Trial date, time, venue

Wednesday, April 1 and April 8

Lunchtime, 1:10-1:50 PM at Mortlock Park

Eligibility

Students must be in year 6 or 7.

Students must be signed up for one of the school soccer teams or are a proficient player.

Selection criteria

Students will be selected based on the following criteria, with an aim of organizing the strongest team possible:-

1) Skills / technique.

2) Effort & attention (mind on the job, ready for action, watching what’s going on, effort for the ball/position, not waiting for the ball to come to them)

3) Attitude (listens to the coach, not disruptive to the group, wants to get on with it & win)

Try-out procedure

1) 1:10-1:15   Sign up

2) 1:10-1:20   Warm up

3) 1:20-1:30   Skills exercise

4) 1:30-1:50   Scratch match

Sign-up

Students need to arrive ready to play (boots, shinpads, water) on Mortlock Oval at 1.10pm. Students line up and get names ticked off making sure that the list has name, class, soccer experience, preferred position. Students are given a numbered bib.

A team will be decided on and the successful students will be notified on Thursday 9^th April.

Any queries please contact Mrs Boothey

Team coaches: Sam Dyer and Matthew Martin

Don’t forget to bring your $2 coins to the Family Picnic!

Redeem them for tokens to use for:

• Sausage in bread
• Soft drink/water
• Face painting
• Jumping castle
• Hair design
• Cake/biscuit stall

The fun starts from 5pm.

This fortnight’s newsletter:

Newsletter 26 March

Dear Parents,

The Office of Recreation and Sport has introduced an initiative that enables families to receive assistance when registering their child (Rec – Yr7) with a community sporting club. Each child is entitled to a $50 discount voucher to go toward fees at a participating Sporting Club.

You can go to the Sports Voucher website http://www.sportsvouchers.sa.gov.au/ to search for a Registered Club in your local area who accepts the vouchers toward club fees.

A fact sheet and short video further explaining the program can also be found on their website.

$50 discount Sports Voucher

 

Mortlock Park is open again!  Join us for a family picnic on Friday 27th March from 5pm to 8pm.

Bring your own chairs and picnic rug.  A BBQ, slushie machine, drinks, face painting, paper plane competition, and family activities will be available.  There will be a raffle and the History Display will be open from 5pm – 7pm to look at with your children.

Mortlock Park is open again

We are still seeking players for after-hours soccer for Years 5, 6 and 7.  If you are interested, please fill in a red registration form and leave at the front office.

For more information, please contact Olivia Kemp Ph: 0433 177 793.

You have until the 27^th March to register your child in the Hot Shots Tennis Partnership Program.  By registering your child they will receive a FREE Hot Shots T-shirt, plus the school gets a $7 rebate per student.

Tennis Partnership Program – Registration Form

 

We still require a few more players for after-hours football for each level, Years 2/3, 4/5 and 6/7.  If you are interested, please fill in a green registration form and leave at the front office.

We are also in urgent need of a coach for the Year 4/5 team. This can be a shared role if it helps. Training nights are flexible.

If you are able to assist, please contact Kendall Zimmermann Ph: 0400 009 314 ASAP.