Junior Sport

Primary Swimming Carnival – Beerwah Aquatic Centre

The 3-6 Inter-House Swimming Carnival was held on Tuesday this week. It was a great day out at the pool with students enjoying the chance to participate in a range of competitive and non-competitive swimming races, relays and novelty events throughout the day. It was great to see our new Year 6 leaders leading their houses during the day with high levels of house spirit on display.

Congratulations to the following swimmers who were age champions or runners up in their age groups:

Congratulations to Leah who broke a school record on the day in the 10 years girls age group for the 50m backstroke event: Leah– 44.30sec (10 girls, 50m Backstroke)

Congratulations to Bula house who were awarded the House Spirit trophy at the end of the carnival for some outstanding cheering and house spirit.

Lastly congratulations to Buran house who were crowned the 2025 Swimming Carnival champions.

Students who qualified for the PLC Independent District Swimming Team will be notified over the next week.

Armidale Rugby Carnival

PLC will be taking an Under 12 Boys Team to The Armidale School Rugby Carnival held over the weekend from Friday 11th - Sunday 13th  April. The tour is open to boys in Year 5, 6 and 7 who are turning either 11 or 12 in 2025. The tour is a fantastic opportunity for students to experience some high quality games of rugby against schools and clubs from NSW and QLD over the three days.

If you would like your son to be part of this tour, please email dhooper@pacluth.qld.edu.au  to register your interest. Training starts next Monday afternoon from 3:15 – 4:45pm on the main oval. 

PLC Run Club

One of the many extracurricular opportunities available to students at PLC is the opportunity to take part in the PLC Run Club. Students in Year 3 and up meet on Tuesday mornings prior to school (7:00 – 7:45am). Run Club will start on Tuesday 11th February, Week Three and runs through Term One and Term Two. If your child would like to participate in this program, please email Mrs Lisa Muir lmuir@pacluth.qld.edu.au  to receive an information and consent letter.

Primary Schools Water Polo Competition (Years 3 – 6)

The Sunshine Coast Primary Schools Water Polo Competition begins on Monday afternoon in Week Four. This competition is open to both boys and girls from Year 3 – 6 who are strong swimmers. The competition starts on Monday in Week Four with games played afterschool at St Andrews College and goes for six weeks including finals.

If you are interested in your child participating in this competition, please email dhooper@pacluth.qld.edu.au  to register interest.

Primary Soccer Development Sessions – K3 Coaching 

Starting on Monday afternoon in Week 5, PLC will be offering Soccer Development Sessions here at PLC through K3 Coaching. These sessions are funded through the Sporting Schools government initiative and will be limited to 50 participants due to funding and coaching limitations.

Sessions will run from 3:15 – 4:15pm on the following dates:

Monday 24th February

Monday 3rd March

Monday 10th March

Monday 17th March

Monday 24th March

The program will be split into two groups based on year levels with Mini Kickers (Prep – 2) and Super Kickers (3-6) working on skills and game play during these sessions.

If you would like your child to be part of this program, please email dhooper@pacluth.qld.edu.au  to register your child. As the program has a limited number of 50 participants, places in the program will be given on a first come / first served basis.

District and Regional Sporting Trials

Below is a list of sports and dates for District and Regional sport 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 able to play competitively in an outside of school competition for this sport. 

There are several sports that are trialing in the next few weeks, if your child is interested in attending these trials, please register prior to the cutoff date. No late registrations will be accepted.

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

Mr Darren Hooper, Head of Junior Sport P-6