We are excited to provide our girls cricket team with a tournament opportunity for term 1! A huge thank you to Mrs Edge for providing her time to ensure this tournament is an opportunity that can be provided for our girl’s cricket players. Please read the following information carefully with your whānau, so you are up to speed with all relevant details. If for any reason you no longer wish to be involved or are unable to take part, please email Mrs Edge (edgew@heaton.school.nz) and Mrs Henderson (hendersonk@heaton.school.nz) before 9am on Tuesday so team adjustments can be made.
Tournament Date:
Friday 28th March
Participation List (who is invited to take part):
Ella D – Room 14
Maisie E – Room 8
Sydney E – Room 2
Olivia S – Room 5
Zara B – Room 7
Tessa B – Room 13
Rea W – Room 14
Emily D – Room 2
Lucy H – Room 5
Kate H – Room 4
Sophia S- Room 6
Coach: Wendy Edge
Manager: Samantha Key
Venue:
St Albans Park
Draw:
The draw and tournament information can be viewed HERE
Finish Times:
It is expected that the days play will finish around 3pm and students return to school shortly after. If you are able to collect your from St Albans Park, that would be appreciated – please ensure you sign out with Mrs Edge before leaving.
If you have made plans for your daughter to be collected by another adult or you are having trouble arranging collection, please communicate this with Kate Henderson (hendersonk@heaton.school.nz) or Wendy Edge (edgew@heaton.school.nz) via email before 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
Meeting Times / Locations:
Students are required to meet at the Heaton flagpole at 8:15 a.m. We will be departing promptly at 8:30am. Students should arrive at school in their Heaton Cricket top (provided) and cricket whites as trousers. Please aim to borrow these from a friend or make contact with Wendy Edge or Kate Henderson if you are having issues. All students must have a Heaton hat.
Transportation to St Albans Park
Students will be transported to the venue in our two Heaton vans, driven by Mrs. Edge and Mr. Terris.
At the conclusion of the tournament, we kindly ask that you collect your daughter from St Albans Park at 3 p.m. If this is not possible, please contact Mrs. Edge to arrange transportation back to school.
If you have any injury concerns or sickness, or you cannot participate on Friday, please make contact with both Mrs Henderson and Mrs Edge.
Equipment Requirements:
All personal cricket equipment e.g. pads, bat, gloves (if you have these). Additional equipment will be provided for those student who does not have any.
PE uniform
White cricket trousers – please try to borrow these if you do not have your own.
Water bottle
Sunscreen
Heaton Hat
Packed lunch with plenty of healthy snacks (no chewing gum, fizzy drinks etc.)
All relevant personal medication e.g. EpiPen, Ventolin etc.
Weather:
Any cancellations due to weather will be communicated by 7:45am (at the latest) and will be sent out via Hero. The information will also be posted in the student daily notices.
LOCATION: Elmwood Tennis Club (next door to Heaton Intermediate)
MEETING TIME:
Open draw participants are required to meet Mrs Henderson promptly at 8:30am at the Heaton flagpole.
Femaledraw participants are to meet promptly at 10:15am at the Heaton flagpole (when the morning tea bell sounds). A staff member will walk you down to the Elmwood Tennis Courts.
Students will return to school after their match(es) via the Heaton field and MUST sign back in at the student office.
TOURNAMENT TIME:The tournament will be played during the school day (9am – 2:30pm)
WEATHER:In the event of rain or poor weather, I will notify families via Hero. The tournament will be postponed.
The competition will be a knockout draw. When students lose their match, they will return to Heaton and continue with their normal school day/routines. This means that participants must have their full school uniform with them, and all the class equipment they require for the day.
If for any reason you can no longer take part, please email Mrs Henderson asap so the draw can be readjusted
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS:
Packed lunch with healthy snacks (just in case you progress all the way through the tournament)
Heaton Hat
Water bottle
Sunscreen (Mrs Henderson will also provide some school sunscreen)
Tennis Racquet and 1 x new tennis ball (Please let Mrs Henderson know if you do not own your own racquet)
Appropriate Footwear (PE/Sports Shoes)
Heaton PE Kit – Open-grade students need to arrive at school wearing their PE kit, however, must have their full school uniform with them so they can change at the conclusion of their matches.
All personal medication e.g. Ventolin, Epipen etc.
