23 January 2020

Dear Parents/Carers

RE: 2020 SPORTS INFORMATION – 9 – 12 YEARS AGE GROUP

Outlined below are the sporting opportunities available to students at Downlands College in 2020. These sporting opportunities include Inter-House competitions, inter-school competitions and representative sport.

Inter-House Competitions New students enrolling in the College will be allocated to one of four Houses: Jouët, Piperon, Treand or Vandel. All students will have the opportunity to represent their house through participation events; however, nominations for specific Athletic and events will be completed in HPE classes.

• Cross Country – Tuesday 31 March • Athletics – Thursday 23 July • Swimming – Tuesday 24 November (Please note the carnival has moved from Term 1 - Term 4 this year).

Inter-school Sport Students have the opportunity to represent Downlands College in various inter-school competitions. For Cross Country, Athletics and Swimming, students will be selected based on performance in HPE classes and inter-house carnivals. Catholic Schools primary events can only include students in Years 5 and 6, not Year 7 students who are 12 years of age.

• Catholic Schools Swimming – Wednesday 12 February • QCIS Swimming – Monday 16 March • QCIS Cross Country – Friday 15 May • Catholic Schools Athletics – Friday 17 July • QCIS Athletics – Friday 7 August

Students aged 10 and above are also eligible to trial for , , and touch.

• Trials for netball in Term 1 • Trials for touch in Term 3. • Trials for basketball at the start of Term 4.

Boys aged 12 and above may trial for as part of the U13 age group. Details of the trials and training for these sports will be communicated throughout the year. Representative Sport The table below outlines the various trials for Range Zone and in 2020.

• For Toowoomba Range Zone athletics, swimming and cross country, a team will be chosen to represent Downlands from students’ performances in HPE classes and inter-house carnivals. • Students wishing to nominate for individual sporting trials (e.g. touch) need to be 11 or 12 years of age and be of a high standard. If a student’s ability is unclear, a short internal trial at Downlands may have to take place to ascertain the student’s level of performance. There is a duty of care for all schools to only nominate students of a high standard. • Toowoomba Range sporting trials generally take place after school • Darling Downs trials are normally all-day events starting at approximately 9.00am and at times take place outside of Toowoomba. • Parents are responsible for transporting day students to the trials. Transport for Boarders will be arranged by the College.

Toowoomba Primary and Darling Downs rep trials Sport Toowoomba Trial DD Trial AFL – Boys & Girls 3 March 19 March Basketball – Boys 5 March 30 March Basketball Girls 9 March 30 March Cricket Boys 17 & 18 August 21, 30, 31 August Cricket Girls 19 August 31 August Golf 10 March Hockey – Boys & Girls 2 April 27 April Orienteering 5 May Netball – 11 years 31 March, 2 April 27 April Netball – 12 years 31 March, 2 April 27 April Rugby League – 11 Yrs Boys 29 February, 2 March 26 & 27 April Rugby League – 12 Yrs Boys 29 February, 2March 26 & 27 April Rugby League – 12 Yrs Girls 9 & 11 June 21 July Rugby Union 7, 8 & 15 May 7 & 8 June Football Boys 22 April 10 & 11 May Football Girls 22 April 11 May Boys & Girls 7 February 29 & 30 March 24 April 25 May Touch (G and B) 16 March 5 May Zone Athletics 10 August 25 August Zone Cross Country 1 May 19 May Zone Swimming 17 February 4 March

Representative trial paperwork Students who would like to nominate for any of the above trials (not including swimming, cross country and athletics) need to complete and return the following 2 pages of this document. The College will nominate the student if there is evidence that they can compete at a high standard. Please return forms by Friday 7 February 2020

Please return the required forms including the medical form to the front reception (hard copy) or to Mr Wainwright: [email protected] (electronically).

Please feel free to contact me either by phone: 0419 776 313, or by email: [email protected] if you have any questions.

Yours sincerely,

Jeromy Wainwright HEAD OF SPORT

Representative Sport Nomination Sheet

In the table below please list the sports your daughter or son would like to nominate for in 2020.

Student Name:

Student D.O.B:

Students PC teacher:

Parents name and contact number:

Sport Position, years of playing Previous rep experience

e.g. – Touch Link, played 4 years Toowoomba Twisters last year

STUDENT DETAILS / MEDICAL HISTORY & AUTHORISATION FORM

PLAYER DETAILS Surname Given Name Date of Birth School Year Level Home Address Postcode Home Telephone Mobile Telephone Home Email Address School attended PARENT/ GUARDIAN / CARER (1) Surname Given Name Business Telephone Mobile Telephone PARENT/ GUARDIAN / CARER (2) Surname Given Name Business Telephone Mobile Telephone ANY RELEVANT FAMILY HISTORY

STUDENT MEDICAL DETAILS Do you get asthma? YES NO Do you suffer from any allergies or Anaphylactic reactions? YES NO If “Yes” to any of the above, attach your Action Plan and list Medications taken (name,amount,frequency,etc).

Are you currently being treated by a medical practitioner? YES NO If “Yes”, write details and also list current medication (s), frequency, etc.

Do you have an injury or condition which is likely to be aggravated by competition? YES NO If “Yes”, write details:

Medicare Card Number: POSITION NUMBER: Cardholder name (if not in name of student): Do you have Private Health Insurance? (OPTIONAL) YES NO MEMBERSHIP NUMBER: Name of Private Health Insurer (if covered):

Please list any other relevant medical history or additional support needs.

NOTE: It is the parents’/carers’ responsibility to ensure that the student is adequately covered for medical, hospital, dental and personal accident and injury insurance. The Darling Downs Region School Sport office will not accept financial liability for such expenses if they should arise. Where supervision of administering of medication is required while the student is away from home, parents will need to document details in separate correspondence to the team management. MEDICAL AUTHORISATION I hereby authorise the obtaining on my behalf of such medical assistance as my son/daughter may require in the event of accident or illness and guarantee to meet any costs incurred.

I authorise the administering of anaesthetic if this is deemed necessary by the medical officer attending.

Signed: ______Date: ______Parent/Carer The Darling Downs Region School Sport Office, as an operational unit of the Department of Education and Training, is collecting the information on this form in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009 in order to share this medical history with medical professionals in the event of an accident or illness. The information will only be accessed by persons authorised by the Darling Downs Region School Sport Office, including appointed team officials. The information provided will not be used or disclosed to any other person or agency unless either you have given permission, it is required by law or in the interests of student health and welfare.