Sport/PE

Sport and Physical Education Report 2019

Sport and Physical Education at Pt England School is put together by our sports coordinator in collaboration with senior management, classroom teachers, Sport Auckland and organisations in our community. The programme is delivered by teachers, kiwisport coaches and volunteer coaches and managers. Key people who have shared the coaching roles for this year for sports teams are our support staff, Tyson Puru, Timmi Nouata and Roni Wright.

Kiwisport Programme

Our kiwisport funding goes towards a P.E programme that comprises of 40-45 minute lessons, once a week over a period of 4-6 weeks, which is delivered by a coach from a regional sports organisation (RSO). The appointed Sport Auckland representative for the Tamaki Cluster this year was Georgie Gatenby who arranges the contracts with RSO's. From a list of available sporting codes, we choose a different one for each term for our students.

The sports coordinator creates a timetable for classroom teachers to select a lesson time for kiwisport coaches, which is then shared with the RSO. Our students have enjoyed the exposure and experience of trying various codes throughout the year.

This year our Year 1-3 students had Get, Set, Go (fundamental skills), Gymnastics, Hip Hop and Taekwon-Do. The Year 4-8 students had Cricket, Basketball, Hockey and AFL (Aussie Rules).

Volunteers

We had 52 volunteer coaches and managers - consisting of 15 family members (5 dads, 9 mums, 1 uncle) plus 35 staff members (includes 3 mums, 4 aunties, 1 cousin) and 2 students. There were 92 teams who competed at inter-school and club competitions this year. Our sports programme would not have been possible without the dedication, love and support of our volunteer coaches and managers. They not only commit hours to instruct and train our students, but they also provide mentoring, encouraging them to become better people. A number of our parent volunteers are also involved in our local clubs in either rugby union, rugby league, netball, basketball, softball, touch, cricket and tag football.

Sports Teams

Our sports teams trained and represented the school at the Tamaki Cluster, Eastern Zone AAIMS, Inter Zone AAIMS and the International AIMS tournaments, sports exchanges and club competitions, across 15 codes:

• 3 athletics teams (same)
• 9 basketball teams (+2)
• 6 cricket teams (-2)
• 0 cross country team (-1, no inter-school competition)
• 4 football teams (+2)
• 2 ki-o-rahi teams (same)
• 24 netball teams (+2)
• 13 rugby teams (includes rippa) (-1)
• 7 rugby league teams
• 7 softball teams (-4)
• 1 swimmer (entered for zone competition) (same)
• 4 tag football teams (same)
• 1 top schools team (-2)
• 6 touch teams (-2)
• 1 triathlon team
• 4 volleyball teams (+2)

Results

Our most successful teams (1st place at Auckland Inter-Zone level):

• Year 5-6 girls cricket team who won the Auckland Kiwi 8's cricket champs for 3 years in a row
• Year 5-6 boys rugby league team who won the Auckland U45kgs champs for the first time
• Year 7-8 ki-o-rahi mixed team won the annual Matariki tournament for the 3rd time

International AIMS Games Tauranga

Paikea competed at the AIMS Games in Tauranga for Swimming: 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 50m Butterfly

She attended the games with her parents, Sam and Lana and represented our school very well. We are proud of Paikea's achievement.

Auckland Inter-Zone Championship Results

In order for our teams to compete at the Auckland Inter-Zone level, they would need to have won a pre-qualifying tournament, either the AIMS Eastern Zone or the Tamaki Cluster competition.

