Term 1 is our busiest time of the year for School Sport carnivals and tournaments with the first event being our annual School Swimming Carnival held on Tuesday the 4th of February (Week 2). A program of events can be found in the newsletter. An information letter was sent home to families earlier this week detailing some of the changes that will be in place for our carnival this year, a copy of this letter can also be found in this edition of the newsletter. The tear-off slip at the bottom of the letter is for parents/caregivers to indicate their availability for timekeeping. If students have not nominated for an event, a novelty or to volunteer on the day, a modified education program will run at school for them. Students from Year 11 and 12 who come to school that day will have a supervised study day and students from Years 8-10 will have Literacy, Numeracy and Wellbeing focused lessons.

Student Council will be running a BBQ and selling cans of drink and the school canteen will have a range of food and drinks available for students to purchase at the pool. Students are also able to order their lunch from the school canteen on QKR and have it delivered to the pool or they can choose to bring their lunch from home.

Students selected in the Interschool Swimming Team will also be offered the opportunity to compete in the School Sport SA Secondary Swimming Championship at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre as an individual entry. The Individual Day will be held on Monday the 24th of February, please contact Miss Schahinger for further information if you are interested in competing.

Students are encouraged to wear their house colours to the Swimming Carnival. House coloured polo tops can be purchased and personalized from Tads Embroidery, please contact Alison Schahinger for further information. Families are also invited and encouraged to attend our School Swimming Carnival.

Important Sports Dates

• Tuesday Week 2, 4^th of February – BHS Swimming Carnival, 8:45 am – 3:15 pm @ Balaklava Swimming Pool
• Monday Week 4, 17^th of February – Lower North Interschool Swimming Carnival, 5:30 pm – 9 pm @ Riverton Swimming Pool
• Monday Week 5, 24^th of February - School Sport SA Secondary Swimming Championship, 9 am – 2:30 pm @ SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre
• Friday Week 6, 6^th of March – BHS Athletics Carnival, 8:45 am – 3:15 pm @ Balaklava High School
• Thursday Week 8, 19^th of March – Lower North Interschool Athletics Carnival, 9 am – 2:30 pm @ Burra Community School
• Friday Week 10, 3^rd of April – School Sport SA Secondary Athletics Championship, 9 am – 2:30 pm @ SA Athletics Stadium
• Date TBA (before Wednesday Week 5) - Open Boys Knockout Cricket