2023 Marathon Fun Run

How do I Sponsor a child / donate?

You can sponsor students by donating to complete a half or full marathon over the term.

Follow the donation instructions using the ‘Givealittle Page.’ Cash can be given using the

sponsorship form. However, we would much prefer you use the Givealittle pages that have been set up. This way, no cash needs to be exchanged, and we can track which class and students are involved, getting lots of sponsors and raising the most money.

Using the Givealittle Page

You could share the link below or the donation instructions with whānau living abroad.

Donation instructions:

You can either use a credit card or internet banking.

1. Google ‘Givealittle’ and then search Onehunga Primary School or type/click on the following link, https://givealittle.co.nz/l/onehunga-primary-fun-run-2023

2. Click on Onehunga Primary School Fun Run 2023

3. Click on Whānau Class

4. Click donate

5. Find your child’s name - Please fill this out so we can track each student’s donation.

6. Proceed to payment.

Or click on the link 

Why Are We doing This?

• It’s a great way for ākonga to increase their fitness through regular exercise. 

• You can walk, skip, hop or run - we think most of you can easily achieve this.

• This links well with Zones Cross Country which some of our Year 5 & 6 ākonga will be getting involved in.

• We hope that achieving this goal might inspire some of you to carry on with this sport.

and……we can use this as a way to raise fund for a very exciting project we would like to have for our school.

Prizes and Sponsorship

There will be lots of prizes for participation, showing We CARE and spot prizes along with some prizes for sponsorship through the Give-A-Little pages which we are in the process of setting up. If you can help with sponsoring prizes, please contact Paul Leuluso’o - pleulusoo@onehungaprimary.school.nz

There will be prizes for...

• for taking part

• spot prize draws on the final Fun Run day

• for showing We CARE over the term and on our Fun Run day

• for best dressed 

• for getting sponsors

• for raising money for OPS

Money raised by this event will go towards getting an ‘OPS Shed’... 

This will be like a double garage with one part for Health and Physical Education equipment and the other part of Outdoor learning / Loose Parts play and construction equipment.

Our current PE shed is very old, dark and hard to access. Children and staff can not easily get to the equipment they need for learning and break times. This makes them less likely to use it.  

We want a space where equipment is stored in a way which makes it easy to get to and use and which looks after it so it lasts longer. We also need a space for quick repairs and maintenance of equipment - like blowing up balls. 

We would also like to develop opportunities for ‘loose parts play’ and construction equipment. We know our ākonga love building huts and being creative with what they find around our school. Having a space where we can store equipment makes it easy to get to and keeps everything and everyone safe when it is not being used. We are also very keen to develop a space where children can build and make things as part of their learning. 

We would locate it at the end of the Room 20/21 deck space which would make it easy to get to from our field and easy for monitors to set up and pack up after break times and class PE sessions.

We will share more information early in Term 3 about this event and how the fundraising will work.