Our school is very fortunate to have the help of many dedicated community members and teachers who are giving up their time to train and coach our teams. Representing Heaton in an inter-school competition is a privilege. We have an expectation that students reflect our school values and that their behaviour both during school, and in the wider community is respectful and positive. All participants must read and follow both the Heaton Sports Code of Conduct and PSC Code of Conduct
All students must eat lunch in their designated house areas, and then meet their coaches when dismissed at 12:40pm in the following locations. Please be prompt, line up in your teams and wait respectfully for your coaches so we can arrive at Hagley with sufficient time to warm up and get prepared.
Times and locations will be added here and to daily notices once confirmed.
Heaton Sport Safety Policy & PSC Risk Assessment:
All participants, caregivers and coaches must ensure they read the following document carefully:
Coaches must collect their sport/team medical kit from the front office. These should be kept for the duration of the summer sports season. Please see Marg or Sue to replenish any supplies that are used. Basic first aid equipment and ice packs will be available for Heaton students during their matches.
Injuries (what do I do?):
If you are injured, you will still travel with your Hagley Sport team on Tuesday afternoons to support your team(s) and assist your coaches.
Equipment Requirements:
Students must ensure they have their PE Kit / Sports Uniform (including Heaton hat), appropriate footwear/boots, sunblock, specialised sports equipment (pads, bat, gloves etc.) and a water bottle. It is their personal responsibility to ensure you have all the correct equipment each week so please be organised.
Language lessons, Kapa Haka and Orchestra: If you attend language tuition or you are involved in the Heaton orchestra and/or Kapa Haka and this clashes with a scheduled training session, you must notify your coach. These three school commitments take priority over a training session. An alternate time or training with a different Heaton team will be made available to you if possible.
Additional Information from PSC:
The purpose of weekly sport is to give all interested young people a chance to play sport against others in our region. The enjoyment of all is of most importance to us and if this means having to alter games to accommodate differing abilities then please take the initiative and do this.
Cancellations:
The P.S.C Sports Director, in conjunction with the ChCh City Council will make any decisions regarding cancellations due to weather or pitch/court conditions. These decisions will be make by 11:30am, and any information will be updated to the school daily notices, and sent out via text through the Heaton app.
Cost:
As an opt-in (user pay sporting opportunity), participation in a Heaton team does incur a cost that cover transportation, and this will be added to your school account. If you require any clarification regarding this process or have any questions, please contact our Executive Officer directly (eo@heaton.school.nz).
On Wednesday 26th June, Heaton students competed at the Primary and CAIMS Canterbury Cross Country Champs at Ngā Puna Wai. We had a very successful day in the challenging and muddy conditions. Thank you for all of the staff and whānau support. A massive congratulations to all of our athletes who represented our school with pride.
A special congratulations to Lucy G who placed 3rd in the year 8 girls competition and to Weston I who placed 8th in the year 7 boys competition.
Meeting Time: All students are required to meet Mrs Dore and Mrs Ebrahim in the Heaton hall at 9:50am. The team bus will depart promptly at 10:20am so please ensure you are prompt and organised.
If your parent/caregiver would prefer to take you directly to the venue in the morning, they must contact Mrs Prinsep via email before Friday 22nd June.
Event Times:
Year 7 Girls (3km) – 11:30am start time
Year 7 Boys (3km) – 11:50am start time (approx.)
Year 8 Girls (3km) – 12:10pm start time (approx.)
Year 8 Boys (3km)– 12:30pm start time (approx.)
Prize-giving will commence at approx. 12:50pm
Marshalling Assistance: If you are attending the event to watch and support your son/daughter and you are able to assist Primary Sports Canterbury with marshalling duties, please contact Mrs Prinsep prior to Friday 22nd June email link here. Any support would be greatly appreciated.
Cost: As the Cross Country Championships is an opt-in (user pay) opportunity, participation will incur a cost that covers the return bus trip to Ngā Puna Wai. This charge will be added to your school account. If you have questions or concerns please contact our Heaton Executive Office (Jackie) (eo@heaton.school.nz)
Equipment Requirements: Please note, spikes cannot be used for this event
Heaton PE Kit
Packed lunch with sufficient healthy snacks
Lots of water
All relevant personal medication e.g. ventolin, epipen
Tracksuit pants, a weatherproof jacket and warm-over garment top
Spare shoes
Spare socks
Plastic bag to transport any wet or muddy clothing
Additional Information: If for any reason you no longer wish to take part or are sick on the day of the event, please email Mrs Prinsep asap so the opportunity can be offered to another student on our waiting list.
