Year 1-3 Athletic Sports

A huge congratulations to all the children that participated in the Junior Athletics Day.  You all did an outstanding job for your house teams displaying perseverance, team spirit and a positive attitude. 

Below are the results from the day.

These house points will be combined with the Senior School house points and added to the overall house point system.

Athletics Day Points Tally 2024

• Blue House - 75
• Gold House - 74
• Green House - 83
• Red House - 75

Well done to the Green House for winning the Junior Athletics Day for 2024.

Thank you to all the parents and school community for supporting the students on the day.

Year 5/6 Swimming Sports Results

25m Freestyle -  1st / 2nd / 3rd 

• Yr 5 Girls – Mackenzie Oldfield, Isabelle Herring, Olivia Gillespie
• Yr 6 Girls – Rani Tuck, Rowena Tausili, Amalie Win
• Yr 5 Boys – J T Levine, Noah Giesteria, Noah Poultney
• Yr 6 Boys – Marco Zivkovic, Harry George, Eli James

25m Backstroke - 1st / 2nd / 3rd

• Yr 5 Girls - Mackenzie Oldfield, Elsie Warwick, Isabelle Herring
• Yr 6 Girls – Amalie Win, Rani Tuck, Sophia Forrest
• Yr 5 Boys – Floyd Mitten, Harrison Brooker, Noah Giesteria
• Yr 6 Boys – William Austin, Finlay Watkins, Angus Mason

50m Freestyle - 1st / 2nd / 3rd

• Yr 5 Girls – Emmie Ellis, Eden Brown, Charlotte Nichols
• Yr 6 Girls – Jennifer Irvine, Addie Grimshaw, Cassie Hedgcock
• Yr 5 Boys – Blake Tangney, Billy Langton, Oakley Chandler
• Yr 6 Boys – Hayden Moriarty, David Noon, Samuel Wellacott

50m Backstroke - 1st / 2nd / 3rd

• Yr 5 Girls – Emmie Ellis, Eden Brown, Elizabeth Finding
• Yr 6 Girls – Addie Grimshaw, Jennifer Irvine, Cassie Hedgcock
• Yr 5 Boys – Blake Tangney, Billie Langton, Oakley Chandler
• Yr 6 Boys – David Noon, Hayden Moriarty, Samuel Wellacott

50m Breaststroke - 1st / 2nd / 3rd

• Yr 5 Girls – Emmie Ellis, Kyla Wood, Charlotte Nichols
• Yr 6 Girls – Jennifer Irvine, Cassie Hedgcock, Addie Grimshaw
• Yr 5 Boys – Blake Tangney, Billie Langton, William Choi
• Yr 6 Boys – Samuel Wellacott, Hayden Moriarty, Louis Li

Novelty Race Champions 1st / 2nd 

• Kick Board - Girls - Xanthe Woolf, Wanting Yang
• Egg and Spoon – Maddison Williams, Angel-Grace Schultz
• Rubber Mat – Kellan Smit, Luca Elema

House Points

Red 164, Gold 78, Blue 106, Green 137

Congratulations to Red, Red Streets Ahead who were crowned this year’s Year 5-6 Swimming Champions.

Zone Swimming Sports 

Good luck to the Zone Swimming Sports Team heading off to the competition tomorrow, Friday 15th March -  results in the next Pānui.   Special thanks to Coach Noon and ex-Cotswold Coach Livingstone. 

Thanks also to the parents who have supported the team at training sessions.

Year 5-6 Hagley Sport

Hagley Sport is underway this Term, thanks to the parents who are assisting with supervision on the bus, and at the venues.  If you can assist on a Friday afternoon please see Peter Harper.

Nunweek and Kotiro Ataahua Girls Touch Updates

 Well done to the senior teams who who played their final game for the season last Tuesday night. 

Congratulations to the Cotswold Pacers who finished 3rd overall in the Nunweek Touch Competition (Term 4 2023 - Term 1 2024) 

Big thanks to Coaches Craig Herring and Jacob Metuatini for their work with our senior teams over the season.

Well done to the Smurfettes who played their final game in the Kotiro Ataahua Girls Touch Competition.

Coaches / Managers are encouraged to send a team photo and short report if you would like these included in our fortnightly Pānui. 

Uniform Returns

A reminder that gear bags and team shirts need to be returned to Mr Harper via the School Office as soon as possible.   These will be need re-issued for Winter Sport.

Term 2 Winter Sport Registrations via Hero App

Registrations for Year 5/6 YMCA (now known as the "Kind Foundation") Basketball and  Year 3-6 Future Ferns Netball were sent out via the Hero App on Thursday 7th March.    

Registrations for Year 5-6 Winter Hagley were sent our via the Hero App today, 14th March. 

Parents/Caregivers Volunteers will be needed to coach and manage teams as we are unable to register teams without a coach allocated to the team. Please contact Peter Harper by email peter.harper@cotswold.school.nz to indicate if you would be prepared to act as a Coach / Manager for one of the teams.

Registrations via the Hero App close on Friday 5th April to allow time for Mr Harper to organise the teams, and register them with the CPSSA over the holidays. Late registrations will not be accepted.

Bus transport cost will be confirmed once numbers have been finalised and you will receive an invoice via the Hero App. Please do not pay on registration, wait for the invoice to appear in your Hero account as regrettably some years children have missed out.

Term 2 Registrations for Year 3-6 Mini Polo will be coming out shortly.

Summer Sports Term 1 Dates

• Checkers Mini Ball began 29th February (Bishopdale YMCA)

• Nunweek Touch resumed Tuesday 30th January 2024 and runs until 27th February 2024.

• Kōtiro Ātaahua Girls Touch Touch resumed Monday 12th February and runs until 4th March 2024.
  

• Nunweek Summer Hockey – resumed on Monday 12th February and runs until 18th March.