• Year 5-6 girls cricket team - 1st place
• Year 5-6 boys league U45kgs team - 1st place
• Year 7-8 mixed Ki-O-Rahi team - 1st place Tamaki Makaurau
• Year 5-6 mixed rippa rugby team - 2nd place Auckland Rippa Rugby Challenge Series, Pasifika Tournament
• Year 5-6 girls rippa rugby team - 2nd place Auckland Rippa Rugby Challenge Series, Pasifika Tournament
• Year 5-6 girls league open weight team - 4th place
• Year 8 boys discus; Ash - 4th place
• Year 5-6 boys rugby open weight team - 4th place
• Year 5-6 mixed tag football team - 4th place
• Year 7-8 girls tag football team - 4th place
• Year 7-8 boys tag football team - 5th place
• Year 5-6 boys rugby U50kgs team - 5th place
• Year 5-6 girls rugby open weight team - 5th place
• Year 7-8 boys rugby league team - 5th place
• Year 7-8 girls rugby league team - 6th place
• Year 7-8 boys rugby 15's team - 6th place
• Year 7 boys discus; Jezakaia - 6th place
• Year 7-8 girls rugby 15's team - 7th place
• Year 7-8 boys volleyball team - 7th place
• Year 8 boys discus; Ash - 8th place
• Year 8 girls discus; Daliz - 9th place
• Year 8 boys high jump; Leiite - 10th place
• Year 8 girls shot put; Petesa - 12th place
• Year 7 girls 100m; Quincess - 12th place
• Year 7 girls netball team - 13th place
• Year 8 girls netball team - 15th place
• Year 8 boys shot put; Ash - 15th place
• Year 8 girls 4 x 100m - 18th place (Naomi, Paikea, Tehillah, Julieanna)
• Year 7-8 girls softball team (no placing recorded)
• Year 8 girls shot put; Daliz - foul, did not place
• Year 8 boys discus; Kruz - foul, did not place
• Year 5-6 boys league open weight team (no placing recorded)
• Year 5-6 girls rippa rugby team (no placing recorded)
• Year 7-8 girls touch - tournament cancelled twice due to weather conditions

New This Year

1. Year 1 Rippa rugby team
2. Year 1 Sparkles netball team
3. Year 3-4 girls football team
4. Year 3-4 boys football team
5. Year 3 Stars netball team
6. Year 4 Unicorns netball team
7. Year 3-4 boys rugby team (Maungakiekie inter-school tournament)
8. Year 5 Patriots netball team
9. Year 5-6 girls rugby league team
10. Year 5-6 boys U45kgs rugby league team - Auckland Champs
11. Year 5-6 mixed rippa rugby Pasifika Cup (part of Pre-World Cup warm up tournament)
12. Year 5-6 mixed volleyball team
13. Back to back Auckland Champs Primary girls cricket: 3-peat (2017, 2018, 2019)
14. Year 7 Eagles netball team
15. Year 7 cricket representatives: Eastern District team
16. Year 7-8 mixed volleyball team
17. International AIMS Games swimmer - first entry; Paikea
18. Year 7-8 Ki-O-Rahi champions for the 3rd time (2016, 2018, 2019)

Club-School Competition

• Year 7 Eagles netball team - 1st place Auckland Netball Centre F Grade, Section 1 (1st year participants)

Other Inter-school Competitions

• East Cricket Blitz - Year 3-4 girls team - won all 3 games
• East Cricket Blitz - Year 5-6 girls team - won all 3 games
• University Cricket - Year 3-4 girls team - 2nd place
• University Cricket - Year 5 girls - played 4, won 1, drew 1, lost 2
• NZ Barbarians Rugby Fun Day - Year 5-6 U45kgs rugby team - won all 3 games
• Pre-Aims Rugby 7's Tournament at Waitemata Rugby Club - Year 7-8 girls open weight participants
• Pre-Aims Rugby 7's Tournament at Royal Oak Intermediate 'Rere Cup - Y7-8 girls open weight participants
• Pre-Aims Rugby 7's Tournament at St Peters College - Year 7-8 boys open weight participants
• Weetbix Triathlon Year 4-8
• Top Schools - East Auckland Rotary Club Sports Day

Sports Exchanges Primary (Years 5-6) Terms 2, 3

• Kings College (boys: rugby union)
• St Kentigern Remuera (boys: rugby union)
• Dilworth Junior School (boys: rugby union)
• Epsom Normal Primary School (boys: rugby union)
• Meadowbank Primary (boys: rugby union)

Sports Exchanges Intermediate (Years 7-8) Terms 1, 2, 3

• Sacred Heart College (boys: rugby union, basketball)
• Kings College (boys: rugby union)
• St Kentigern Remuera (boys: rugby union)
• Dilworth Junior School (boys: rugby union)
• St Pauls College (boys: touch)
• St Peters College (boys: rugby union)
• St Kentigern College (boys: touch, softball)

Representatives

The following intermediate students were selected as Auckland representatives this year.

