Sport/PE

Sport and Physical Education Report 

We have seen an increase in students participating in more physical activities and sport this year.  Each child receives physical activity lessons that are taken by classroom teachers and  outside providers such as Kelly Sports and local club development officers.  Over half the school have played sport in an organised competition this year.

Physical Education (Kelly Sports)

Teachers organise in their teams,  the fitness activities for the week.  Physical education is not only taught by the classroom teachers but also by coaches from the Kelly Sports programme.  The coaches are paid partly from Manaiakalani's Tu Manawa funding through Sport Auckland and by ourselves.  The Kelly Sports coaches lessons during curriculum time over 6 weeks in each term throughout the year.  

Lessons are 30-45 minutes long that take place from Monday-Thursday.

Team 1 (Year 1): Ball skills, Athletics

Team 2 (Year 2 & 3): Football, Hockey, Athletics

Team 3 (Year 3 & 4): Netball, Maori Games, Basketball, Athletics

Team 4 (Year 5 & 6): Softball, Endzone (American Football), Ki o Rahi, Football, Athletics

Team 5 (Year 7 & 8): Softball, Endzone (American Football), Rugby skills, Ki o Rahi, Football, Athletics

Sports

The number of teams more than doubled from what we had the previous year.  Teams participated across 14 codes: athletics, basketball, cricket, football, ki-o-rahi, netball, rugby league, rugby union, softball, tag, top schools multi sports, touch, volleyball

Participate in:

• Tamaki Cluster

• Eastern Zone AIMS

• Auckland Inter Zone AIMS

• Sports Exchanges

• Invitational Events

Team Numbers:

2019 - 92 teams (pre-covid)

2020 - 63  

2021 - 52  

2022 - 42

2023 - 79

2024 - 79

Significant Results

Auckland Netball Centre Competition

• Year 7 Calvary - 1st place, A grade - Section 2

• Year 7 Phinz - 1st place, B grade - Section 2

• Year 8 Chiefs - 3rd place, A grade - Section 2

• Year 8 Storm - 2nd place, D grade - Section 1

• Year 8 Thunder - 1st place, G grade - Section 1

Tamaki Cluster Year 5-8 Events - no winners are declared, but individuals/teams were undefeated in:

Athletics, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Ki O Rahi, Netball, Rugby League, Rugby Union (rippa & tackle), Softball and Touch

Eastern Zone Intermediate AIMS - 1st place winners

• Athletics: Y8B Discus, Y8G Discus, Y7 Discus, Y8G Shot put, Y7B Shot put

• Netball: Y7G B Grade

• Rugby League (boys & girls)

• Rugby Union (boys & girls)

• Softball (Y8 boys)

• Tag (Y8 boys)

• Volleyball (boys & girls)

Auckland Inter Zone AIMS - Top 10 placings

• Athletics: Y8B Discus 2nd, Y8G Shot put 4th, Y7B Discus 6th, Y8B Shot put & Y8G Shot put 7th 

• Netball: Y8B - 4th, Y8G - 10th

• Rugby League - Y8B 3rd (IZ girls was cancelled)

• Rugby Union - Y8B  4th, Y8G  5th

• Softball - Y8B 5th

• Volleyball - Y8G 4th, Y8B 5th

AIMS Games, Tauranga 

• Netball: Year 8 Chiefs team - A division: 21st out of 136 schools

New

• Marist Rugby Union Club - Touch - Friday evenings Term 1

• Marist Rugby Union Club - Tag - Friday evenings Term 4

• Pakuranga Rugby Union Club - Touch - Tuesday evenings, Term 4 & Term 1 2025

The following groups of students contribute to our sports programme:

• Volunteers

• House Captains

• Sporty Botz Monitors

• Videographers

• Ball boys/girls (community service)

Volunteers

48 volunteers

• 16 whanau or community volunteers

• 28 staff coaches or managers

• 4 Administration team

Sporting opportunities are only possible when there is a coach, manager and administration staff.  We are very thankful to have around 50 people who volunteer their personal time to take a team or individuals to play sport.  A special mention goes to our wonderful former students who have come back to coach a team. The list of coaching and management staff is in the spreadsheet below.