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Year 5 and 6 girls from eight Rodney schools attended a Girls Activation Day at the Warkworth Showgrounds recently.
The day was organised by Harbour Sport with the idea of giving the girls the opportunity to try six different sport and recreation activities.
Community Sport connector Ant Hyde says the day was specifically aimed at girls who don’t do a lot of regular activity.
“It was an opportunity for them to try some different things that they might enjoy and, hopefully, continue on with one,” he said.
“The drop off rate of girls participating in regular sport or active recreation in their early teens is very significant, so we want to give them more opportunity.
“We have also found girls are more willing to give things a go in an all-girls environment, where boys don’t take over. Especially the girls we are trying to get along to our activation day who may always step back a bit during school sport.
“The day was about the girls having fun in a non-judgmental way where they could try activities that they might like to continue doing.”
The six activities were hip hop, touch, hockey, volleyball, hungerball (a type of football in a blow up arena) and cricket.
This was the first activation day held in Rodney, and organisers and parents were pleased with the results.
One parent said the leaders were all positive, friendly and outstanding.
“Each activity was received hesitantly to start with and to watch the confidence grow in our girls was a gift to watch. I hope [Harbour Sport] continues to provide such activities for our girls, as the day was a resounding success,” she said.
Students from Helensville, Warkworth Primary, Wellsford Primary, Parakai, Pakiri, Tomarata, Horizon and Leigh attended.
