Summer sports FINALS

On Wednesday we had our year 5 and 6 summer sports finals.. our children competed in Gutter board, shoot out and Padder tennis. It was great to see so many children getting involved. Congratulations to all our finalists and winners. A huge thank you to all the students who organised it and of course Mr Shinn for his wonderful guidance. 

Week 6 Syndicate sport

Another awesome afternoon of sport.. 

Congratulations Gerald, Haley, Sebastian, kevin, Sarah, Hemish, Ella, Maria and Neel!

Athletics Zones

Last Monday a team of about 40 athletes went to Three kings reserve to compete at the Athletics Zones. Our team did an amazing job with many excellent individual efforts earning our team a 2nd place overall out of ten schools. Awesome job!!

A huge thanks to Mr Shinn, Ms Ritchie, Mrs Manda and the parents who came along and helped and supported us!

Week 5 Syndicate sport

The sun was out so this week we started our first round of summer sports - T-ball, scatter ball, non-stop cricket, volley ball and gutter boards and padder tennis. It was great fun! Congratulations to our players of the day - Sam, Akeel, Jolui, Brianna, Abigail, Nitya, Sofia, Jeremiah, Ella, Caleb, Jashil and Maya!

Athletics day 2016

Halsey Drive Athletics Day

Whole school Athletics day 2016

Tuesday 1st November 

(Save Day Thursday 3rd November)

The day will start promptly at 9am and finish with Sprint finals and relays after lunch. 

All children are to come to school in their house colours!

Please remember your named drink bottles, hats and sunscreen.

Syndicate sport Week 3

Congratulations to our players of the day.. Haoran, Krish B, Tiainei, Kristy, Hemish, Kwan, Maria and Calvin. Another awesome day of sport with lots of athletics practice getting done!

Syndicate sports - Athletics edition

In preparation for Athletics day in Week 4 the year 5 and 6 have been practising all the different athletics sports events. Well done to all the children who have shown great progress over the last two weeks. 

Congratulations to the children chosen as players of the day for their skills, sportsmanship and team work.. Kishan, Sativa, Amelia, Nuha, Dineesh, Leslie, Heather, Tianei, Mathew, Daniel and Therese!

Can't wait to see them putting these skills into action on Athletics day!

Year 5 and 6 Kiwisport

On Tuesday the Year 5 and 6 teams went to the Kiwisport competition at Hillsborough school. They competed against the other schools in many sports including T-Ball, non-stop cricket, water relay and football. They competed really well and Halsey Drive 2 came 1st Place overall. The school team also went through to the semi finals in the Tug of war. Congratulations to all the students who took part and a huge thank you to the mums who came along and supported us!

National championship Gymnastics - Caleb

Congratulations to Caleb in Year 6 who represented Auckland in the level 4 Men’s Artistic Gymnastic at the 2016 NZ Gymsports National Championship in Invercargill during the holidays. 

Out of 48 individuals competing from around NZ, Caleb came 3^rd Equal on Pommel and his Auckland Team came 2^nd.   This meant he qualified for the day two event, in which he came 12th overall in the all around finals. A fantastic result!!

Sounds like Caleb had a fantastic time and gained some valuable experience, while also rubbing shoulders with a range of successful NZ athletes including Rio Olympic trampolinist Dylan Schmidt and Commonwealth games Bronze medalist David Bishop as well as the Mayor of Invercargill Tim Shadbolt.

Three Kings United Football - Prianka

Congratulations to Prianka in Year 4 on her selection for the Three Kings United 9th Grade team. After a 3 day tournament, despite the rain, her team were the 9th Grade girls Plate Champions! 

An awesome achievement, well done Prianka!

Syndicate Sport Week 9

The Year 5 and 6 celebrated the end of the term with another round of syndicate sport. Congratulations to our players of the day: Bronson, Gerald, Maya, Bill, Fiona, Dineesh, Amber and Ali zain!

 Well done everyone, have a safe and happy holidays!

Teachers vs Students Touch Rugby

Congratulations to the Rugby Zones team and the teachers who played an awesome game of Touch Rugby today. It was a very energetic game with lots of skill and the occasional laughter. 

Netball Prizegiving

As another netball season has come to an end, three of our teams attended Prize giving to receive their prizes for winning their grades. Congratulations to all teams this year and a special mention to those girls who were awarded their teams sportsmanship awards.  Thank you to all the coaches and managers who have given up their time to help us this season, we couldn't have done it without you!

Syndicate Sport Week 7

Awesome weather turn around in the weather meant we were able to get out and have an energetic syndicate sport... 

Congratulations Niha, Nikita K, Sebastian, Mizuki, Brianna, Annaz, Thyaree, Simone, Hemish, Krish P

Champion of Champions Gymnastics Artistic competition 2016

Congratulations to all of the children who went to the Champions of Champions Gymnastics competition on Tuesday.  A special mention to Caleb Young came 3rd in the Year 6 boys individual competition and Caitlin Hsiao came 12th in the Year 3 girls individual competition.   

Well done everyone!

Syndicate sport week 6

We welcomed in spring with a fantastic afternoon of syndicate sport.. a great way to finish the week!

Congratulations to our players of the day - Angel, Kevin, Krish, Izaac, Nitya, Mizuki, Aaliya, Emily D, Dineesh, Michael, Neel and Jashil. 

Week 5 Syndicate Sport

The weather must have seen our crossed fingers and toes.. another great afternoon of sport. 

