Sport | Linden Park Primary School

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Linden Park Primary School offers a range of Out of School Hours Sport and School Sport SA opportunities for students to enhance their schooling experience.

The school encourages a healthy and active lifestyle and sport is a unique way of contributing to this.

We value the opportunity for ALL students to participate in Out of School Hours Sport, regardless of ability. Out of School Hours Sport provides an opportunity to develop sport, social and leadership skills, friendships, teamwork, patience, self-confidence and discipline.

The Role and Requirements of Out of School Hours Sport

The school supports Out of School Hours sporting activities to assist in achieving the above objective. We hope that for students, being part of a school sporting team will:

assist them in maintaining physical fitness and gaining a healthy attitude towards an active way of life;
provide them with the opportunity to increase their levels of performance of skills learned;
instil a sense of commitment – to the team, to practice and to the coach;
encourage the demonstration of good leadership and fair play;
generate an appreciation of the benefits of practice; and
reinforce the virtues of teamwork.

While competitive by nature, school sport in general should also be a satisfying and successful experience for the less competitive student. The level of competition should be appropriate to the age and stage of development of the individual. Most Out of School Hours Sports competitions are not played for trophies and effort is made to have teams of the same level of ability competing against each other. The emphasis is on participation and ensuring that where possible, girls and boys are given equal opportunities to participate.

The Out of School Hours Sports Program relies heavily on parents/caregivers to coach, train and manage teams and in certain circumstances officiate activities and the equitable sharing of these small burdens can be the hallmark of a successful student sports experience. We therefore target maximum parental participation and require the nomination of both a coach and team manager before a sporting team can take the field.

Registrations and Payment

In most cases, registrations and payments for Out of School Hours Sport are made online via the Qkr App on your phone or click here to go to the Qkr website store.

Late registrations will be accommodated into a team where possible only if spots are available (that is, teams are not already full). If there are no spots available, players will go onto a wait list. Out of School Hours Sport is ‘user pays’ to ensure the sports are self-funding. Fees are used to cover school and association costs to enter teams and to replenish equipment.

Payments are non-refundable, so please ensure the child is available to play on the required days and times prior to registering.

Sports Policy_Sept2017 (PDF 510KB)

External Sport Programs

Reception to Year 3 students can participate in external introductory sports programs run at the school.

Please click here for details.

Sports currently offered at Linden Park

Basketball – boys and girls

Basketball is held year round with summer basketball played during terms 4 and 1 (for Years 2-6) and winter basketball played during terms 2 and 3 (for Years 2-7).

The school enters teams in the Unley Life Be In It competition with games played at Unley High School (22 Kitchener Street, Netherby).

Click here for the Life Be In It website.

Year 2/3’s play on Tuesday afternoons after school, Year 4/5’s play on Thursday afternoons after school and Year 6/7’s play on Wednesday afternoons after school. Games are played at various times between 4pm and 6pm and last 40 minutes. Teams will remain the same for the season, however, the school will try and accommodate new players if spots allow.

Uniform: School singlet supplied to be returned at the end of the season (parents invoiced for unreturned shirts). Black shorts, white sport socks, sneakers.

Netball

Netball is played year round with summer netball played during terms 4 and 1 (for Years 2-6) and winter netball played during terms 2 and 3 (for Years 2-7). Year of birth registration applies.

The school enters teams in the Eastern Districts Netball Association.

Click here for information including fixtures and venues can be found at the Eastern Districts Netball Association website. EDNA applies their own age limits on players with players needing to turn 8 years old in the year after the summer competition starts (term 4) or 8 years old in the year the winter competition is played (terms 2 and 3) to be eligible to play.

The school enters teams in the Netta competition (Years 2/3), Primary competition (Years 4/5) and Sub-Junior competition (Years 6/7). During summer (terms 4 and 1), games are played on Friday nights. Times vary. During winter (terms 2 and 3), games are played on Saturday afternoons. Times vary. Games are not abandoned due to wet weather, although thunder and lightning will be monitored.

Games are played at Emery Road, Campbelltown, Lothian Avenue, Windsor Gardens or Phillis Street, Maylands.

Uniform: School dress supplied to be returned at the end of the season (parents invoiced for unreturned dresses). Socks must be visible and cover the ankle. Black briefs. Bike pants are not permitted without a doctor’s certificate. No jewellery. Maroon tracksuit can be worn, but the dress must be worn over the top. Boys can play up to the age of 12 with a modified uniform

Cricket – boys and girls

Kensington Primary School Cricket Competition

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Seasons run in term 1 and then a new season in term 4.

Year 2/3 Kanga Cricket: A fast and simple introduction to the game for both boys and girls, with a high emphasis on participation and enjoyment. Games are dual pitch (players always in the action) and are played at Kensington Gardens Reserve (off The Parade) or Payneham Oval on Saturday mornings. As a guide, Junior Kanga (Year 2) games start at 8:30am and Senior Kanga (Year 3) games start at 9:45am. If a combined Year 2/3 team is formed, the timeslot will depend on the ability of the team to ensure they are in the best competition for the players’ development. Games last approximately 1 hour.

Year 4/5 Junior Cricket: Children play modified games (20 overs per side, bat in pairs, softer ball, shorter pitch) with the emphasis on participation, skill development and learning the game. Games are played at various Primary Schools in the Kensington zone on Friday afternoons from 4:30pm-7pm.

Year 6/7 Senior Cricket: Advanced games (25 overs per side, hard ball, less modified) with a high emphasis on skill development and learning the game. Games are played at various Primary Schools in the Kensington zone on Saturday mornings from 8.30am-12:00pm.

Players who show advanced ability in the competition they are playing in can be promoted to a higher level to extend their skills.

Uniform: Year 2/3’s and games played on Friday afternoons can wear school uniform. Year 6/7’s playing on Saturday mornings wear cricket whites, sneakers, floppy white cricket hat or school hat. An individual cricket ‘box’ protector is compulsory for all Years 4-7 players. A school cricket kit is supplied.

Soccer – boys and girls

The school plays Years 2-7 soccer in the Eastern Zone Primary Schools Soccer Association (Year 2’s must be turning 8 years of age in the current year). Games are played on Saturday mornings at East Torrens Primary School (Years 2 and 3), East Marden Primary School (Years 4 and 5) and Paradise Primary School (Years 5, 6 and 7). Starting times vary between 8.30am and 11.30am. Games are not abandoned due to wet weather, although thunder and lightning will be monitored.

Click here for information including fixtures and ground locations.

Uniform: School shirt supplied to be returned at the end of the season (parents invoiced for unreturned shirts). Black shorts and maroon socks. Shin guards are compulsory.

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