We
are excited to announce that on Thursday 15th August, Gulf Harbour
School (Tuesday 20th reserve day) will be holding their annual Cross Country
day. This is an exciting day where
students participate in their year groups in a cross country race at Shakespear
Park. All students have been training
hard for this day during school time and we look forward to seeing the benefits
of our students getting fitter.
An up
to date programme of the day will be posted on the website. We are asking that
all children be involved and students will need a note should they be unable to
participate. We are asking students to
wear sports shoes and a tee-shirt the same colour as their school team (or PE
gear if no colour). We will be having team
points running through-out the day and many opportunities will be given for
students to earn these points and to get their names into a lucky dip
sponsorship prize.
The
first few students home in year 5-8 will be chosen to represent our school at the
Hibiscus Cross Country held later in August.
We look forward to building this team and preparing our top students for
this event.
Students
will need to be at school by 8:55 on the day of cross country and will be able
to wear their running kit to school. Please
ensure they have a warm change of clothes to keep them warm when they are not
participating or after their events. Students will also need plenty of water and
healthy snacks to keep them going. We
will have some food and drink for sale (sausages, and a limited supply of food
and drink) down at the park and more information on this will follow.
We
are asking for parents of children in the Year 0 - 2 levels to please help us
in assisting these students with transport to and from the event.
Year
0 - 2 students will complete a 1000m run, Year 3 1200m race, year 4 and 5 will
run the distance of 1.6km, while year’s 6-8 will cover a 3.2km distance. The approximate times for events are on the
reverse side of this sheet.
Only
Year 0-2 will be transported to the venue in private cars. If you are able to
support with transport please email or contact your child’s teacher. If you
wish for your child not to be
transported by private car (all will be wearing safety belts), please inform
your child’s teacher.
We
are requiring some parental help to ensure that our day goes smoothly. Please email Mark Barrow
m.barrow@ghs.school.nz if you are able to assist us in some way on this day.
Thank you
Mark Barrow, Ruth Taylor
Teachers
in Charge
Plan for Cross Country Day (Subject to
change)
9.00am: Roll call in classes at
school. Year 0-2 are collected from
class by parents transporting them in cars to the event.
9:10: Assemble on school courts for
briefing.
9:15: Leave school and walk to Shakespear
Park in classes.
9.40: Arrive at Shakespear Park and
assemble at Te Haruhi Bay.
9:50 Be seated in year groups.
10:00 Welcome/House keeping
10:10 Year 0-3 Beach run begins staggered
in year groups.
Year 5, 6, 7 and 8 walk through
course (if interested)
10:40: Year 4 & 5 marshall to start
area.
10:45: Year 4s race starts/ Boys then Girls
10:50: Year 5s race start / Boys then Girls
11:15: Year
6-8 Marshall to start area.
11:20: Year
6s start race girls followed by boys.
11:25: Year
7s start race girls followed by boys.
11:30: Year
8s start race girls followed by boys.
12:00: Lunch
12:30: Year
0- 4 make their way back to school
12:45: Year
5 - 8 team building cross country event
1:30: Tidy
up of areas
2:00: Walk
back to school.
