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 through Sport Auckland's Tu Manawa fund. 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): T-ball, Football, Gymnastics, Cricket, Rippa Rugby
Team 2 (Year 2 & 3): T-ball, Football, Gymnastics, Cricket, Rippa Rugby
Team 3 (Year 3 & 4): T-ball, Football, Gymnastics, Cricket, Rippa Rugby
Team 4 (Year 5 & 6): Softball, Football, Hockey, Volleyball
Team 5 (Year 7 & 8): Softball, Football, Hockey, Volleyball
Swimming
Our Year 1 and 2 class lessons take place in Term 1. We paid for seven, half hour lessons for each student to be taught by 2 or 3 instructors from the Glen Innes Aquatics Centre. Aktive Sport covers the cost of Water Safety for Life Skill lessons for our Year 3 to 6 students. These lessons were held in Term 4. Unfortunately, there were no lessons for our intermediate students this year.
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
Significant Results
Auckland Netball Centre Competition
Year 7 Chiefs - 3rd place, A grade - Section 1
Year 8 Hustlers - 2nd place, Auckland Netball Centre - B grade-section 1
Tamaki Cluster - 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 AIMS - 1st place winners
Athletics (Y7 boys Discus, Y7 girls Shot Put)
Rugby League (boys & girls)
Rugby Union (boys & girls)
Softball (Y7 boys & Y7 girls)
Tag (Y7-8 girls)
Touch (Y7-8 girls)
Volleyball (boys & girls)
Auckland Inter Zone AIMS - Top 10 placings
Athletics: Year 7 Boys Discus - Talanoa-He-Lotu Talanoa - 2nd place
Athletics Year 7 Girls Shot Put - Iva Teo - 4th place
Athletics Year 8 Girls Shot Put - Kolotita Malofou - 9th place
AAIMS Inter-zone Y7-8 participation in Athletics, Netball, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Tag, Touch and Volleyball (unable to attend)
Other
Year 5 & 6 Top Schools - 1st
New
2 Vans provided by the Ted Manson Foundation
PES Sport Facebook Page
Eastern Suburbs Football Club - Saturday morning community programme for Year 1-8's
GI Eagles Basketball Club - Tuesday after school games for Year 5-8's
Tamaki Marist Rugby Union Club - Tuesday after school Touch competition for Year 1-2's
The following groups of people 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.
House Captains
House captains for 2023 were:
Te Aurere (red): Elemasi Taiseni, Emeline Ma'upese
Hikianalia (yellow): Lucas Latu, Leonora Motuliki
Hine Moana (blue): Vaha Faleta, Naomi Edmonds
Hokule'a (green): Tevita Talanoa, Khalia Havea
The House Captains are very busy people. They train and play sport all year round for school teams, with a few playing for local clubs and in other representative opportunities. Their roles include setting up lunchtime games, assembly duties such as reading out sports certificates, sharing a motivational quote, announcing the winners of the weekly House competitions. Other duties include creating a house chant, setting up the school picnic games and being a part of the cross country and athletics day organisation.
Sporty Botz Monitors
We have had the largest, most consistent and responsible Sporty Botz monitors this year. We had 30, Year 5 & 6 monitors in total. Their duties include taking out sports gear for lunchtime use and returning them back to the shed.
Videographers
Acknowledging Hannah Burton for training and organising a team of Year 6-8 videographers to film sporting events throughout the year. Hannah edits and creates all of the movie highlights for P.E.N.N and for our school archives.
Ball Boys/Ball Girls
Coming up next week, December 15-17, at Kings College, we are providing ball boys and ball girls for the Global Youth Rugby 7's tournament (formerly the World School Sevens, Under 18 international event). We will be taking a team of about 24 Year 5-8 students due to a larger tournament over 3 days and 4 fields. This is a great opportunity for our students to serve the wider community and to be inspired to one day play in the same event.
Communication
The following google documents are where staff are informed about how P.E. and sports is coordinated in school:
PES Sport Site
Sports Teams 2023
Sports Training 2023 (PENN access)
P.E.N.N daily notices
Kelly Sports 2023
Swimming Timetable 2023
POD Certificates 2023 (House Captains access)
House Captains Meetings 2023
Pt England School SPORT facebook page
All information related to physical education and sport is saved in a folder called Sports 2023.
I have the use of a school phone to be accessible for whanau to contact me regarding any sporting queries.
Donations
Throughout the year, people donate rugby boots, togs and sports gear for our students. Two large organisations to acknowledge:
Replay.org.nz - Donated 169 brand new Adidas shoes sizes UK 9-10
Tamaki Touched - Donated brand new cricket sets
Recommendations for 2023
Sports is a huge part of our school life, engaging a lot of our students and community. Due to the success of our programme, I would recommend the following:
'Meet the Coach' evening for whanau
Purchase sports uniforms with the new logo for students and staff
How to teach 'Learn to swim' lessons for intermediate teachers
Create an easy to view Term and Yearly plan for our Physical Education and Sports programme
Create rubrics for students for physical education reporting outcomes and for participating in sport
Prepared by
Sally Va'afusuaga
December 2023