I would like to take this opportunity to thank all students for the passion and dedication demonstrated during our basketball trials. A big thank you also to Mr Grant, Mr Phanpho and Mrs Cummings for their support in running the trials. We are really excited to begin our 2025 season in Term 2.
We have several volunteer coaches supporting our basketball teams this year, and I would like to extend a massive thanks to them for their time, energy and organisation. We wouldn’t be able to provide this opportunity to so many of our basketball players without their support.
To see what team you will be playing for this year, please access the following link – I hope to have training times confirmed by the end of this week:
We are playing across three different competitions this year to allow as many players as possible to play basketball. Please ensure you know which team you’re in and where your team is playing. This should remain consistent, but I will let you know of any changes.
Training Expectations
Students have an expectation to attend their weekly training session. If you cannot attend a training session, you must email Mrs Henderson in advance to let her know so that she can pass the message on to your coach.
If your training day/time clashes with another school commitment (cultural, sporting, music etc.), please email Mrs Henderson so we can make a plan.
Our Code of Conduct
Representing our school on Friday evenings is a privilege. It is important that players and their caregivers read, understand and follow our Heaton Sport Code of Conduct:Code of Conduct (CARE)
Unable to attend a game?
If you are unable to attend one of your Friday evening games for any reason (illness, injury, holiday etc.) you must email Mrs Henderson. Thank you for your support with this.
Spectators will not be allowed at the event this year. However, if you are available to assist with timekeeping or officiating, please contact me at hendersonk@heaton.school.nz.
Please note that this is not a Swimming New Zealand-sanctioned event. Disqualifications will focus only on common errors. However, all competitors should be familiar with the rules outlined in the document above. If you need clarification, feel free to contact me.
Meeting Time & Organisation:
Students will be transported to and from the venue by bus.
Meeting Time: 7:20 AM in the Heaton Intermediate hall
Departure: The bus will leave promptly at 7:30 AM. Any late competitor will not be accepted for racing.
Return to School: Expected by 3:00 PM. A message will be sent via Hero if we are running late.
Students must arrive at Heaton in their PE uniform with their swimming togs underneath to allow for a smooth transition upon arrival at the venue. Full school uniforms are not required on this day.
Students should bring: ✔ Togs ✔ Towel (bringing more than one is recommended, depending on the number of races) ✔ Jandals ✔ Swimming cap (provided by Heaton Intermediate) ✔ Packed lunch with plenty of healthy snacks ✔ Water bottle ✔ Personal medication (e.g., EpiPen, Ventolin)
Cost:
As this is an opt-in, user-pay sporting event, a fee covering transportation (if required) will be added to your school account.
If you have any questions or no longer wish for your child to participate, please contact Mrs. Henderson at hendersonk@heaton.school.nz.
Meeting Time: 10:35am (conclusion of morning tea) in the Heaton School Hall
All competitors are required to meet in the hall promptly at 10:35am. Please ensure you get changed into your swimming togs, with your PE uniform over the top at morning tea. Please sit down in your house groups so we can mark the roll and depart on time.
Please note: Students are to arrive at school in their Heaton School Uniform as normal.
If you registered for our school event and for some reason your name is not on the participation list above, please contact Mrs Henderson immediately for assistance.
Equipment Requirements (what do I need to bring?):
Swimming togs – please ensure students are changed into their swimming togs and wearing their Heaton PE kit over the top before they get onto the bus. This way students are ready to race when we arrive at the venue
Swimming cap (if required)
Towel
Jandals
Water bottle
Packed lunch with sufficient healthy snacks
All relevant personal medication e.g. epipen
Class equipment required for the first teaching block e.g. device, pencil case etc.
Event Structure and Timing:
Our goal is to make our school swimming sports as student-focused and relaxed as possible. It is an opportunity for our confident swimmers to experience respectful competition, and for our beginner/ novice swimmers to feel encouraged and supported.
If you’re a parent or caregiver who is planning to attend and would like to help by assisting with timekeeping on the day, please email Kate hendersonk@heaton.school.nz to let us know. Your help is greatly appreciated!
Cost:
Participation in the Heaton swimming sports event is based on our user-pay model (opt-in) and will involve a cost that covers return transportation to the event and pool hire. These costs will be added to your school account. If you have any questions or no longer wish for your child to take part, please contact Mrs Henderson (hendersonk@heaton.school.nz)
A big thank you to all the staff and students for an absolutely fantastic two days of athletics. A large thank you to StAC for very generously allowing us to use their fields for the events.
The sports leaders and staff did a brilliant job coordinating the events and we were so fortunate to have the weather turn out as great as it did.
Following the Heaton Athletics, 60 students qualified to represent our school in the CAIMS Athletics day on November 20th. Our athletes represented Heaton with pride and all gave their absolute best on the day. Congratulations to all those who represented Heaton.
CAIMS Athletics Championship Results 2024 – Top 3 Finishes
1st Place
Willem – year 7 boys shot put
Ollie L – year 7 boys 1500m
Khaya – year 7 girls high jump
Weston – boys year 7 100m
Flo – Girls year 8 discus
Lucy – girls year 8 800m
Boys year 8 4x100m relay (Brady, Ethan, David, Alister)
Girls year 8 4x100m relay (Olivia, Flo, Charli, Lucy)
An incredible tournament of athletes putting their best effort forward and truly embodying the Heaton spirit. Congratulations to all of our competitors!
Table Tennis
7 boys represented Heaton at the Caims Table Tennis competition at the stadium on Blenheim Road.
We had a team of 4 and a team of 3, and both teams played superbly. They cheered each other on and when waiting made great use of the practice tables to get prepared for the upcoming matches.
Although not placed in the top three, their behaviour representing Heaton was exemplary and they should be very proud of themselves.
