The year 5 to 6 league is delivered in Term 2 and 3. The league is delivered over thirteen weeks including three weeks of grading games and two five-week rounds. The focus in year 5&6 switches to game play with teams usually completing a team training at school either at lunch time or after school. Coaches are supported through a series of coach workshops targeted towards supporting the development of individual skills such as pass, catch and move, and the introduction of some positional/ game sense learning. 

All team registrations are completed through Sporty. School coordinators please ensure you use your school login to register all teams for the season. Individual players are to be registered through Sporty. School coordinators can send the link of the school registration form to parents, or parents can access from our website here. 

2027 Dates & Costs per team regsitration

Games are played on Monday's after schools. First round starting from 4pm, last round approx. start time 5.30pm. 

Games are played at the Netball Hutt Valley courts and Walter Nash Centre - grades rotate courts so teams have a chance to play indoors.

No games are played the week of King's Birthday W.E. (Monday 7 June), Hutt Fest (Monday 28 June), or School holidays (Monday 5 & 12 July).

Coach workshop #1

TBC

6pm- 7.30pm

Taita Netball Courts

Coach workshop #2

TBC

6pm- 7.30pm

Taita Netball Courts

Coach workshop #3

TBC

6pm- 7.30pm

Taita Netball Courts

Team registrations close on SportySunday 18 April 2027
Grading week 1Monday 3 May 2027
Grading week 2Monday 10 May 2027
Grading week 3 (no indoor facilities)Monday 17 May 2027 
Round 1 Game 1Monday 24 May 2027
Round 1 Game 2Monday 31 May 2027
Round 1 Game 3Monday 14 June 2027
Round 1 Game 4Monday 21 June 2027
Round 1 Game 5Monday 19 July 2027
Round 2 Game 1Monday 26 July 2027
Round 2 Game 2 Monday 2 August 2027
Round 2 Game 3Monday 9 August 2027
Round 2 Game 4Monday 16 August 2027
Round 2 Game 5Monday 23 August 2027
Reserve dayMonday 30 August 2027

Team/ School requirements

  • Teams are required to supply a coach to support individual team. 
  • Teams are required to supply an umpire for the game (1 umpire per team = 2 umpires per game).
  • Schools are to supply their own first aid kits including plasters. 
  • Schools are to supply teams with bibs (GS, GA, WA, C, WD, GD, GK).

Year 5 & 6 Programme Information 

Weekly focus

Ball skills

  • Chest pass
  • Shoulder pass
  • Over head pass
  • Bounce pass
Weekly focus 

Movement skills

  • Jump & Land
  • Pivot
Weekly focus

Ball skills

  • Catching & passing into space
  • Turning on the ball
Weekly focus

Movement skills

  • Getting free to receive the ball
Weekly focus

Centre pass attack

  • Receive the first ball in the centre third
  • Be available down court to get the ball to the circle
Weekly focus

Defence

  • Hands over the ball
  • Going for intercepts
Weekly focus

Ball skills

  • Vision 
  • Baulks/ fakes
Weekly focus

Shooting

  • Technique 
  • Circle rotation and movement to get free
Weekly focus

Movement

  • Acceleration and deceleration 
Weekly focus

Centre pass defence

  •  1 on 1 marking
  • Tracking ball and player