MT SPA Athletics - Senior student relays

Today at Victoria Park in Kaponga the local MT SPA cluster had their Athletics competition. The local schools of Auroa, Matapu, Kaponga, St Patricks and Manaia competed for the competition athletics shield. Auroa were the defending champions who had won the past five titles and were looking to win for a sixth time. These highlights are from the senior boys and senior girls (10-11 year olds) relays - Auroa School are in the orange uniforms.

Senior Boys Relay from myles webb on Vimeo.

Filmed at Kaponga - this video is the senior girls race from todays competition.

GirlsSeniorRelay from myles webb on Vimeo.

MT SPA Athletics 2016: Mr Bloors Sensational Video

Auroa Primary School has some amazing things happening and some amazing people who work for it. Mr Bloor is our audio visual specialist who produces some breath taking word. Mr Bloor has just added another aspect to his incredible videos - a drone! There are some shots in this video taken during fly overs - just an amazing piece of work. You can view some of his amazing work on his Sonic Video Studios Channel. These highlights record Auroa Primary School's successful defence of the Athletics Shield from the MT SPA Cluster on Thursday 3rd March 2016.

11-12 Year Old Girls MT SPA Relay

The final race of the MT SPA cluster field day took place on Thursday with the senior students racing. This included teams from the four of five local schools - Manaia (blue), Kaponga (black), Matapu (blue with gold) and Auroa (orange). The teams were competing against each other to contribute points towards the shield for best overall school.

1112Girls from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

SeniorBoys from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

MT SPA Athletics 5/6 Sprint Racing

One of the highlights of the MT SPA Cluster Athletics which was held at Victoria Park, Kaponga on Thursday 6th of March. These videos are of the Y1/2 races the five year old and six year old students. Manaia are in the blue, Matapu are in the blue with gold, St Patricks are in the purple, Kaponga are in the black and finally Auroa are in the orange.

AtheleticsY56 from myles webb on Vimeo.

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MT SPA Athletics 2016

Today at Kaponga in South Taranaki the MT SPA Cluster held their annual Athletics Day. This consisted of local schools of Auroa, Kaponga, Matapu, St Patricks Kaponga and Manaia competing in a range of events. At stake was the Athletics Shield of which Auroa were the defending champions. At the midway point Manaia had a close lead from Auroa, however in one of the closest finishes in recent times Auroa were able to overtake Manaia and successfully defend the shield! Mr Chittenden was very happy.

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MT SPA Soccer

Thursday saw Auroa Primary School travel to Kaponga Primary School for the 2015 MT SPA Cluster Soccer Tournament.  Auroa Primary School had 8 teams in total competing, two at each of the combined levels for the tournament.

The Y1-2 and Y3-4 teams were runners up in their respective competitions.   The Y7/8 teams from Auroa competed against each other in the finals winning the tournament for the second consecutive year, after the first win in thirteen years last year.

The Y5/6 teams were split into the Victory and the Roar, which featured a number of students from Room Three.  The Victory went through pool play undefeated taking out the Manaia Carvers 2-1, beating Kaponga Primary School 5-0 before winning their final game against Opunake Primary School 1-0.   The Roar also went through into the final undefeated - they beat the Manaia Shooters 4-1 and then the Kaponga Breakers 4-2.  They then had to take on the other two top teams from the pool, the Matapu Meerkats, which resulted in a 1-1 draw, and Opunake Y5/6 second team.  The Opunake team featured two familiar faces - previous Room Three students Kyah and Tyson!  The game also entered in a draw with Tyson stopping a certain goal on full time.  This qualified the two Auroa teams for the final against each other.

The Victory proved true to their name, winning the final 4-1.  It was a tight game with the score at half time being 2-1 to the Victory.  The game also featured the goal of the tournament - Quade took a throw in, bounced the ball off a player from the other team (actually his brother) and then kicked the rebound to score from half way!

Cross Country 2015

Friday saw Auroa Primary School hold the 2015 Cross Country Race.  We had races from everyone from the Y1 (5 Year Old) students to the Y8 (13 year old).   The students were looking to advance towards the finals taking place at the Manaia Domain this coming Thursday September 17th.   Well done to everyone who competed in the school events including the 11 students from Room Three (out of a class of 25!) who made it through to the Mt Spa (Regional) Cross Country!

Mt SPA Cluster: Academic Day 2014

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Today at Opunake Primary School the Mt Spa local cluster held their annual Academic Day where the local schools competed in a variety of competitions: spelling, mathematics, literacy and general knowledge.

The Auroa Primary School team consisted of Tahana, Emily, Isabelle, Thomas, Tom, Meg and Michael.  

In Literacy Auroa were able to tie in first equal place with both Kaponga and Opunake.   In general knowledge Auroa were runners up to Manaia Primary School.   Auroa were also runners up in Mathematics to Manaia.   No surprise that the winners of Academic Day for 2014 were Manaia Primary School, with Auroa claiming second place.

MT SPA - Cross Country Results 2014

On Thursday 18th of September the top students from Auroa Primary School who had placed well in our school Cross Country travelled to Manaia Golf Course to take place in the 2014 MT SPA Cluster Cross Country.  MT SPA is the collective grouping of the Primary Schools in the area.

The students who were competing were looking for a top ten finish with the hope of moving forward to the next stage of the competition, namely the Taranaki Primary Schools competition in Hawera next Wednesday.

Room One students who achieved significant results were Emily who finished in top position and won the Senior Girls race.   Izzy came 5th and Alice placed 6th.  Jack was the top finishing R1 boy, in 3rd place just ahead of Michael in 4th, with Keifer rounding out the R1 results in 10th.

There is reports and media from this event to follow from the students shortly.  In the meantime once again Mr Bloor has done a fantastic job producing some amazing work and media from a school event.  This is our school cross country highlights for 2014.

Cluster Swimming Relay

Today we had the (Matapu, Opunake, St Josephs Opukane,  Kaponga, Auroa, Manaia) Cluster Swimming Sports. The main event for this competition was the Swimming Sports relay. This footage is of that race. Auroa are in the orange swimming caps, in lane two, second from the top.
MT SPA Swimming Relay 2014 from Myles Webb on Vimeo.