We would like to thank Kaishiro’s mother for being such a great help at the tournament.
Rugby Sevens
The CAIMS Netball Tournament was held over 2 days during Week 5 of Term 3, with 2 squads attending. With a very cold first day at Hagley courts both teams played well in their Pool rounds. Day 2 and sunshine made for a great day. Heaton Ma team played with determination and enthusiasm resulting in three outstanding wins. Heaton Whero displayed the Heaton values and enjoyed their games, winning the day. Overall coming in 14th place. Heaton Ma took out the tournament with a competitive final against Breens. Congratulations to both squads who represented Heaton with pride. We would like to thank the parents who managed the Heaton Whero team and our awesome supporters for giving up their time to umpire.
Netball
The CAIMS Netball Tournament was held over 2 days during Week 5 of Term 3, with 2 squads attending. With a very cold first day at Hagley courts both teams played well in their Pool rounds. Day 2 and sunshine made for a great day. Heaton Ma team played with determination and enthusiasm resulting in three outstanding wins. Heaton Whero displayed the Heaton values and enjoyed their games, winning the day. Overall coming in 14th place. Heaton Ma took out the tournament with a competitive final against Breens. Congratulations to both squads who represented Heaton with pride. We would like to thank the parents who managed the Heaton Whero team and our awesome supporters for giving up their time to umpire.
Hockey
Heaton Pango – 5th Place
Heaton Kīkorangi – Tournament Winner
The two-day CAIMS hockey tournament involved two teams, Heaton Kīkorangi and Pango. Players represented our school with outstanding team spirit and sportsmanship. We’re proud to share that Heaton Kīkorangi was the tournament winner, with Heaton Pango in 5th place. Special thanks to Rebecca Emslie, Charli’s R3 mum, for coaching the winning team and for all her support during the tournament. Also, we appreciated the support of the parents during the tournament, who cheered us on. Finally, we were very grateful to our two expert referees, Toby and Oliver, from Shirley Boys High School, who managed our games very capably. We loved the shoot-out practice, too!
Football Open
On Tuesday 20th of August two football teams, Kōwhai and Kākāriki went down to south Hagley Park to represent Heaton in the CAIMs football tournament. The first day was unfortunately rained out so what was meant to be the second day became our one and only day for the tournament. This meant that we had to play 6 games which were slightly shortened and there was not much time in between games. Both teams represented Heaton well, showing all the school values on and off the pitch.
Kōwhai had a fairly easy group only being troubled ever so slightly in the first game against Casebrook which ended 2-1. We breezed past Breens and Hornby, scoring more than 12 goals in the process. Into the knockout stages and we were up against a team from Ashburton. We had lots of chances and eventually got rewarded winning 3-1. We were in the semi-final against Breens. We knew this wouldn’t be an easy match. We had quite a few chances in front of goal but we were unable to finish. This led to the match ending 0-0 and going to a penalty shootout. Unfortunately, we could not capitalise despite a save from Fletcher our goalkeeper early on. The loss sent us into the 3rd place match-up against Casebrook who we had beat in the first game. However, we were well aware they had got stronger since. In the last game of the day, everyone was tired but we managed to push through and come out with a win finishing in third and ending our tournament on a high note.
Kākāriki had a pool with three other teams and got out of the pool finishing on top of the table, Here is how some of the games went. We had a great match against Ashburton B. Everyone played their positions well and all players gave 100% the whole game. Our players played their positions with pride and happy faces. The score ended up being around 15-0 to us. It’s not about the goals though, both teams played with respect throughout the whole game. We ended up versing St Thomas in a tight game and we beat them 1-0. We were very tired after 3 matches with 10-minute breaks. Unfortunately, we lost our last three games but we all enjoyed the games and finished 8th overall..
Both teams showed excellence, resilience, and all the Heaton values in the tournament. Everyone contributed and not one player was left out. This was a great experience for everyone and we hope to continue our Heaton success in the Koru games.
Jia-He and Lucas (Room 1)
Football Girls
Slowly the bus comes to a stop. Everyone starts to hop off and start getting ready for the tournament. The teachers are directing us in the way where the first game is taking place, everyone’s nerves are getting higher but so is our confidence to win.
Parents help set up a fun skill course for us to warm up as we put our boots on.
It’s not long till our first game starts but it is important to get a warm-up.
We walk over to our first field to find our opposition… Rangi Ruru. The whistle blows and we are underway on our first game. Our strikers are sprinting up the field calling for the ball. Our midfield is not far behind. Before we knew it the whistle blew for full time. I can’t believe we won our first game.
Time flew by and before we knew it we were playing our 4th game! So far we have been very successful and have won every game we played. Our energy was gone but our confidence and motivation grew as we neared the end and realised… we had a shot at winning this!
Our last game came around and we were pumped to win the last game and the CAIMS Tournament. Thanks to Mr Naidoo for all the hard work he put in with training us.
Games are held at Jellie Park between 6.45pm – 9.30pm
FRIDAY COMPETITION DATES (6 games total).
Friday 2nd August
Friday 16th August
Friday 23rd August
Friday 30th August
Friday 13th September
Friday 20th September
Games for 30mins | 15min Halves Please make your sure your team is ready as quick as possible as if we are behind we will have to cut down the game time.
WEEKLY DRAWS, GAME DAY INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
All weekly results and draws are posted on the Canterbury Water Polo website. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they check the weekly draw and be poolside 15 minutes prior to your game start time so you can meet your coaches. Please arrive at games wearing your Heaton PE shirt over the top of your togs, so you are easily recognisable by your coaches. The weekly draw is accessible via the Canterbury Water Polo website:
If you are unable to attend a game, students must communicate this with Mrs Prinsep via email. This way we can ensure we have sufficient numbers for each game and can organise replacement players if required.
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
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