Our schoolwide Athletics Days are coming up and, once again, we invite our families to come along and see their children in action. Events in both track and field will take place and the students will be giving their best across several events and relays. It is always a great couple of days and we look forward to many of our families being able to support the students and their efforts.

Years 0-3 – Wednesday 19 November (Postponement date 25 November)
The Year 0-3 students have their Athletics Day on Wednesday 19 November where they will participate in long jump, agility/hurdles, shot put and sprints on the school field.

Year 4 – Wednesday 19 November & Thursday 20 November

Our Year 4 students will have their long jump event on Wednesday 19 November from 12:00pm until 1:00pm. On Thursday 20 November, the Year 4 students will participate in high jump, shot put, discus and fun hurdles from 9:15am until 11:10am. Pre-determined finalists will compete in sprints from 1:55pm. Heats will be held during class time next week so that the fastest eight finalists can be determined. Class and whānau relays will be held from 2:20pm.

Years 5-8 – Thursday 20 November (Postponement date 24 November)
All Year 5-8 students will take part on Thursday 20 November in high jump, long jump, shot put and discus. The highly anticipated 100m and 200m sprint finals will be held from 1.55pm. Sprint heats will be held during class time so that the fastest eight finalists for each year group and gender can be determined.

Wednesday 19 November

12:00pm-1:00pm  – Year 4 Long Jump

1:30pm-3:00pm  – Year 0-3 Team (Rooms 1-8)

Thursday 20 November

9:15am-11:10am – Year 4-6 Team (Rooms 9-14)

11:30am-1:25pm  – Year 7-8 Team (Rooms 16-20)

From 1.55pm  – Sprint Finals 100m & 200m (Years 4-8 finalists)

Approx. 2.20pm  – Class and Whānau Relays (Years 4-8)

Please join us for Grandparents’ Day on Friday 31 October. We invite all Kuia, Koro, Grandmas, Grandads and extended whānau to come to school and have morning tea with their tamariki, spend time in classes and browse our Book Fair. All whānau are welcome to attend and we would love to see you there!

Grandparents’ Day is held in conjunction with our Book Fair. Students are encouraged to dress up as their FAVOURITE BOOK CHARACTER on Friday 31 October. Prizes for best dressed will be awarded after the parades.

Our PTA will have tea, coffee, lemonade and baking available for sale, as well as raffle tickets to purchase. The programme for the day is as follows:

9:45am: Whānau may assemble in the hall for the Book Character Parades.

10:00am: Year 0-3 Book Character Parade (Rooms 1-8)

10:30am: Year 4-8 Book Character Parade (Rooms 9-20)

11:00am: Morning Tea: Whānau are welcome to join their child’s class to eat morning tea or may accompany their tamariki to the library to browse the Book Fair.

11:30am: Return to Class: The bell will ring to signal the end of morning tea and students will return to their class. Whānau are invited to join their tamariki in class. Your child/ren may wish to share some work in their classroom or accompany you to browse the Book Fair in the library. We encourage you to spend some time in classrooms, check out our wonderful class displays and have your tamariki talk you through their learning. It is a great time to touch base with what is going on in our classrooms and we would love to see you in our spaces.

12:15pm: The bell will ring and normal class time will resume. Please note there is an expectation that students remain at school for the remainder of the school day.