Pack down: 1:00pm after the last race
Food/coffee: This will be at the Ngā Puna Wai Café or at the Coffee Cart (these are pointed out on the map)
Course Marshalls: Please meet Chelsea from 9.45am inside the Athletics Track at the finish line to collect your map and marshal placement number. Bringing warm clothes and a bag with water and food to take out on the course is a good idea. See attached document for all information. This person must stay in place for all 9 races even if the school they represent is only entered in a certain race. As you are a marshal you play a highly important role on the day to encourage participants as they go past and direct the children in the right direction. – Please note CAIMS MARSHALLS MEET AT 11:00am TO SWAP WITH ON COURSE MARSHALLS AND COLLECT NUMBERS.
Parking: There is more parking onsite now with the new Netball Centre opened.
Exiting the venue: There are now 2 exits from NPW. One is Augustine Drive, and the other is now McMahon Drive (straight out to Dunbars Road or right towards Wigram on Aidanfield).
Zones: Please make sure ALL athletes know what zone they are in. They will be with their zone manager for the day. The need to know their zone so they can collect their number from the manager. Please see the map attached for zone placement within the Athletics Track.
Zone managers:On the day come to the Athletics tower to collect race numbers to distribute to your zone participants. See attached document for all information.
First aid: St John will be there on the day.
Results: These will be up on our website asap. The link will be on the events tab.
We had a fabulous day at the 2024 Heaton Cross Country. We could not have asked for a better weather day and all of our students came along with an amazing attitude, ready to give it their best effort.
It was wonderful to see the whānau support at Elmwood, it made the day that much more exciting.
A massive thank you to our incredible specialist teaching staff who supported in the running of the event and to the year 7 and year 8 sport leaders who did an excellent job of setting up, packing down and marshalling the event.
Congratulations to all students who participated in the event and a special congratulations to those who placed in the top 16 in their race.
Recreational Race Placings
Year 7 Recreational Boys 1st Jayden T – R12 2nd Yuto U – R14 3rd Bass R – R13 4th Jaxon A – R12 5th Shunyn K – R15 6th Aidan L – R15 7th Marcus O – R13 8th Kess J -R12
9th Abhimanyu T – R12 10th Zion M – R18 11th Cairo L – R17 12th Cameron F – R17 13th Hudson W – R18 14th Diaa T – R11 15th Billie M – R14 16th Adithyan A – R12
Year 7 Recreational Girls 1st Poppy S – R16 2nd Sarah J – R18 3rd Khaya M – R14 4th Lucia C – R16 5th Camilla D – R11 6th Juliet C – R17 7th Aashriya S – R15 8th Emily C – R14
9th Emma V – R18 10th Jaimee G – R15 11th Chloe X – R15 12th Georgia T – R16 13th Jade P – R10 14th Ava A – R14 15th Elise A – R14 16th Niamh B – R13
Year 8 Recreational Boys 1st Tamaki L – R9 2nd Leo L – R1 3rd Fletcher F – R6 4th Luca R – R4 5th Flynn M – R4 6th Ben F – R5 7th Lachie M – R8 8th Sangmin J – R4
9th Lucas F – R9 10th Tom R – R4 11th Gus B – R6 12th Ganu K – R5 13th Bryn H – R6 14th Logan H – R4 15th Yusuf R – R6 16th Kaishiro D – R5
Year 8 Recreational Girls 1st Lucabella P – R3 2nd Willow B – R3 3rd Maisy H – R7 4th Holly L – R4 5th Sophie N – R3 6th Monika S – R4 7th Jamie M – R8 8th Lucy S – R5
9th Annabelle D – R5 10th Nancy M – R2 11th Sadie M – R6 12th Elise M – R7 13th Mackenzie B – R4 14th Jessie F – R6 15th Elena Z – R3 16th Ella T – R5
Competitive Race Placings
Year 7 Competitive Boys 1st Weston I – R12 2nd Sonny M – R11 3rd Nate B – R11 4th Csaba R – R14 5th Ollie L – R16 6th Seb K – R14 7th Tom O – R17 8th Jed H – R14
9th Austin R – R18 10th Max G – R16 11th Johnny B – R17 12th Luka M – R13 13th Deacon L – R10 14th James E – R10 15th Bower H – R13 16th Will H – R13
Year 7 Competitive Girls 1st Ella M – R16 2nd Lola B – R12 3rd Milah D – R18 4th Paige R – R16 5th Sophia T – R18 6th Indigo B – R12 7th Hannah N – R12 8th Sophia L – R12
9th Belle K – R12 10th Emme I – R10 11th Lucy K – R17 12th Lillian G – R14 13th Erica S – R11 14th Daisy W – R14 15th Jordyn W – R10 16th Ellie B – R15
