Important information for Cross Country!

• Friday 23^rd September, race briefing will start at 9:30am for marshalls, runners briefing at 9:45am, first race begins at 10am with Year 3-6 students.
• All students must bring their own lunchbox and water/hydration. Remember to pack appropriate foods that will support your running performance i.e. complex and simple carbohydrates e.g. wholegrain bread in sandwiches, fruit/veg, wholegrain muesli bars, wholemeal muffins etc
• Don't forget any medication you might need like asthma inhalers or antihistamines if you are allergic to anything. 
• Year 3-6 students - please remember your togs and towel!
• All students please remember you must be in OneSchool Global Sports uniform, house t-shirts are acceptable, make sure you bring a warm uniform jacket in case the wind is up, initial weather forecasts are looking really positive.  Don't forget your running shoes!
• There will be a coffee cart available for coffee and tea to be purchased by the community, there is also a cafe available for parents only. All students must remain onsite throughout the event.
• Food will be supplied to travelling parents and all staff, please let us know if you have any special dietary requirements, gluten free options will be made available to those requiring this.

Information will be going out soon to people who have volunteered as marshalls or finish line help, please make sure you bring warm clothes, snacks and even a wee seat if you would like to.

We can't wait to welcome everyone to Westport next week, safe travels!!

This programme order of events will remain the same, however the times may vary according to the days happenings, your patience with this is appreciated.

NB: Lunch will be a rolling event, students can eat when their race dictates.

9:30am – Blenheim and Nelson sites arrive, marshall briefing, positions taken

9:45am – Event briefing for runners, race stickers issued to morning racers

10:00am – Event Start

• Year 3 and 4 Race
• Year 5 and 6 Race

Year 3-6 students will then depart for morning tea and participate in organised games at PERC

10:45am approx.

• Year 11, 12 and 13 Race

11:30am approx.

• Year 9 and 10 Race

12 midday approx.

• Year 7 and 8 Race

12:30pm – results and presentation of medals and special awards, pack up and farewell.

Directions to Carters Beach Domain – Cross Country Start and Finish Line

• Enter into town on main highway and turn left at the main intersection towards Carters Beach
• Turn right onto Tasman Street and drive straight ahead to the end of the street
• Turn left onto Marine Parade and then onto the grassy field between the green Carters Shed to the south and the Carters Beach Hall to the north
• Carparking will be available for cars on the grass between the Green Carters Shed and the road that accesses the Carters Beach Hall
• Please drive slowly to avoid damaging the grass on the carpark area.

Puwaha Section - map of trail

Congratulations to Taurean, Brandice and Incah in gaining their Gold OneSchool Award.  Well done girls.

Our Year 3-8s have been diligently preparing and presenting speeches.  Every junior student completed a captivating speech, and we are proud of them.

NELSON

Congratulations to Jaeda Woodman (Y3/4), Noah McLean, Anais Woodman (Y5/6), Aubrey Lewis, Romane Smith, Romer McLean and Chelsie Smith (Y7/8) who represented Nelson Campus at the Upper South Speech Competition.

Noah McLean (Y5/6) and Romer McLean (Y7/8) were selected from Nelson Campus as our Upper South representatives at the Regional Speech Competition. We are delighted to announce Noah placed 3^rd for Y5/6s and Romer placed 2^nd for Y7/8s. Congratulations, Noah and Romer. This is a wonderful achievement.

Upper South Campus placed within the top three of every year category! (Remy Beatson from Blenheim represented Upper South Y3/4s and his great achievement of placing 2^nd). Well done, Remy, Noah and Romer.

Congratulations to the winners of the Blenheim Speech Competition - Remy Beatson (Year 4) and Pascal Campion (Year 5). These two went on to represent us at the Upper South Competition, with Remy then being selected to perform his speech at a regional level. We are very proud of his 2^nd place, amidst some very tough competition!   

On Wednesday, 14th September the Year 3-4 children were delighted to host the Year 2 children who will be entering Year 3 at the start of the next school year. The children met Ms Stuart and they worked on some practical measuring tasks with their buddies.  The rest of the day had a sunflower theme:  the children shared some reading about sunflowers, they sowed sunflower seeds in pots, they drew pictures and wrote about growing sunflowers, and they made small labels to go on the individual pots. We hope that there will be some seedlings ready for planting out in the junior gardens on the new entrants’ next visit, and when they start school next year there should be lots of giant sunflowers waiting to welcome them.  The Year 3-4 children were true to their OSG values, doing a wonderful job of looking after their new entrant buddies.

The Year 3-6 students enjoyed swimming at the Richmond Aquatic Centre every afternoon for a whole fortnight.  The children had nine half-hour lessons each, working in small groups with an instructor.  It was great to see the progress made by all the children over the fortnight.  We are enormously thankful to all the parents who helped by driving everyone to and from the pool, or with changing room and poolside supervision.