Cricket U14s Eastern District

• Sonnia Vaia
• Zamera Maeva

Netball (no longer a representative programme, it is called 'Development')

• Ayla (Year 8)
• Naomi (Year 8)
• Petesa (Year 8)
• Sonnia (Year 7)

Rugby Union - Walter Dickson U57kgs Remuera

• Mataio Kurtas (Year 8)

Rugby Union - Auckland East Bill McLaren Representative

• AJ F (Year 7)
• Ash (Year 8)
• Jacob (Year 7)
• Paschal (Year 7)
• Tupuia (Year 8)

Rugby Union - Auckland East Storm Representative

• Ayla (Year 8)
• Jozlo (Year 8)
• Julieanna (Year 8)

Rugby Union - Auckland U13 Representative

• Mataio Kurtas (Year 8)

Whole School Events

In Terms 3 and 4, we held two whole school-wide sporting events: our annual Cross Country and Athletics days.

Students are expected to participate and are encouraged to wear their house coloured clothes: (Te Aurere - red), (Hikianalia - yellow), (Hine Moana - blue) and (Hokule'a - green). Our house captains for 2019 were

Te Aurere: Tupuia, Chastyti

Hikianalia: Mataio Kurtas, Petesa

Hine Moana: Leonardy, Monika

Hokule'a: Leiite, Paikea

Swimming

Our swimming lessons were held at the Glen Innes Aquatics Centre. The Years 1, 2, 7 & 8 classes had eight half hour lessons which were taken by the classroom teacher. The Year 3-6 classes had 10 half hour lessons that are funded and organised under Sport Auckland's GAAAP (Greater Auckland Aquatics Action Plan) programme. Each class is fortunate to have three swim instructors in the pool, who work with students according to their ability. This has shown a significant improvement in the students' attitude, confidence and competence in the water.

Fundraising

• Weetbix Triathlon raised approximately $4700 - signage, marshalling, registrations, car park

Fees

• $70 fees for netball
• $30 fees for Year 1 & 2 rippa rugby
• $5 for mouthguard
• Gold coin or $5 maximum charged if we are travelling by bus.

Videographer

We are very grateful for Sandy Lagitupu who coordinates the videographers to travel with a team or ensures that we depart with a camera and tripod for footage to be captured. The videographers or Sandy produce highlights for PENN and is shared on our school website.

Transport

If sporting events are held at the Mt Wellington War Memorial Reserve on Dunkirk Road, we will walk there and back. For events that involve less than 30 students, we borrow Garth Jacobsen's van and a couple from Tamaki College. If 30 or more participants and coaches, we will hire a bus or in some instances, the vans were not available and a bus was hired to transport teams.

Sporty Botz Monitors

A trolley filled with various sports gear is available for any student to borrow during lunchtime only. Gear such as basketballs, rugby balls, netballs, tennis balls, hula hoops, hoppers and skipping ropes.

Game Day Routines

Before any game or tournament, we say a karakia and chant "I are representing myself, my family, my school, my community" and the school karakia which is led by a team leader.

Sports Expo

We held our 7th annual sports expo during the 'Meet the Teacher' evening in early February this year. We invited local sports clubs to attend this day to share information about their organisation with the possibility of registering new members. There was a huge increase in interest from students and parents to register their child to play in a sports team.

Prizegiving

We successfully held our 6th netball prizegiving in the evening this year, inviting family and friends to bring food to share. It was a wonderful evening, celebrating the efforts of every player and acknowledging our dedicated coaches and managers. At both ceremonies, there were awards for the most improved player, for sportsmanship and for the most valuable team player.

Recommendations for 2020

Sports is a huge part of our school life, engaging a lot of our students and community. Due to the increase and success of our programme in numbers, I would highly recommend:

• Improve online communication with students and parents via sports site, blog, school app, facebook page, texting and emails
• Create policies and expectations for players, volunteers and families who participate in a school team
• Regular volunteer coaches and managers meetings
• 'Meet the Coach' evening for parents
• Record overview, long term and short term plans and assessments for class physical education and Kiwisport lessons
• Purchase new sports shorts, Y5-6 netball uniforms, 2 sets of rugby jerseys (for Y5-6 girls & Y7-8 girls)
• Basketball hoops, Netball hoops, Long jump pit
• Professional development around the P.E and Health Curriculum for Sally

Prepared by

Sally Va'afusuaga

Sports Teacher

December 2019