Year 8 Competitive Boys 1st Roman T – R4 2nd Dylan C – R7 3rd Alex H – R2 4th Chris P – R4 5th Dan F – R8 6th Sam P – R4 7th Jackson D – R7 8th Thomas R – R6
9th Noah L – R8 10th Leo H – R1 11th Macsen I – R4 12th Sam H – R7 13th Blake T – R2 14th JiaHe S – R2 15th Luca G – R8 16th Elliot A – R8
Year 8 Competitive Girls 1st Lucy G – R1 2nd Honor B – R7 3rd Flo P – R1 4th Amarlie G – R8 5th Camille C – R9 6th Phoebe W – R8 7th Bella R – R7 8th Prue G – R3
9th Daisy H – R9 10th Naya M – R4 11th Hazel B – R2 12th Maia G – R9 13th Ella S – R9 14th Gracie W – R5 15th Lucy H – R4 16th Olivia W – R2
All staff would like to recognise the fantastic efforts of those students who expressed an interest in joining a Heaton team this year. We are looking forward to seeing you improve your skills, have fun, and represent our school.
Attention all tackle rugby players: To play in the inter-school competition, you must access the form below with your caregivers and register with NZ Rugby (https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/142036)
PARTICIPATION COST: As an opt in/user pay sporting opportunity, participation in a Heaton weekly winter sports team incurs a cost that covers transportation, and this will be added to your school account.
COMPETITION DATES
(Tuesday afternoons from 1:30pm – 2:30pm):
21-May-24
28-May-24
11-Jun-24
18-Jun-24
25-Jun-24
2-Jul-24
23-Jul-24
30-Jul-24
6-Aug-24
CODE OF CONDUCT AND EXPECTATIONS
Our school is very fortunate to have the help of many dedicated community members and teachers who are giving up their time to train and coach our teams. Representing Heaton in an inter-school competition is a privilege. We have an expectation that students reflect our school values, and that their behaviour both during school, and in the wider community is respectful and positive. All participants in the winter sport competition must read and follow our Heaton sport code of conduct, and the Primary Sports Canterbury code of conduct
Full weekly individual sports draws can be accessed using the following link: Winter Sport Draws
INJURIES:
If you are injured, you will still travel with your Hagley Sport team on Tuesday afternoons to support your team(s) and assist your coaches.
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
Students must ensure they have their PE Kit / Sports Uniform, appropriate footwear/boots, specialised sports equipment (shin pads, mouth guards, squash glasses, racquets, table tennis bats etc.) and a water bottle. It is your personal responsibility to ensure you have all the correct equipment so please pack the night before. Students must also ensure they have all relevant personal medication e.g. epipen, ventolin.
Please ensure you bring warm layers if you are participating in outdoor sport. There may be days where the weather is chilly, but sport will go ahead.
Heaton Hockey, Football and Rugby players must wear plain yellow socks as part of their uniform. These can be purchased at the school canteen for $15.00 or are available at any sports shop.
Rippa participants can choose to wear trainers or boots when they play, however, the condition of the grounds at Hagley may influence your decision. If you have a pair of boots please bring these along with you.
A reminder about non-marking shoes for badminton. Badminton do have some spare shoes at the centre if needed on the day.
Please Note: All jewellery must be removed when you are taking part in the Tuesday afternoon inter-school sports competitions.
SPORTING VENUES & TEACHER IN CHARGE:
Hockey – Nunweek Park (T.I.C – Mrs Cumming)
Netball – South Hagley Netball Courts (T.I.C – Mrs Edge)
Tackle 10’s Rugby – South Hagley Rugby Fields (T.I.C – Ms Clarkson)
Football Open – South Hagley Park (T.I.C – Mr Cooper + Mr Phanpho)
Football Girls – South Hagley Park (T.I.C – Mr Naidoo)
Rippa Rugby – South Hagley Park (T.I.C Rippa – Mr Kay)
Coaches and players have a responsibility to access the following document to read your relevant information so that you are aware of the rules and specific requirements: CAIMS Winter Sport Rules 2024
MEETING TIMES, LOCATIONS & ORGANISATION:
During the winter sport season, lunch will begin at 12:20pm on Tuesday afternoons.
