groups.  The children may compete in only one of the groups.
Either GROUP A or GROUP B. 

GROUP A
Competitive events – for those children with special interest and ability in swimming.  The district swimming team will be selected from this category.  Races will be 50 metres.

GROUP B
25 metre events in the shallow half of the pool. For those not yet expert but who wish to compete in freestyle and kickboard races.  Points awarded contribute to the overall point score.

Click here to download a Swimming Carnival Entry Form.
Click here to download a Consent Form for your child to attend the Swimming Carnival.
Click here to download a Swimming Carnival permission note for Year 2 students

  Please understand that all children will be offered the opportunity to swim on this day.  If you expressly wish your child not to enter the water, please sign the attached exclusory statement.  Would you please complete this section and return it to school by Thursday 26th   February 2009.   

Let’s hope for a really magnificent day.

Robyn Barrett & Robyn Steggles        Swimming Coordinators 

 Brent Kunkler   Principal

The second purpose of the carnival is to select a team to represent our school at the zone swimming carnival. It is an honour for any student to represent their school. However, to choose this team we are bound by technical stroke guidelines and time criteria. Therefore a competitor who is giving it a go in breaststroke, butterfly and backstroke may be unable to progress to the zone carnival if their stroke is technically incorrect. Likewise a swimmer who may win or places second in one of our freestyle events may not be eligible to progress to the zone because of the qualifying time. 

The following is information we received from the zone swimming convener:

“I would really like to urge you to be very selective when choosing your team. Please do not send students who swim a form stroke incorrectly, no matter how fast they can swim. We will again be hiring representatives from NSW Swimming Association to act as carnival referees. These people will ensure that if strokes are incorrectly swum, competitors will be disqualified.
Before choosing your second swimmer, make sure you review the qualifying time and, if the competitor’s time is outside the qualifying time, please leave them out of the team.
Remember that all schools are invited to send their first swimmers in all events excluding the medleys and 100m Freestyle events, no matter whether they meet the qualifying time or not. In the medley and 100m Freestyle events all competitors must meet qualifying times.”

Click here to see more photos from our swimming carnival 2008

Both facets of the carnival are very important.

One other point - all students are expected to sit in their designated house areas. It makes it very difficult to supervise the children if they are sitting with their parents away from these areas.  I hope to see many of you at the pool cheering on all the students during the day.