Sport: Junior School, Term 1 Week 7 2026

Training sessions and fixtures for all sports are live on the Pulteney App. Please continue to check the app regularly for updates. Note that all session cancellations and changes will be pushed out through the App and not by email or text.

If you are unable to see your child’s training sessions, or if there have been any changes to your original nominations, please contact me as soon as possible (ben.searle@pulteney.sa.edu.au or 0477552996).

Extreme Weather (Junior Sport):
Please note as per our Extreme Weather Policy, midweek training and games will be cancelled for the day if the predicted temperature is 35 degrees or more at 8.00am on the Bureau of Meteorology.

Uniform guide:
Please refer to the Junior School cocurricular sport uniform guide for information about the 2026 uniform requirements for co-curricular sport.

Student collection:
To ensure all students are safe and accounted for at the conclusion of each training session, please collect students from the designated areas rather than their actual training location.
Year 1 and 2: Kurrajong play yard at 4.45pm
Year 3 – 6: Prep basketball court at 4.45pm

If you do need to collect your child directly from a training session, please communicate this with me prior to the training.

Key dates for Junior School Sport / PE – Term 1
Week 9 – Year 1-4 Swimming lessons at Immanuel College (Tues-Fri)
Week 9 – All Junior Sport concludes

SAPSASA / Statewide Schools (Year 4 – 6)
Please see below some of the key dates for SAPSASA this term. Families of students selected for listed events will be notified by email and receive further information at this time.

Week 7 – East Adelaide boys football (Aussie Rules) trials
Week 9 – State Swimming Championships / State Softball Carnival

Junior School Athletics Carnival Recap
The Junior School Athletics Carnival was held across three action-packed days, beginning with the field events on Monday. Based on the rainfall predictions, it looked as though the ovals may have been underwater, but fortunately the rain never arrived and we were able to proceed as planned. Since the inception of Junior School record keeping in 2025, several impressive new field event records were set. In the 10-year-old age group, Phu L set a new Discus record with 17.85m, Max A broke both the Long Jump (3.30m) and Shot Put (6.50m) records, and Zoe P cleared 1.00m to set a new High Jump record. In the 11-year-old age group, Jimmy G threw 13.80m in the Discus, Chloe P set a new Shot Put record with 7.11m, and Olivia M cleared 1.10m in the High Jump. The 12-year-old age group also produced outstanding performances, with Harvey S throwing 6.35m in the Shot Put, Millie V setting records in both the Discus (13.51m) and High Jump (1.15m), and Ruby B breaking records in the Long Jump (3.57m) and Shot Put (6.20m).

Tuesday saw the running of the 400m and 800m finals, along with the 100m and 200m heats, setting the stage for an exciting conclusion to the carnival.

Friday was the big day, and the weather was perfect for a fantastic day of athletics. It was wonderful to see so many parents out supporting the students and cheering them on throughout the day. Congratulations to all the Individual Age Champions and to Bleby-Howard who won Hooper Shield as overall Athletics Carnival Champions. Well done also goes to Cawthorne-Nicholls for winning the Bill Davis Cup to recognise exceptional House Spirit throughout the carnival. A huge thank you also goes to all the staff who helped make the carnival such a success, no doubt many of them slept very well on Friday night after a busy and rewarding week!

2026 Age Champions

Individual records can be found at the links below.

Junior School Athletics Carnival Field Records 2026

Junior School Athletics Carnival Track Records 2026

Junior School Physical Education Swimming Program

As part of the Junior School Physical Education program, children in Years 1 to Year 4 will participate in four 1-hour swimming sessions from Tuesday 24 March through to Friday 27 March (Week 9) at the indoor heated swimming complex at Immanuel College, Novar Gardens. Children will travel to and from Immanuel by bus accompanied by Pulteney teaching staff and parent volunteers.

On the days your child has swimming, they will need to:

• Wear bathers underneath sports uniform
• Bring a swimming bag with towel, goggles, drink bottle and underwear.
• Bring school bag as normal with recess and lunch.

Please click here to consent for the swimming session, and also complete the form for ISWIM here by Wednesday 18 March 2026.

 12 years and under State Team trials
If you child is interested in trialling for a 12 and Under State Team in their chosen sport, please visit the SA School Sport website to find more information. Nominations and trials are done externally and are not school based activities.

Ben Searle
Junior School Head of Sport