Students are to go to their designated house area when the bell sounds and must sit down to eat their lunch.
After lunch at 12:40pm, students are required to meet their teachers/coaches in their designated area.
Please ensure you sit down in your teams quickly and quietly so you can be registered as our buses will depart promptly at 12:50pm.
Sporting groups are to meet at the following locations at 12:40pm:
Boys’ Football: Hall quad
Hockey: Hall
Tackle 10’s Rugby: In front of Room 12/Outside LRC
Rippa Rugby: Flagpole
Girls’ Football– Room 4 for attendance then flagpole
Netball– Court by Science Block
Table Tennis/Badminton– P.A.C Steps
BUS GROUPINGS – which bus do I get on?
Please stay with your T.I.C so that you do not end up in the wrong location.
Bus 1: Netball Year 8 teams plus Year 7 A team
Bus 2: Netball Year 7 B, Netball Year 7 C and 27 Football open players (Mr Cooper will have a list)
Bus 3: Tackle Rugby
Bus 4 : 49 Football Open Players (Mr Cooper will have a list)
Bus 5: Girls Football and Rippa Rugby
Bus 6: Badminton and Table tennis
Bus 7/Bus 8 : Hockey – Split over two buses
WEATHER CANCELLATIONS:
The Sports Director, in conjunction with the ChCh City Council will make any decisions regarding cancellations due to weather or pitch/court conditions. These decisions will be made by 11:30 am, and any information will be communicated to students and their parents/caregivers via Hero and the school Daily Notices. Please be aware that Table Tennis and Badminton will continue regardless of cancellations as these are at indoor venues. If a cancellation is made due to Hagley Park ground conditions only, Nunweek Park Hockey and Netball will continue.
TRAINING SESSIONS:
As outlined in our Sports Code of Conduct (see above), we have an expectation that students show commitment to their team by attending a weekly training session. Coaches will be advertising training sessions in the daily notices and will be taking attendance registers. If you are unable to make a particular training session you must communicate this with your coach in person or via email.
LANGUAGE LESSONS & ORCHESTRA:
If you attend Language tuition or are involved in the Heaton orchestra and this clashes with a scheduled training session you must notify your coach. Language lessons and the Orchestra always take priority, as an alternate time or training with a different Heaton team will be possible.
ADDITIONAL UPDATES FROM PRIMARY SPORT CANTERBURY:
The purpose of weekly sport is to give all interested young people a chance to play sport against others in our region. The enjoyment of all is of most importance to us and if this means having to alter games to accommodate differing abilities then please take the initiative and do this.
We had an amazing day at the Selwyn Aquatic Centre for the 2024 inter-school champs. All athletes involved in the day truly gave each race their best effort. They showed school pride, sportsmanship and perseverance. The day would not have been possible without the amazing efforts of Mrs Paula Dore for supporting with marshalling and team managing and our whānau help from Rebecca, Nicki, and Madlen. Thank you again for all of your work.
Well done to the following athletes for achieving a top three finish in 2023:
Nate B 2nd in the 25m Year 7 Boys Freestyle
Khaya M 3rd in the 50m Year 7 Girls Breaststroke
Mia S 3rd in the 50m Year 8 Girls Freestyle
Sarah J 2nd in the 50m Year 7 Girls Backstroke and 2nd in the 100m Open Girls Freestyle
Leo S 2nd in the 50m Year 7 Boys Backstroke
Charlie P 2nd in the 50m Year 8 Boys Breaststroke
Matthew C 3rd in the 100m Open Boys Breaststroke.
Boys Year 7 4x50m Relay team finished 2nd consisting of Seb K, Leo S, Matthew C, and Weston I.
Girls Year 7 4x50m Relay team finished 3rd consisting of Sarah J, Sophie H, Sophia L, and Zoe D
We had an amazing day at CAIMS Summer Tournament on Tuesday! Thankfully the weather held out for most of the sports and we were able to have a great day competing. We are really proud of the respect, perseverance, enthusiasm and sportsmanship that was demonstrated by our ākonga.
Thank you to our amazing kaiako who supported our ākonga and ensured they had such an incredible day!
Congratulations to the following teams who celebrated top three finishes:
Heaton Sport 