Well done to our players of the day... Milan, Maya, Joshua G, Dineesh, Lujein, Maarya, Sophie, Izaac, Ansh and Jacky!

Cross Country results

Congratulations to all the children who took part in the Cross country on Tuesday. 

The house results were as follows...

6th Place Takapu

5th Place Weka

4th Place Kotare

3rd Place Pukeko

2nd Place Ruru

1st Place Tui

Well done Tui!!

Netball Zones 2016

Well done to the Halsey Drive A and B netball teams who went to zones today at Mt Roskil Intermediate. They all did their very best and played well despite the horrible weather. Here are some results from the day.. 

A Grade

1st – Mt Roskill A

2nd – Hay Park A

3rd – Hillsborough A

4th – Halsey Drive A

5th – Waikowhai A

6th – Three Kings A

7th – Monte Cecilia

8th – Marshall Laing A

9th – Hillsborough B

10th – May Road A

B Grade

1st – St Therese

2nd – May Road B

3rd – Hillsborough C

4th – Three Kings B

5th – Hillsborough D

6th – Hay Park B

7th – Halsey Drive B

8th – Marshall Laing B

9th – Waikowhai B

Cross Country 2016

Well done to everyone who took part in the Cross Country yesterday... it was a fantastic day and everyone tried their best!  Thank you to all the parents/families who came to support us...

Cross Country 2016

The sun is shining... we have done all the practise... Today is the day for the HALSEY DRIVE CROSS COUNTRY!  First race starts at approx. 1.15pm.. See you there!

Week 4 Sydicate sport

Congratulations to our players of the day... Tanishaa, Calvin, Annaz, Harini, Nuha, Angel, Anthony, Brianna, Emily and Dineesh! 

Year 6 Olympic Day

Congratulations to all the year 6's who competed in the Olympics day today, it was a fantastic day with awesome weather!  A huge thank you to Room 4 and Room 3 year 5's for helping us out!

Rippa Rugby

A huge congratulations to the Halsey Drive Ripper Rugby team who came second overall at the zones tournament on Tuesday 16th August. The team had a fantastic tournament making the finals after winning 4 out of 5 games in the lead up. They went down 6-5 to the Marshall Laing 1 team in a close fought final.

Fantastic effort by all members of the team!

Gymnastic Zones

Congratulations to all the children who attended the Gymnastics zones at Tri Star gym in Mt Roskill. The children all competed enthusiastically and we had some fantastic results. Well done!!

Individual

1st Place Caleb - Year 6 Boys

3rd Place Connor - Year 5 Boys

1st Place Sahil - Year 4 Boys

2nd Place Tareeq - Year 4 Boys

3rd Place Caitlin - Year 3 Girls

Team

3rd Place Year 3 Girls team (Dileena, Caitlin, Angel)

3rd Place Year 4 Girls team (Naomi, Brianna, Kayla, Prisha)

2016 Halsey Drive Olympics

Olympics begin...

With only a few hours left until the opening ceremony I thought I would share this great BBC video to help build the excitement..  

The opening ceremony will be live on TV on Saturday morning from 11am. 

Week 2 Syndicate sport

Another fantastic week of sport! 

Congratulations to our players of the day... Kwan, Haley, Amber, Caleb, Emily D, Riya, Milan, Akeel and Jacky.

Well done!

Term 3 - Week one

Luckily the sun was out so we got to start the new term of Sports... 

This term we have introduced some new sports as well as carrying on with some old ones... 

Mr Bainbridge -Football, 

Mr Tomokino - Dodgeball, 

Miss Richardson - Hockey, 

Mr Shinn - Tennis

                                  Mrs Perkins - Netball. 

Congratulations to our players of the day - Amelia, Chantelle, Jolui, Sativa, Dwain, Laebah, Kalani, Dineesh, Simone and Kwan!!!

Olympics Day Week 2

Next Thursday 4th August Halsey Drive school will be holding its Olympic day. 

Each class has drawn a country and is encouraged to dress up in their countries flag colours for the day!  

The day will begin around 9.15am and run for almost the whole day.  We look forward to seeing parents and caregivers as they come along on the day to support their child and the country that they are representing. 

Good luck to all the children competing!!

Students Vs Teachers Netball 2016

Rio Olympics 2016

At assembly on Friday we drew out the countries for our whole school Olympics day on Thursday 4th August... Good luck to all the countries!!

Countries for the Olympics day

Country	Class
Afghanistan	Room 19
Australia	Room 15
Brazil	Room 7
Chile	Room 11
China	Room 16
Cook Islands	Room 18
Fiji	Room 20
Great Britain	Room 10
India	Room 5
Japan	Room 8
Malaysia	Room 13
New Zealand	Room 14
Solomon Islands	Room 3
Samoa	Room 6
South Korea	Room 4
Taiwan	Room 12
Tonga	Room 17
USA	Room 21
Vietnam	Room 9

The Rio Olympics

Syndicate sport Week 9

Another beautiful afternoon for syndicate sport... Congratulations to Nitya, Haley, Fletcher, Annaz, Jolui, Priscilla, Kevin, Amelia, Hemish and Heila who impressed their teachers with their skills and sportsmanship!

Hockey Zones

Last Tuesday our school took part in the Hockey Zones. It was a tough day with some hard games and sadly quite a few loses. I was so proud of all the children as they never gave up and kept playing hard to get that elusive win. Thank you to Rhea's mum for coming along and helping with transport and supporting us throughout the day. 

Congratulations to Sativa who was picked out as the player who showed the most team spirit on the day. Well done Sativa!