On Monday and Tuesday morning we held our school cross country. All our Year 1 - 4 students ran and those students from Years 5 - 8 that wanted to race. Everyone did a fantastic job. You could see the perseverance and determination in the students as they competed. Congratulations to all our cross country runners!

Congratulations to our top three winners in Years 1-3:

Year 1 Boys - 1st Theo Cook, 2nd Levi Wineera, 3rd Alexander Tompson

Year 1 Girls - 1st Anna Darashkevich, 2nd Lucie Brothers, 3rd Freya Newton

Year 2 Boys - 1st Mike Sibani, 2nd Jack Hobbs, 3rd Lohas Rathnayake

Year 2 Girls - 1st Mia Lange, 2nd Peyton Thomson, 3rd Lulu Evans-Butcher

Year 3 Boys - 1st Oliver Newton, 2nd Timothy Thompson, 3rd Jordan Stirrat

Year 3 Girls - 1st = Maddie Cook and Sophie Congdon, 3rd Tori Melind

The following students will be asked to represent Papakōwhai School at the Parumoana Cross Country event to be held at Queen Elizabeth Park in Kapiti at the start of June. 

Year 8 Boys - 1st Theo Green, 2nd Sam O'Leary, 3rd Regan Van Welie, 4th Brodie Nikolaison-Rowe, 5th Logan Wilson

Year 8 Girls - 1st Isabelle Aubrey, 2nd Courtney Higham, 3rd Sofia Nguyen, 4th Julia Tompson, 5th Grace Beets

Year 7 Boys - 1st Isaac Cook, 2nd Owen Brothers, 3rd Toby Holmes, 4th Niko Grant, 5th Mason O'Sullivan

Year 7 Girls - 1st Colette Harmer, 2nd Sophie Dilks, 3rd Sophie Harding, 4th Elise Siwalette, 5th Fia Foa'i

Year 6 Boys - 1st Brodie Hailwood, 2nd Levi Rose, 3rd Nathan Halverson, 4th Thomas McAlpine, 5th Dalton Nguyen

Year 6 Girls - 1st Lucy Dudley, 2nd Holly Thompson, 3rd Madeleine Ives, 4th Izzy Muir, 5th Lilly De Haan

Year 5 Boys - 1st Carter Higham, 2nd Emil Rimer, 3rd Harrison Cook, 4th Harvey Quill, 5th Roxen Belsham

Year 5 Girls - 1st Quinn Lange, 2nd Lydia Harmer, 3rd Aimee Green, 4th Doris Liu, 5th Indiana Clayton

Year 4 Boys - 1st Harry Brothers, 2nd Fletcher Walters, 3rd Kasper Pearman, 4th Zachary Pasareken, 5th Isaac Booth

Year 4 Girls - 1st Mila Grant, 2nd Indie Prosser, 3rd Erin Cullen, 4th Lily Snow Rowland and 5th Clara Manttan