Weekly Sport 

Years 5-8

Sport is compulsory in Years 5-8. Students take swimming lessons for at least one term a year. We believe it is very important for students to learn how to swim at a young age. It also makes sense to make use of the swimming pool we have on site. For the two winter terms, the classes play hockey and soccer in the Canterbury Primary Sports weekly tournament. The Year 5-8 Sport programme is currently under review.

Years 9-10

Students in Years 9-10 must be involved in sport, but they may choose to do this outside school. Students who are involved in a sports team outside school do not have to participate in school sport; for all other students, school sport is compulsory. Where possible, we enter teams into local competitions. Terms 2-3 are also spent preparing students to enter a team in the SPARC Get 2 Go Challenge, an outdoor adventure team event involving rock climbing, kayaking, orienteering and mountain biking. The Sport programme at Year 9/10 is under development as our numbers grow.

Annual Events

Swimming

Students all compete in our annual swimming sports day in Term 1 at our on-site swimming complex. The three houses – Aspiring, Cook and Tasman – all play a big part in this fixture which is always a fun day for all who take part.

Athletics

Our Year 9-10 students compete in the Middleton Grange School senior athletics day. This provides our students with a high level of competition and is an excellent opportunity for the group to foster relationships with Middleton Grange School students.

Cross-Country

Cross-country is one of the more important events on our sports calendar. We believe we have one of the best cross-country tracks in Christchurch and we are aiming to raise the profile of the sport in our school. Our track starts at the back of the school grounds and takes runners through bush, over a river and across farmland before returning them to the school soccer field.

Early in Term 2, all students take part in the school cross-country. Of course the three houses, Aspiring, Tasman and Cook, all try to gain points in this event. 

Triathlon

This is now an annual event through which the school community celebrates the year and the house competition is decided.

Student Feedback

Here are some comments that pupils made about sports events in 2009:

Sport this year as been tons of fun! 

Even when not playing, encouraging the others was fun!

We have had lots of ups and downs but we have worked hard as a team.

It was fun because it gave us an opportunity to mingle with other schools.

I enjoyed the practise for Get 2 Go because we had to work our hardest.

We have achieved so much in sport for such a small school.

Everyone tried their best and it was certainly memorable.