Ready, set, slide!

Entering is easy! Just submit a 30-second video telling us why your school deserves the honours. Think big, get creative, and make a splash!

Entries must be submitted by a school/teacher from a school email address.

• You must submit your video by Friday 5 September 2025. Any videos received after this date will not be considered. Please submit your video via WeTransfer. If you're not familiar in using WeTransfer, please follow the steps below when you're ready to submit your video: 

1. Go to wetransfer.com. 
2. Click 'Add files' and upload your video.
3. Add 'hydroslide@ccc.govt.nz' to the 'Email to' line.
4. Add your email to the 'Email. 
5. Add your school name into the 'Title' section.
6. You then have an option to add a message. This is not compulsory.
7. Click 'Expires in' and select '3 days'.
8. Click 'Continue'
9. Note: If you don't have an account with WeTransfer, you will be sent a verification code prior to the next step.
10. Click 'Anonymous downloads' 
11. Click 'Transfer' 

• You’ll also find a form at the bottom of this page to fill out with a few key details about you and your school. Feel free to complete it before submitting your video application.

Creativity and originality: The video needs to be unique, imaginative and show innovation. 

School spirit and community involvement: We'd love for as many people to be involved in the video as possible. We're talking school spirit and sense of community! 

Clarity and persuasiveness: The message of your video needs to be clear and easy to understand. We need to be persuaded that your school is the one to choose! 

Relevance to the theme: Whatever theme you choose to pick, we want to see this throughout the whole video. 

Inclusivity and Diversity: We want your video to represent the whole community. 

Humour and entertainment value: We'll be watching a heap of videos. Bonus points for the videos who keep us extra entertained. 

The competition is available to any school in the Christchurch City Council boundaries which caters for year 7-10 students.

Your school must be able to bring a minimum of 50 to a maximum of 150 students who would meet the criteria to ride a slide: 

• Looping Rocket (trapdoor) – riders must be at least 107cm, minimum weight TBC, maximum 120kg
• Aquatubes (body slides) – riders must be at least 102cm, minimum 25kg, maximum 136kg 
• Sphere slide (raft slide) - riders must be at least 107cm, single/double raft = min 25kgs, max 136kgs for a single raft and max 182kg for a double raft. 

If not all students meet the required height/weight, our pools will be open for use. 

You must submit your video by Friday 5 September 2025. Any videos received after this date will not be considered.

Please note, schools could work together within their Community of Learning|Kahui Ako to meet the minimum number of students to submit an entry.   

The winning school must be available in late 2025 (prior to opening to the public) for a 2-hour block, which includes travel time, changing time, sliding, and swimming. Additional details will be provided to the winning school closer to the date.

Christchurch City Council can help the winning school with travel costs to and from the event. 

The winning school is responsible for:

• Ensuring students attending meet the height and weight requirements for hydroslide use. 
• There is an appropriate child to adult ratio. CCC to advise. 
• Health & Safety documentation for an EOTC outing (including determining swimming confidence/ability of those attending). 

Use of photography and video

By submitting a video entry, you confirm that all students featured in the video have parental or guardian consent for their participation. Additionally, you acknowledge that the video may be used across various marketing channels.

At the event for the winning school to be the first to ride the hydroslides, a photographer and videographer will be present to capture the experience for promotional purposes. All participating students must have parental or guardian permission to be photographed or filmed. 

It is the responsibility of the school to obtain written photo/video consent from parents or guardians prior to the event. This written consent must be provided to Christchurch City Council before the session.

If any students do not have consent to be photographed or filmed, these students can still attend the event, however it is the school’s responsibility to clearly identify them - for example, by using a coloured wristband or another visible method - so that event staff can ensure those students are not included in any photography or videography.