On Wednesday 16th June, the two Year 5/6 teams competed against 8 schools for the title of Young Einstein. They had to answer 100 questions about all sorts of topics, like Geography, Science, New Zealand, Famous faces and Sports!

Mr Broadhurst took time out of his busy day to coach the two teams, which they all appreciated very much!

Team A – Dominic, Harry, Lewis and Matt took 2nd place and Team B – Jack, Stella, Grace and Ryan were 3rd equal.

Well done to both teams! They will now be compteting in the North Cluster Young Einstein Challenge at Selwyn Ridge in a fortnight! Good Luck!

Keep up the training!!

Posted: June 16th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Today at assembly we had the amazing Rhythm Kidz showing us a dance that they have been learning all term! It was fun, fast and full of energy!

Well done to those children who won Principal’s Awards!

Back: Esmae M (R3), Russell G (R4), Liam H (R5) Daniel K (R2), Jacob R (R1), Sophie P (R12)

Front: Hugo M (R8), Macy B (R6), Millie J (R9), Michael H (R10), Mia K-R (R11)

Absent from photo: Brianna M (R7)

Posted: June 14th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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A huge thanks to the Feet First initiative run by the Government and the NZ Transport Agency. They spotted our post about the Juniors ‘Safe Walking’ and were so impressed with the students and the school that they have sent us a HUGE pile of books relating to walking!

We all look forward to reading these fabulous books!!

Check out their cool website! www.feetfirst.govt.nz

Posted: June 14th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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On Thursday 10th June, the Year 1-3 classes held their Cross Country at school. Eager parents and older siblings waited excitedly for their children and siblings to run around the field track.

All the children did extremely well, all finishing with lots of claps and smiles. Thanks to the Year 8’s who helped some of the Juniors with their running and all the parents who came to support the children.

Results:

New Entrants: 1st-Alana G, 2nd-Carmen M, 3rd-Ellie M,  1st-Ryan T, 2nd-Jack J, 3rd-Mitchell T

Year 1: 1st-Emily vB, 2nd-Maureece D, 3rd-Georgia M, 1st-Toby M, 2nd-Austin C, 3rd-Jack D

Year 2: 1st – Evie G, 2nd-Ella L, 3rd – Jessica N, 1st – Connor S, 2nd – Kyle M, 3rd – Hugo M

Year 3: 1st -Rachel C, 2nd -Rachel D, 3rd -Elina B,1st -Bailey C, 2nd -Sloane L, 3rd -Adam W

Posted: June 14th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Wednesday 9th June, saw the Year 4-6 and Year 7-8’s head up to Whakamarama School for the annual Small Schools and Tall Poppies Cross Country event.  It was a freezing day up there, but everyone ran through the chill and achieved their goals.

Well done to those going through to the North Cluster round:

Year 4 – Sterre R (1st), Kyra G (3rd), Kim C (4th), Alisha M (7th), Alex vB (2nd), David S (3rd), Morgan S (5th), and Patrick N (6th)

Year 5 – Russell G (1st), Liam H (2nd), Mackenzee H (6th)

Year 6 – Matt S (2nd), Harry B (4th), Liam G-P (5th), Abby L (1st), Holly R (2nd), Phoebe M (3rd), Olivia vB (4th)

Congratulations to the  runners for the Year 7/8 Tall Poppies next round:

Year 7 – Cailey W (1st), Bolivia N (5th), Isaac M (1st), Daniel K (4th), Kyle S (5th), Hamish M (6th), Cameron S (7th)

Year 8 – Larissa F (2nd), Poppy M (5th), Sophie H (6th), Jacob R (4th)

Good luck to everyone!!!

Posted: June 9th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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On May 28th the whole school participated in ‘Heart Jam’, a fundraiser for Heart Children Week. A lot of schools across the country all participated to help raise money.  The Jump Jam leaders had to learn a new song to perform at exactly 10am, followed by 30 minutes of other cool Jump Jam songs.

The children gave gold coin donations and in total we raised $190!  Well done!!  If you want to have a look where this money is going,  just click on the link: www.heartchildren.org.nz.

Posted: June 2nd, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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On Friday 21st May, Rooms 3, 4 and 5 went to Otorohanga, the Kiwiana capital of NZ.  We went to the Kiwi house and saw 2 kiwis up close and lots of native birds and lizards. Scott, from the Kiwi house, told us all about the precious wildlife in New Zealand and the dangers to them – like rats, cats and dogs.  Then we went in to the town and walked around the town, filling in our quiz forms from all the Kiwiana displays in shops. There was also a Sir Edmund Hillary walkway that had lots of cool NZ facts and displays. To top of an awesome day, we all got a ice cream and a giant jaffa! Yum!

Thanks to Mr Broadhurst for driving the bus and all the parents that took cars and explored with us. Check out the classes webpages to see more photos and information.

Posted: May 24th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Below is a video of a school in the U.S.A who loves to read – perhaps it will inspire our children to read, read and read some more!! Go Readathon!

Posted: May 14th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Back Row: Ethan (1), Lewis (3), Bolivia (2), Daniel (12), Ewan (4), Jessica (10)

Front Row: Charlie (11), Danielle (6), Ella (8), Ben (9)

Absent: Caitlyn (5), Aaron (7)

Posted: May 11th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Thanks to Dan the Puppet-man and his very talented puppeteers – Radar and Matt, we were entertained and educated with a Road Safety show.  Sgt Jacko, Porangi the Pukeko, 3 excitable possums and a few other characters, made sure that we knew the road rules and consequences of not following them.

We all learnt a lot and through their amazing skills, reminded ourselves of what we should be doing around roads.

Posted: May 6th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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