Sports

SPORTS

Schools have an important role in promoting sport through the co-curricular programmes they offer students. These programmes allow students to build on and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they develop in the school's physical education curriculum. Organised school sports programmes should neither be seen as substitutes for sport studies in this curriculum nor as the specific domain of physical education teachers.

The effective promotion and organisation of school sport should reflect the needs of students and ensure that all students have the opportunity to:

participate to the highest level of their interest and ability
experience enjoyment and achievement
become competent and enthusiastic participants
practise fair play (in the widest interpretation of the term) in all situations
experience and manage competition.

Sports at Kumeroa School

At Kumeroa School, sport is an important part of our culture. We encourage all tamariki to participate in a variety of activities that build confidence, teamwork, and resilience. Alongside our school sports days, we proudly take part in Tararua district events held at Bush Multisport Park in Pahiatua.

Sports offered through the school and local clubs are:

Cross Country: School and inter-school events that challenge endurance and perseverance.
Athletics: Track and field activities, including sprints, long jump, high jump, and throwing events.
Swimming: We are one of the few small rural schools that still operate our own swimming pool. This allows us to provide regular swimming lessons focused on water safety and skill development, and prepare students for local swimming sports.
Winter Sports: Hockey, football, netball, and rugby played in community competitions and inter-school tournaments.
Summer Sports: Cricket, softball, and other seasonal activities.

Tararua 7’s Tournament: A major district event where students compete in hockey, rugby, netball, and football alongside other schools.

Through these opportunities, our students learn sportsmanship, perseverance, and teamwork while staying active and connected to the wider Tararua community.

Sports Uniform

All students are issued with a uniform in February which is returned in December. Parents must sign a Sports Uniform Agreement before uniforms are issued.

Sports programmes can be developed in partnership with clubs and other community groups and may involve interschool and club competitions.

Students require a range of structured, sequenced, and developmentally appropriate learning opportunities in sport studies. These include opportunities to develop:

skills for participating in diverse sporting roles
such as playing, coaching, officiating, and administrating
constructive attitudes, values, and behaviours that will help them to manage co-operative and competitive sports environments
skills for identifying and critiquing the contributions that science, technology, and the environment make to sporting performances
the skills to identify and discuss the social and cultural significance that sport has for individuals and for society
for example, in relation to attitudes, values, specific practices and their effects, and media influences.

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