Essentials:
- Your child's physical education class
- Athletic programs - general info
- Lunchtime sports - Flag football
- Try-out sports
- Touch football (girls & boys) - Grades 4-6
- Girls' Slo-pitch - Grades 4-6
- Boys' Slo-pitch - Grades 4-6
- Cross Country information
Physical Education Class
Each class from Grade 1 to 6 will receive 1 - 2 classes of Physical Education per week. It is extremely important that your child is prepared for Gym class by having the appropriate clothing and footwear. Wearing appropriate footwear (running shoes) and having comfortable clothing such as track pants or shorts, socks along with a comfortable shirt is important for your child to get the most out of the Phys-Ed program. Participation in the Phys-Ed program is worth half of your child's grade on their report card, so being prepared to take part in physical activity is extremely important.
I look forward to seeing your child in the Gym again this year! -- Mr. Profiti
Athletics program: a privilege & responsibility
Another year at Brown School is here - and that means the Athletics Program will be in full gear very soon!
Brown students acknowledge that it is a privilege and responsibility to be a member of a school team. Students are responsible for demonstrating appropriate and respectful behaviour at all times. Team members must also maintain classroom academic standards in order to maintain their position on a school team.
Lunchtime Sports – Flag Football!
Once again the Lunchtime Flag Football League will run two days a week (Monday and Thursday) with Mr. Macdonald and Mr. Profiti. Students in Grade 4, 5 and 6 who are interested in joining this fun house league can sign up with Mr. Profiti in the Gym during the last week of September. The league will begin in October and run through to the beginning of December during lunch recess.
Try-out sports
The following Sports Team will be available on a try-out basis this year at Brown:
All Students have received a package of blue permission forms that are intended to give permission for your child to try-out and/or participate on any school team. Whether it is the Cross Country Team or the Football Team or even the Badminton Team, the permission forms must be filled out and returned to their teacher.
If a child does not have their permission forms filled out they will not be allowed to participate in any of the try-outs until the permission forms are returned.
The first school teams that will be getting started very soon are the Football, Slo-Pitch and Cross Country Teams. The coaches had sign-up meetings for the Touch Football and Slo-Pitch Teams on Thursday September 6th and Friday September 7th.
Boys’ and Girls’ Touch Football (Grades 4 - 6)
The Boys' and Girls' Football Teams will hold try-outs simultaneously for students in Grades 4, 5 and 6 on Tuesday, September 11 and Friday, September 14, both at 7:30 a.m. at Winston Churchill Park.At the conclusion of the two try-outs, a list of finalists will be posted outside of the gym. Those students on the list are invited to a final try-out on Tuesday, September 19 at 7:30 a.m. at Winston Churchill Park. The final team list will be posted after the final try-out.
The first team practice will take place on Friday, September 21 at 7:30 a.m. at Winston Churchill Park. The team will practice consistently on Tuesday and Friday mornings @ 7:30 at Winston Churchill Park.
Students who would like to walk to the park with the coaches must be in the Principal’s Hallway at 7:15 a.m. on the morning of the try-out or practice. If you would like to meet the coaches at the park then please be at the park at 7:30 a.m. Parents should wait at the park with their child until the coaches arrive.
All students are encouraged to dress appropriately for tryouts: sweater or t-shirt, track pants or shorts (no jeans please) and soccer cleats or any pair of athletic shoes. If it is raining on the morning of a practice and/or try-out we will practice in the Gym.
Coaches: Mr. Profiti and Mr. Daigneau
Girls’ Slo-Pitch (Grades 4 – 6)
*Try-out # 1 –Wednesday September 12th @ 3:45 pm (in the schoolyard)
*Try-out # 2 - Thursday September 13th @ 3:45 pm (in the schoolyard)
* *Try-out # 3 – (only for those students who are on the list on the bulletin board outside the Gym) - Wednesday September 19th @ 3:45 pm in the schoolyard**
* Please note that once the team has been selected the practices will be held every Wednesday and Thursday after school @ 3:45 pm to 5:00 pm in the schoolyard.*
The first team practice will be on Thursday, September 20 at 3:45 pm in the schoolyard.
