St Joe’s Orcas – Year 3 

We played in the finals and we won a gold medal. It was a close game – the score was 5-4. We play our games on Sunday afternoons at AUT Millennium pools. You have to be confident in the water and know how to swim. You are not allowed to wear goggles. You can catch the ball with two hands and if you are aiming for the goal, you can only throw the ball with one hand. It was a fun season and we are excited to play again next term.

By Charlie & Lucy

St Joe’s Marlin’s – Year 5 

We love playing Splash Polo because it teaches us how to become faster at swimming and stronger with the ball. There is a lot of teamwork involved like passing the ball, goal assists and catching. The aim is to get the ball into the goal. The teams that we played against were really hard – the scores were really even. We got third in our grade and got a bronze medal. Our whole team felt really happy because it was the first time we had made it into the top three!

By Josh & Ryan

St Joe’s Sharks – Year 6 

Our team is called the St Joe’s Sharks. Our team is made up of all Year 6 players, boys and girls. Most of us have played together for a while. I like playing because it’s fun, I get to play with my friends and lots of people come to watch us. You need to be a strong swimmer so you can focus on getting the ball down the pool and into your team’s goal. 

By Matteo

St Joe’s Future Ferns – Year 1/2 – 3 Teams

We like netball because our team is great. We support our team mates. We learnt how to shoot the ball into the hoop and pass the ball. We are lucky because we play on the inside courts so we don’t get wet!

By Lily & Hazel

St Joe’s Year 3 

We have had a great season so far and won most of our games. Each week, we play different positions so we can all have a turn. For most of our games, it has been raining but we still had lots of fun. We love playing with all of our friends in our team and learning new skills. We are excited to play netball again next term.

By Juliette, Violet, Kirsten and Eliana

St Joe’s Year 4

Our netball team has had a good start to the season. We have only lost 3 games so far and we are good at scoring goals and attacking. We have all girls in our team and we enjoy playing with our friends. Even if we aren’t winning our game, we keep trying and still have fun. We are looking forward to keep playing netball next term.

By Margot & Cecelia

St Joe’s Year 5

We play in a Year 5 grade with all Year 5 girls and one Year 4 girl. Our grading games have finished and now we are into the competition games. We are in the B Grade and our games have been quite challenging. We love that everyone in our team is friends and looks after each other. We enjoy learning how to work together on the netball court to play our best and make sure everyone gets a turn with the ball.

By Amaia and Talia

St Joe’s Year 5/6

Our netball team is made up of some Year 5 girls and some Year 6 girls. We play in the Year 6 grade. Our Team is called the St Joe’s Swifties. We enjoy playing with our team because we cooperate well together. We do fun drills to warm up before our games and learn new skills. Everyone in the team is positive and supportive towards each other. We are starting to find out which position suits us the best and we have many children that are good at different positions. We thank our coach and manager for giving us awesome support and feedback.

By Scarlet & Thea

St Joe’s Year 6

We are in our final year of primary school netball and most of us have been playing together since Year 1. We have had the same coach the whole time too, which is awesome. We enjoy playing together and have become very close friends with all of our team mates. Netball involves a lot of teamwork, it is fun and we have to work together to get the ball down the court. We love our new netball uniforms!

By Lucy & Elle

St Joe’s Warriors – Year 3

Our basketball team is called the St Joe’s Warriors and we are all Year 3’s. We love playing basketball. We train on Thursdays and our games are on Tuesday after school. This week, we played in the basketball final for our grade. We had played the team before and we lost. This time, we won by 2 points and got a gold medal. We felt so happy! Thank you to our coach and our manager.

By Milla & George

St Joe’s Knicks – Year 4

We play in a school basketball team. We play our games at Eventfinda Stadium on Tuesday after school. We train at school on Tuesday mornings. Our team is all boys and one girl. We are comfortable playing together with people that we know. Our team name is the Knicks. Our team is good at layups and passing. We got second place in our grade this season and got a silver medal. We felt really proud.

William & Jarius

St Joe’s Phoenix – Year 5/6 Girls

This year, we played in an all girls grade, which was the first time that we had done this. It was a great experience because we all got to play with our friends and we all worked well as a team. It was good to play against other girls. Each week, we tried our best and won a lot of our games. There was one school that was really good and hard to beat. We came second overall in our grade and got silver medals. We felt pretty good about this achievement, as we had some of our star players out for the finals.

By Azariah

St Joe’s Rocket’s – Year 1/2

We love basketball because we love dribbling and shooting the ball. We like winning. We have to work as a team. We have lots of fun.

Willow & Tevita

St Joe’s Celtics – Year 3/4

Our team is called the St Joe’s Celtics and we are an all boys team. We play in Grade A and we got 4th place this season. We won most of our games except for our last one. We like playing in a team with our friends. It’s lots of fun playing basketball.

By Hudson & Rich

St Joe’s Lakers – Year 5

Our basketball team has two girls and the rest of the team are boys. We are all Year 5’s apart from one Year 4 boy. At training sessions, we do dribbling and shooting drills and play some fun games. We all put in time and effort so that we are able to work together in the game. Each week our games are quite different – some are fairly hard and others are very challenging. We like basketball because it’s fun, it’s about teamwork and you can meet new people.

By Matthias & Mekeia

St Joe’s Hornets – Year 6

Our basketball team is a lot of fun. We enjoy mucking around with our big group of friends on the court. We are competitive but also like to have fun. Most of the boys in our team have been playing together for 3-5 years, which is cool. We practice on Mondays before school and our games are on Tuesday afternoon at the Breakers. Next season will be our last primary school basketball season and we think it will be our best.

By Louie & Nathaniel

St Joe’s Year 3/4

We are a Year 3/4 hockey team. We didn’t have enough players, so we joined with some children from Sherwood Primary to make a team. We have played against a lot of different teams. We train on Monday mornings and our games are Monday afternoons. We play at North Harbour Hockey. We enjoy playing hockey because it is fun and we get to learn new ways to shoot the ball. We have to wear mouthguards and have our own shin guards and hockey sticks. We also need specific socks.

By Elliot & Ella

St Joe’s Year 5/6 Red Sticks

We have a school Year 5/6 hockey team, made up of boys and girls. We train every Monday morning at Rosmini and our games are Monday afternoons at North Harbour Hockey Stadium. In hockey, you need to be able to run fast and have good coordination. You need to be able to control the hockey puck with your hockey stick to get it into your team’s goal.

By Sophia