Activities
Activities at Amuri
As in any school, we offer as wide a range of activities and
opportunities as we can, dependent on staff strengths and offers
from individuals and groups outside the immediate school
community.
Sporting activities are valued by the school community and
the following programmes have run in recent years and are expected to
continue in the future:
- A regular Wednesday sport period for all
students in Years 5 – 13 all year round with inter-whanau
competitions run in a variety of sports.
- School swimming and athletic sports.
- Participation in the Canterbury Country
High Schools events for swimming, tennis, athletics, indoor sports
and winter sports.
- Participation in the Canterbury Secondary
Schools athletics and South Island athletics.
- Volleyball for Years 9 – 13 with three
teams playing in the Christchurch competition in Terms 1 and 4.
- Participation in the Hurunui sports
programme for Year 5 – 8 students in swimming, cross country,
seven a side rugby, athletics, softball, triathlon, tennis and tee
ball.
- A Milo Cup cricket team playing in the
competition in term 1 and a team in the Milo Shield in term 4.
- A Year 9 & 10 netball team playing in
the Southern Skies tournament in Brisbane in the July holidays.
- Students participating in the New Zealand
Area Schools sports tournament as part of a ‘Top of the South’
team.
- School badminton, squash and tennis
championships.
- Sports exchanges in summer and winter
with Hurunui College
- Rippa rugby visits and games.
- Kiwi golf for Year 5 & 6 students.
- Year 9/10 teams played in the
Christchurch Wednesday Sports in cricket and netball.
Cultural activities are growing and are also highly valued by
a supportive local community. Again, in recent years the following
activities have been offered:
- Casafest – a mixture of sporting and cultural competitions
involving 40 students from each of the Canterbury Area Schools
at one venue for three days.
- A major school production, the musical
‘No Ill Feeling’ involving students from Years 5 – 13 and many
staff.
- School speech competitions at Year 7 –
13.
- Drama club at lunchtimes.
- A junior choir and a senior choir.
- Kapa haka.
- A school orchestra.
- Chess championships.
- Visits from Japanese schools Setagaya High School and Myojo
Gakuen.
A feature
of the school has been the development
of a ‘Lunchtime activities’ programme run on Fridays with opportunities
for all students. This programme is supported by the Whanau Leaders who have a
major role in its operation. The following activities are
offered:
- Wearable Art Awards
- BMX
- Duathlon
- Talent Quest
- House song
- Tag speed jigsaw
- Pavement Art
- Quiz’s
- Bad Hair day
- Make a model
- Kareoke
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