AJHS Sports Guide A4 2021.Pdf

CONTENTS A word from the Director of Sport 3 A word from the Principal 4 Registration Process 6 Important Information 8 Sports on Offer for 2020 9—23 Additional Sports /Sports Days 24 Zone Day Information 25—28 NZ AIMS Games 29 Totara Springs Sports Camp 30 2 FROM THE DIRECTOR OF SPORT Kia ora and a warm welcome to our AJHS sporting community for 2021. We are hoping for smooth sailing this year with minimal covid-19 disruptions! Whether you are new or returning, we look forward to working alongside you and are very committed to encouraging and promoting lifelong learning and involvement in competitive or social sport and physical activity for all. We know that success in sport is a result of the effort and commitment from students, coaches and from parents, whanau and volunteers. We are fortunate to have staff members who are experienced in teaching, coaching and competing in a range of sporting codes and are therefore very well-equipped to mentor students towards meeting their personal bests. However, with such large participation numbers we simply do not have enough staff to cover all teams and events. Therefore we value the help and support from our parent and whanau community who enable us to help provide the best possible support to our students. I have no doubt that 2021 will be yet another enjoyable and successful year for all involved. Warm Regards, Nicola Kaiwai Director of Sport 3 A WORD FROM THE PRINCIPAL Through our very nature, Albany Junior High School is recognised as having both the expertise and the experience of leading high quality learning for adolescents. As such, we are always mindful of the physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing of learners in this age group, whilst constantly trying to offer as many opportunities as we can (our motto of ‘School of Opportunities’ came from parents, not ourselves). Sport plays a vital role in our ability to do this and we enjoy high participation rates, with well over 70% of students being involved in organised school sport. We aim to provide sporting opportunities in most codes for every learner and at every level of competition, from top-level competitive sports—where we chive exceptionally well—to starter teams for the novice. Like other schools, we cater for traditional sports but, differently to others, we also look to provide the wid- est variety of activities possible, from zone days to team competitions and from rugby to diving. We are always looking to provide new and different opportunities on top of an already full programme and are regular attendees at the NZ AIMS Games and many other national competitions. We are a competitive force in sports and we are very proud of our achievements, with students competing at local, regional, national and international levels (our Gym wall is filled with photos of students who have represented NZ). We expect our learners to maintain the highest standards of dis- cipline and sportsmanship, both on and off the field, whilst they strive to fulfil their potential. They are encouraged and supported to ensure that they are able to meet their commitments to their coaches, managers and teammates, demonstrating drive through turning up regularly to practices, pushing themselves to their Pagepeak, 4 and giving their all in games. 4 Our vision for sport requires a substantial commitment from a huge number of volunteers, including staff, parents and students and I would take this opportunity to thank all those involved in AJHS sport who make this the success that it undoubtedly is, with a special thanks to Jo Monkton, our excellent sports coordinator, and Nicola Kaiwai our Director of Sport. We want our students to be involved, active, and enjoy their sport throughout their lives. We will provide support if you bring the drive! Regards, Stephen Kendall-Jones, Principal. 5 REGISTRATION PROCESS This Sports Information booklet is provided to help you choose what sports you would like to play during the year. While every effort has gone in to ensure details are correct, some sports information is not available and events do change. Please remember the following when choosing a sport: You must be able to attend at least one training per week and every game for each sport that you sign up to. For all regular season competitions, it is yours and your parent/caregivers responsibility to ensure that you are at practice and also that you can get to the games. It is also important to remember that once you commit to a sport that you must see it through until the end of the season. There will be NO refunds for withdrawals after teams have been selected unless an approved medical certificate has been provided. Sports Fees: We ask that all sports fees are settled in full by the registration date as detailed for each sport but do understand that this is not always possible. A payment plan option maybe available to assist families where necessary. To enquire about this option please contact Jo Monkton [email protected] Compulsory Sports Administration Fee: Each year every student who registers for a regular sport will be requested to pay a one off Sports Administration Fee of $25.00. This fee helps to cover administration, Sports Coordinators costs, equipment, repairs, maintenance, sports prizegiving etc) 6 Sports Registration Process: All enrolments for sports are to be completed via the online doc- uments. Information and Registration forms are available on the AJHS website under Sports https://www.ajhs.school.nz/ Parents/caregivers need to click on the appropriate link and read the information before completing and submitting the form by the due date. Please also note the date that the Sports Registration fees are due by. Internet banking is our preferred method of payment. Please make payment to our school bank account: 123107 0017930 00. Please use the sport code and student name as reference for payment. Payment can be made by Eftpos/Creditcard/Cash at Stu- dent accounts. Payments can also be made through the school portal but please note that there could be a delay between when registration is completed and the time it shows on the portal due to the high volume of registrations to be processed. Students will not be placed in teams if the registration fee has not been paid or a satisfactory payment plan set up. There are many sports and zone days on offer that we don’t take registrations for at the start of the year but we do take Expression of Interest for these sports. So look out for these and fill in any that are of interest to you. 7 IMPORTANT INFORMATION If you require further information or assistance please do not hesitate to contact the staff in the Sports Department 09 415 5473 Jo Monkton Sports Coordinator Extn: 605 [email protected] Vickie Mason Assistant Sports Coordinator Extn: 605 [email protected] Nicola Kaiwai Director of Sport Extn: 602 [email protected] AJHS Sports Website and Facebook: Website: www.ajhs.school.nz - Sports Facebook: AJHS SPORT Instagram: ajhs_sport Share your successes! We have an amazingly talented group of sports students within our school. Sometimes we are not aware of all the amazing things that they do outside of school, so please let us know so that we can share their awesome achievements. Email: [email protected] with photos and information. Information for Students: It is imperative that students, parents/caregivers check the daily notices, the website, facebook and their emails regularly as these will have details of up coming events including trials, trainings and Zone Days. We ask that if you are interested in any sports that you complete the expression of interest form at the beginning of the year. Coaches, Managers and Referee/Umpires Required: To ensure that we can offer students as many sports options as possible we require assistance in the form of coaching, managing and umpiring/refereeing. Please tick the box when registering or contact Jo Monkton in the Sports Coor- dinators Office if you can assist. 8 BADMINTON Badminton is enjoyed by students from years 7-10 and is offered to students from begin- ners through to advanced. Badminton Club: We offer a badminton club during term 1 which is open to all students that want to give badminton a go. No experience necessary. Badminton rackets are supplied for those that don’t own one. Date: Friday 26th February and runs through until Friday the 9th of April 2021 (6 sessions) Time: Year 7 girls and boys and year 8 girls—3.30pm to 4.30pm. Year 8 boys and Year 9 and 10 girls and boys - 4.30pm to 5.30pm Cost: $10.00 per student Registrations close: Tuesday 23rd February 2021 Competition: We enter teams in the Badminton North Harbour Intermediate and Junior College Competi- tions which are played in term 3. The competition will be held at either Badminton North Harbour, located in Bond Crescent, Foresthill or at Active Badminton located in Apollo Drive, Mairangi Bay. This is a team competition with a minimum of 4 players required in each team. Students play singles and doubles. Teams: Junior Girls (Year 9 and 10) Intermediate Girls (Year 7 and 8) Junior Boys (Year 9 and 10) Intermediate Boys (Year 7 and 8) Days of Play from 2020: (2021 Days of Play to be confirmed) Year 9 and 10 Girls: Wednesday Year 7 and 8 Girls: Wednesday Year 9 and 10 Boys: Monday Year 7 and 8 Boys: Thursday Games are played from 4pm to 5.30pm.

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