Congratulations to our Years 5&6 Rippa Rugby team who won a one-day tournament in the last week of Term 1.

The team played in a round-robin tournament, winning every single one of their games before being announced as the winners.

As one of the team said on their return to school, "My legs are completely exhausted and I can't run another step, but it was worth it."

Not only were the team highly skilled, but they demonstrated excellent sportsmanship on the field and fabulous behaviour on the sidelines. What terrific examples of all three of our school values:

• Respect / Whakaute
  
• Excellence / Hiranga; and
  
• Citizenship / Whanonga Tika.

Thank you to Mrs Maree Scott, our Sports Manager, for organising the day and supervising, and to super parent volunteers, Mrs Stacey Spence and Mr Andrew Guillemot.