North Canterbury News: January 18, 2024
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<strong>18</strong> The<br />
BACK TO SCHOOL<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>January</strong> <strong>18</strong>, <strong>2024</strong><br />
Primarysport coachesback in term one<br />
NCSports (<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>Sport &<br />
Recreation Trust) is expecting <strong>2024</strong> to be<br />
another busy year for its community<br />
programmes.<br />
While many of these programmes are<br />
based around Primary Schools sports<br />
activities, in the last year NC Sports has<br />
introduced some new initiatives to<br />
further extend its wide support for sport<br />
and recreational activities, along with<br />
general health and wellbeing, across the<br />
community.<br />
The MainPower Primary School<br />
Sports Coaching teams will be back in<br />
schools early in term one, continuing to<br />
provide fundamental sports skills for<br />
children from year 0 to 8.<br />
Three teams of two coaches visit<br />
schools on afortnightly basis, and by<br />
working in pairs the coaches are better<br />
able to ensure every child is engaged<br />
and involved regardless of their<br />
abilities.<br />
The MainPower Waiswim Primary<br />
School Swimming programme is fully<br />
booked again for <strong>2024</strong>, helping to teach<br />
basic water safety, swimming and<br />
survival skills to over 5000 children from<br />
across Waimakariri, Hurunui and<br />
Kaikoura districts.<br />
Children from Years 06years get 10,<br />
heavily subsidised lessons, covering all<br />
aspects of swimmingskills and safety<br />
while Year 78students get two<br />
swimming lessons focused on water<br />
safety and survival skills.<br />
NC Sports also administersthe Cycle<br />
Sense Bike Safety Programme on behalf<br />
of the Waimakariri District Council.<br />
This programme is alsofully booked<br />
for <strong>2024</strong>, with Year 6students from 22<br />
schools across the districtinvolved.<br />
Cycle Sense instructors conductbike<br />
handling skills sessions in school<br />
grounds before taking groups of<br />
childrenout on to the streets to teach<br />
them road safety skills.<br />
A new successful initiative for NC<br />
Sports in 2023 was the introduction of a<br />
Community Coach Developer.<br />
In this role Fraser Gauld worked with<br />
coaches of all levels of experience,<br />
across avariety of sporting codes, to<br />
help them develop planning and<br />
management skills to ensure they<br />
provide apositive and rewarding<br />
experience for everyplayer in their<br />
team.<br />
Clubs involved have now seen the<br />
benefits of this programme,soFraser is<br />
expecting afull roster of coaches for the<br />
<strong>2024</strong> season.<br />
ReActivate<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> is<br />
another new NC Sports initiative from<br />
2023 that is expected to grow further this<br />
year.<br />
Thisfree sixweekprogramme is<br />
designed to help people struggling with<br />
basic health, wellbeing and mobility<br />
issues to take positive steps to improve<br />
through gentle exercise,advice and<br />
motivation.<br />
Led by experiencedlifestyle advisor<br />
Mischa Skelley, this programme started<br />
out with oneonone consultation, and<br />
exercise sessions but has since grown in<br />
popularity so they now get together for<br />
weekly group sessions incorporating<br />
both education and exercise.<br />
People are able to accessthe Re<br />
Activate <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> programme<br />
though their health provider.<br />
NC Sports also hosts the local chapter<br />
of the Blue Brothers programme to<br />
support the health and wellbeing of<br />
men living with cancer.<br />
Based at MainPowerStadium and<br />
Stadium Fitness Centre this group has<br />
grown in membership as word has<br />
gotten out, to the point where as many as<br />
20 men are gathering weekly for an<br />
exercise session followed by asocial<br />
coffee and scone in the café.<br />
The Mike Greer Homes Rakahuri<br />
Showing students the ropes ... Ricki Jacobs, who helped initiate the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
Sport and Recreation Trust Primary School sports programme.<br />
PHOTO: FILE<br />
Rage Mountain Bike race returns in<br />
<strong>2024</strong> after atwo year absence due to<br />
Covid lockdowns and weather.<br />
This sixhour teams relay race takes<br />
part on the Rakahuri Trail near<br />
Rangiora and is afundraiser forthe<br />
MainPower Waiswim Swimming<br />
programme.<br />
It is afun, social event for cyclist of all<br />
abilities and is agreat introduction to<br />
MTB racing and one of the best and most<br />
accessible cycling tracks in the area.<br />
Find out more at www.rakahurirage.<br />
nz<br />
Back to School Dates <strong>2024</strong><br />
Wednesday 31 <strong>January</strong><br />
Year 9Powhiri &Orientation<br />
8.45am-3.00pm<br />
Thursday 1February<br />
Full school day 11.00am start time<br />
Friday 2February<br />
House Challenge Day<br />
Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi<br />
Phone 03 375 5004<br />
Email: learn@kaiapoi.school.nz<br />
2626046<br />
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