Yr 5 & 6 Athletics

Wednesday Oct 23^rd

 (pp. Thursday Oct 24^th)
Postponed until Friday 25th as rain predicted for Thursday also.

Events will begin at 9.20am. Senior students will be competing in year groups.

The following are some guidelines so you know what your child/children are eligible for:

Yr 5 and Yr 6 students are eligible for zone sprints, relay, high jump, long jump, discus and shot put teams.

Yr 5 and 6 children are eligible for the 1000 metre at the Zone Champs

These distance races will be held soon after our school athletics day.

*Canty. Primary School Athletic rules state that any representative may only enter

 the following -    2 sprints (including relay) and 1 field event or

                            1 sprint and 2 field events or

                            3 field events

*The Year 5 and 6 boys and girls have been split (evenly in ability) into a red and blue section because of their large numbers. The top 4 children from red and top 4 from blue will be selected and their throws/jumps measured to get the overall place getters. (Although sprints will be run altogether on the day).

Your child will know which group (red or blue) they are in the day before Athletics Day.

	9.20am	10.30am	11.10am	11.50am	1.30pm	2.10pm
Sprints	All Yr 5	All Yr 6	X	X	X	Relays
Discus	X	Yr 5 Red	Yr 6 Red	Yr 6 Blue	Yr 5 Blue	Relays
Long Jump	X	Yr 5 Blue	Yr 5 Red	Yr 6 Red	Yr 6 Blue	Relays
Shot Put	Yr 6 Blue	X	Yr 5 Blue	Yr 5 Red	Yr 6 Red	Relays
High Jump	Yr 6 Red	X	Yr 6 Blue	Yr 5 Blue	Yr 5 Red	Relays

Children are encouraged to wear their house colours, bring a water bottle, wear a hat, apply sunscreen and have a warm jacket handy just in case.

Please bring a safety pin so your score card can be placed on to your top.

It should be a great day and we would love to see you down here if you can. Make sure you bring your running shoes for the parent relay at the end.