Its been a wonderful start to 2021 for our House Competition.

Athletics Day

The House Competition for 2021 began with three events in Term 1. We started the year off with a fantastic House Athletics Day on the Top Field. The weather was beautifully fine and the rainbow of House colours provided the backdrop for a day of excellence and enjoyment. Records were broken throughout the day and the overall House placings/results were very close. Cooper House won the Athletics Trophy due to superb participation numbers, proving that involvement is the key to House success. House and individual winners were as follows:

Under 14 Boys Will Hull Ngata

Junior Boys Sam Higgins Sheppard

Intermediate Boys Matthew Winter Cooper

Senior Boys Charlie Hazlett Rutherford

Under 14 Girls Leah Pratten Britten

Junior Girls Lilla Faivre Cooper

Intermediate Girls Esther Pratten Britten

Senior Girls Fritha Reynolds Britten

Relay winners – Britten

Overall House rankings for Athletics Day:

1st Cooper

2nd Sheppard

3rd Britten

4th Blake

5th Ngata

6th Rutherford

House Olympics

The sporting theme continued with our second event for the year – the House Olympics. Each team selected four teams of evenly mixed genders and year levels to contest Netball, Basketball, Football and Dodgeball over the course of a week. A great time was had by all involved with another close set of results. The mighty blues of Cooper were again the best House over the course of the week’s events, and pulled out all stops to see off their rivals for a very well-deserved win.

House Olympics Results:

1st Cooper

2nd Sheppard

3rd Britten

4th Ngata

5th Rutherford

6th Blake

Talent Quest & Shave for a Cure:

We ended Term 2 with a Talent Quest in the PAC on a Charity Day supporting the Shave for a Cure campaign led by Year 13 student Campbell Stewart. The Charity Day raised just over $1900 for this worthy cause, with the ‘shavees’ raising many more thousands on their own. The CHS total of just under $13,000 makes us one of the country’s best Shave for a Cure schools.

The seven Talent Quest finalists wowed the audience and amazed our very astute judges (Mrs Tania Austin and Mr Clayton Hiku). Oliver Sutherland of Sheppard House took first place for his superb hip-hop dance routine, hard rock band Burning Monk were second, and the Blackie twins of Cooper took third place with their brilliant ‘duelling drumkits’ performance.

Term 2 has two House events to look forward to – the fast paced, Canta-Math style Quizmere general knowledge event on 20th May (Week 3) as well as the Fashion and Wearable Arts Show on 9th July (Week 10.) The theme for the Fashion and Wearable Arts Show is ‘Under the Sea’ with each House providing an entry based on this concept.

Current House Standings and Points:

1st Cooper 44 points

2nd Sheppard 42 points

3rd Britten 34 points

4th Ngata 20 points

5th Blake 16 points

6th Rutherford 12 points

As always, involvement is the key. Get involved in the House activities … they provide great opportunities to meet new friends, support your House groups and add to the vibrancy and excellence of the school culture.