Junior Sport

Welcome back to all returning families and also a warm welcome to any new families starting at PLC this year. It is a busy start to the school sporting calendar with swimming and various other sporting opportunities happening already.

Swimming

The 3-6 Inter-House Swimming Carnival will be held next Thursday 1^st February at Beerwah Aquatic Centre. Students will need to arrive at their classrooms by 8.25am for rolls, with buses departing at 8.35am from PLC.

The aim of the carnival is to maximise participation, develop friendly House spirit; have fun and select a PLC Swim Team to compete at the Independent District Swimming Carnival.  All students will have the opportunity to swim at this carnival for house points.

Students will need to wear PLC swimmers under their uniform to school on that day (house shirts to be worn) and enclosed shoes must be worn to and from the carnival with their sports hat.

Parents are welcome to attend the carnival but are asked to remain in the parent spectator’s area provided on the day.

4-6 SCISSA

SCISSA sport will begin on Thursday 8^th February for all students in Years 4-6. Class teachers will ask students to select two sports early next week that they would like to try on this day. Students will finalise their sport choice at the end of this session in Week Three. Please see the table below which contains the sport choices available to students.

Armidale Rugby Carnival

Early in Term Two, PLC will be attending the Armidale Rugby Carnival on Friday 21^st – Sunday 23^rd April. The tour is open to boys in Year 5, 6 and 7 who are turning either 11 or 12 in 2024.

If you would like your son to be part of this tour, please email jcummins@pacluth.qld.edu.au to register your interest for further information. Training will start on Monday 5^th February.

Run Club

One of the extracurricular opportunities available to students at PLC is the be part of the PLC Run Club. Students in Years 3 and up meet on Tuesday mornings prior to school (7.00 – 8.00am). Run Club will start in Week Three and runs through Term one and Two. A sign-up sheet has been sent around to students in Years 3 – 6 this week, however if your child missed this sign up, please email Lisa Muir lmuir@pacluth.qld.edu.au to receive an information and consent letter.

District and Regional Sporting Trials

Below is a list of sports and dates for District and Regional trials throughout the year. Trials are open to students in the 10 – 12 years age group. Students wishing to trial should be at a high level in their chosen sport and would need to be play competitively in an outside of school competition for this sport. 

If you would like to find out further information or register your child for one of these sports, please email Lisa Muir (PLC Sports Administrator) lmuir@pacluth.qld.edu.au to register your interest.

Mr Darren Hooper, Head of Junior Sport P-6