Athletic Sports at the QEII

Another successful school-wide event at the Queen Elizabeth II athletic park! It was a fine day for the track and field events and another great opportunity to harvest learning outside of the traditional classroom walls.

We were at the QEII a couple weeks ago for Swimming sports, and although many of the same procedures were in place, today had more of a school spirit feel to it because we’ve all had more time to get to know each other. I could pick out my students in their races and events, and just generally noticed a lot more of my students (even though they were all clad in house colours – including a girl from Karsten house dressed as a banana!).

Highlights of the Athletic Sports day:

1) the spirit radiating off the students and staff
2) the school-wide march around the track
3) my Year 9 student who broke a track record for the U14 3000 meter race
4) Explaining the burning C on my t-shirt (Go Flames Go!)
5) Mr. Joel’s purple hat
6) the weather - 20 degrees!

And, for those of you whose curiosity was piqued by the different between a Canadian wiener roast and a NZ sausage sizzle, this is what it looks like:



One more teaching day this week, then off to Hokitika on Friday afternoon for the Wildfood festival – look out huhu grubs, here we come!

Thanks for reading…

L.