All students are encouraged to dress appropriately for try-outs: sweater or t-shirt, track pants or shorts (no jeans please), running shoes, a hat and baseball glove.
Coaches: Mme B’Dacy and Darrin Chin
Boys’ Slo-Pitch (Grades 4 - 6)
*Try-out # 1 –Monday September 10th @ 7:30am (in the schoolyard)
*Try-out # 2 - Thursday September 13th @ 7:30am (in the schoolyard)
* *Try-out # 3 – (only for those students who are on the list on the bulletin board outside the Gym) - Monday Sept. 21st @ 7:30a.m in the schoolyard**
* Please note that once the team has been selected the practices will be held every Monday and Thursday @ 7:30 am in the schoolyard*
The first team practice will be on Thursday, September 20 at 7:30 am in the schoolyard.
All students are encouraged to dress appropriately for tryouts: sweater or t-shirt, track pants or shorts (no jeans please), running shoes, a hat and baseball glove.
Coaches: Mme Sulymko and Mr. Ellis
Cross-Country Information
If your child wishes to participate in Cross-Country, you will find all the information you will need below.
As the parent of a primary cross country runner, here is what is in store:
Practices:
* Parents of children in grades 1 & 2 must accompany their children (or arrange for another adult to do so, not a teacher) and stay for the entire practice.* Part of the practice will take place on the field in the school playground and a neighbourhood block near the school (bordered by Poplar Plains, Lynwood, Warren and Balmoral) which will be used as a running track on Tuesdays.
* Be prepared to help out. We will need four parents to help supervise the four corners of the block.
The First Meet:
* Because the school buses can be a little unpredictable on the morning of the race, Grades 1, 2 & 3 students must be transported to the meet on Monday, October 1st by a parent or guardian.* Primary students will also need to be supervised by their parents at the park. Junior students will return to school with the coaches.
* As indicated below, the first meet takes place at Ashbridges Bay (Lakeshore & Coxwell). The meets normally begin at 10 a.m. with the Grade 1 Girls followed by the Grade 1 Boys.
* As well, before taking your child to the meet, you must stop by the school to pick up a t-shirt and a label with your child’s information. If you prefer, you will be able to pick up the t-shirt and label the Wednesday before the meet (September 26th) after school in room 41 (Ms Fox’s class).
* At the end of the meet, parents are responsible for transporting their children back to the school.
* Parents are also asked to wash the t-shirt and return it to school with their child.
* If your child qualifies at the first meet, they will return to compete at the South Conference Finals on Wednesday, October 10th and possibly go on to the City Finals on Thursday, October 18th. **NEW: As of this year, grade 1 students are participating in the first meet only. ** Typically, four to eight students from Brown make it all the way to the City Finals.
So if you and your child are ready to take all of this on, then we would love to have you join us!
The practice schedule is as follows:
Please meet the coaches in the playground five minutes before the start of the practice for attendance. Attendance is important because we need to know how many buses will be used for transportation. Attendance at a minimum of three practices is required, otherwise, it will be assumed that you child is not going to the meet and space will not be allocated on the bus.
There will likely be scheduling conflicts if your child qualifies for one of the school’s other teams. That is not a problem. Your child will attend the practice(s) for their other sport and at least one of the cross-country practices.
There is no need to sign up, just show up before the practice and check in with a coach for the attendance.
Meets
First Meet
Place: Ashbridges Bay (Lakeshore & Coxwell)
Date: Monday, Oct. 1
Second Meet: Conference Finals
Place: Ashbridges Bay
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 10
Third Meet: City Finals
Place: Centennial Park
Date: Thursday, Oct 18
Distances: Grades 1 & 2 - 1000 metres
Grade 3 - 1500 metres
Grades 4 to 6 - 2000 metres
When necessary, additional information will be posted near the gym in the principal’s hallway and information sheets will be sent home with runners.
Yours in running,
The X-Country Coaches
D. Paré, C. Macdonald, A. Fox, H. Bondy, M. Clouthier, D. Legge, N. Regan, Y. B’Dacy, Mrs J., A. Cosentino, S. Barmak, Y. Shroff
