Year 5-8 Athletics Carnival Tuesday 10th November 2015 Glover Park, St Heliers

Year 5-8 Athletics Carnival

Tuesday 10^th November 2015

Glover Park

Heats & Field Events – morning, 10.00am-1.15pm

Finals of track only, 1.30-2.15pm

To be eligible for Bay Suburbs and Eastern Zones Athletics squad you will need to qualify for distances and times by competing at PDS Athletics Carnival.

Programme for the Athletics Carnival (subject to changes if required)

The girls will have their field events first while the boys are participating in their track events, they will swap at 11.30am.

Track Events:

Children are marshalled in year groups to sit down in lanes in heats as numbered in the programme. All starts will be standing. (These guidelines follow the official athletics NZ)

Each race will be started with:

•    Take your marks – walk up to the line. YOUR FEET MAY NOT MOVE AGAIN.

•    Set – just lean the body forward knees bent BUT still quite upright

•    Go – hooter/clap of two blocks

•    False start - whistle

The lanes have been prepared on the school field and you are more then welcome to practise with your family. 

100 m – all students run in this event.  Remind children to remain in their lanes until the place cards have been given out and they have been asked to leave the track.

200 m – all students run in this event.  Remind children to remain in their lanes until the place cards have been given out and they have been asked to leave the track.

400 m – optional, students need to have registered before the day. Depending on numbers will determine how many heats we may have. This will be a timed/straight final.

800m – optional, students need to have registered before the day. This will be a timed/straight final.

Field events:

Long jump:      - each child gets 2 jumps, record distance for each jump

- measured from front of coloured band on mat that foot leaves from

- No jump-off is required

High jump:      - only the top 10 of each gender year group will jump on the day and they will be selected from lunchtime trials held by Ms Marra

- each child gets 2 attempts at each height

-  when they miss both attempts they will join in with positive community spirit cheering on the remaining jumpers

Throws:           - each child gets 3 throws

- cones to be used as markers for measured out lengths

General:

• Sun-block is available for each child to have easy access to apply it when they need it at each station
• Hats to be named and worn at all times
• Water bottles for each child and to be named

PROGRAMME: (subject to changes if needed)

Approximately 10:00am

BOYS  Year 5-8 Track Heats (8 Lane Track)

Year	Distance
5	100 m
6	100 m
7	100 m
8	100 m
5	200 m
6	200 m
7	200 m
8	200 m
Opt in	400 m
Opt in	800m

CONCURENTLY WITH TRACK EVENTS:

GIRLS    Year 5-8 Field Events (subject to changes if needed)

Year 5	Year 6	Year 7	Year 8
Softball throw	Rest station	High jump	Long jump
Long jump	Softball throw	Rest station	High jump
High jump	Long jump	Shot put	Rest station
Rest station	High jump	Long jump	Shot put

Approximately 11:30am

GIRLS    Year 5-8 Track Heats (8 Lane Track) (subject to changes if needed)

Year	Distance
5	100 m
6	100 m
7	100 m
8	100 m
5	200 m
6	200 m
7	200 m
8	200 m
Opt in	400 m
Opt in	800m

Place cards will be given for each heat and need to be taken to the recorder.

400m and 800m will be pre-organised as an opt in run.

CONCURENTLY WITH TRACK EVENTS:

BOYS   Year 5 – 8 Field Events (subject to changes if needed)

Year 5	Year 6	Year 7	Year 8
Softball throw	Rest station	High jump	Long jump
Long jump	Softball throw	Rest station	High jump
High jump	Long jump	Shot put	Rest station
Rest station	High jump	Long jump	Shot put

TRACK FINALS:

These will be held on Tuesday 11 November, 1.30pm – 2.15pm. Only the 100m and 200m will have finals.

FINALS

Girls - year 5 - 100 metres

Boys - year 5 - 100 metres

Girls - year 6 - 100 metres

Boys - year 6 - 100 metres

Girls – year 7 - 100 metres

Boys – year 7 - 100 metres

Girls – year 8 - 100 metres

Boys – year 8 - 100 metres

Girls - year 5 - 200 metres

Boys - year 5 - 200 metres

Girls - year 6 - 200 metres

Boys - year 6 - 200 metres

Girls – year 7 - 200 metres

Boys – year 7 - 200 metres

Girls – year 8 - 200 metres

Boys – year 8 - 200 metres