Year Overview
Term 1
Sport
Cricket (first half of term) - Y4+
played on Friday evenings, 4pm-7pm
games played around South Taranaki area
Basketball in Opunake (mid term) - Y7/8, Y5/6
Inter-school Athletics (mid term) - whole school - one day event at Kaponga Domain
School swimming lessons (beginning of term) - whole school in school pool, one session per day based around water survival
School swimming sports (middle of term) - whole school at Stratford pool
Inter-school Swimming Sports (just after school sports in Opunake) - place-getters from school swimming sports
Other
Little Piri Visits - (to be announced) - 4 yr old school visits, check website for dates
Kapa Haka (all term, one day a week) - Y3-8
Keys Program (all term) - Y7/8 - see notes below
Grip Leadership Y8
DPE (second half of term) - Y7-8
senior students for tech, one day a week including cooking, workshop, audio/visual, and m-tech
Parent Interviews (middle of term) - all school
PAT testing (middle/end of term) - Y4-8 students tested in math, comprehension, vocabulary, listening, and punctuation and grammar.
Year 6 Camp (beginning of term)
Term 2
Sport
Netball in Opunake (all term) - all years, played one day a week in Opunake
Basketball in Opunake (all term) - played one day a week in Opunake
Y5-8 continued from term 1
Y3-4 competition starts - all term
Crowley Cup - (tournament at end of term) -
Y 5/6 rugby, netball, hockey
Tournament held in Stratford
Rippa Rugby (middle/end of term) - played one day a week
Y 5/6 in Opunake
7/8 in New Plymouth
Other
Little Piri Visits - (to be announced) - 4 yr old school visits, check website for dates
Kapa Haka (all term, one day a week) - Y3-8
Keys Program (all term) - Y7/8 - see notes below
DPE (second half of term) - Y7-8
senior students for tech, one day a week including cooking, workshop, audio/visual, and m-tech
School Reports to Parents (end of term) - all school
Term 3
Sport
Taranaki Trophy (end of term) - Y7/8
teams selected early in term
School Cross Country (end of term) - whole school, on school grounds
Mt Spa cross country (just after school cross country) -
top 5-6 in each age group from 9yrs+, sometimes taking younger students dependent on capability
ran in Manaia at the domain
Touch in Opunake (starts end of term) - All students
Snag Golf - All students
Other
EPRO 8 - Year 5,6,7,8. Tech competition - competitive engineering
Little Piri Visits - (to be announced) - 4 yr old school visits, check website for dates
Kapa Haka (all term, one day a week) - Y3-8
Keys Program (all term) - Y7/8 - see notes below
DPE (second half of term) - Y7-8
senior students for tech, one day a week including cooking, workshop, audio/visual, and m-tech
Parent Interviews (beginning of term) - all school
PAT testing (end of term) - Y4-8 students tested in math, comprehension, vocabulary, listening, and punctuation and grammar.
Methanex Maths (whole term) - one year 7 and one year 8 team is selected to represent school in quiz comp in NP. Also if competition is on, students work on a math project during the term to enter in NP comp.
School Speeches (end of term) - whole school
ICAS testing (all term) - any students who wish to participate in Australasia testing, paid for by caregivers, in English, Math, Science tests. Contact the school if you are interested.
Term 4
Sport
Touch in Opunake (all term) - All students
Cricket (all term) - Y4+
played on Friday evenings, 4pm-7pm
games played around South Taranaki area
Soccer Tournament in Kaponga (beginning of term) - Y3-8
Other
Little Piri Visits - (to be announced) - 4 yr old school visits, check website for dates
Kapa Haka (all term, one day a week) - Y3-8
Keys Program (all term) - Y7/8 - see notes below
Lamb day (beginning of term) - all school
Kaponga Lions Speeches (beginning of term)
top four Y7/8 students chosen from those who performed school speeches
Concert (end of term) - whole school
Prize giving (end of term) - whole school
School Reports to Parents (end of term) - all school
Year 7 Camp
Y8 camp (end of term)
Y5 day trip
NOTES
Mt Spa = our local school cluster involving schools such as Opunake, Matapu, Kaponga, St Josephs Opunake, Rahotu, Manaia
Keys Program - this is a y7/8 program outlined here, based around senior students earning credits to get a variety of keys, including sports, culture, academic, and service. If a student obtains all four, they will receive a graduation certificate as a year 8 with honours. If they have obtained all four, they can also complete a digi-key as a year 8.
During the cricket season we also have coaching from Hawera Cricket Club, where a player is sent to coach the cricket teams one day a week.
Junior Trip (Y1-4) happens during the year, which term is dependent on activity.