Haere Ra Kalani, Chi, Marama and Whanau

Back from the holidays with everyone bright eyed and bushy tailed and raring to go. Kalani and whanau are heading off to Timaru and so we had to say Haere Ra. Kalani is a very cheerful and keen member of class and will be sadly missed by us all, her Mum, Marama has worked incredibly hard within the school teaching students Te Reo Maori and Kapa Haka. Thank you and best wishes to you all.

End of term Striving Awards

A fantastic turnout of parents came to share our end of term assembly. We were treated to a funny play by the middle school drama options, with a scene from Wind in the Willows. The Kapa Haka group were awesome and a real asset to our school, it showed the amount of hard work and dedication put in by our students and their coaches especially Marama. Then we had a lovely group strum and song from the guitar option group. It showed the wide variety of skills and competencies developed in our school which can't be easily measured!

After all the entertainment it was down to the serious business of recognizing the efforts of our students this term. It wasn't too hard picking out those who had earned a mention this time but I was very disappointed not to be able to pick a boy from Room 13.
Come on guys you need to step it up and show you can put just as much effort into your learning as the girls!!!

News: Basketball Hoops

We have four new basketball hoops in the playground. They are all different heights so everyone can shoot a hoop! Our fantastic Home and School group with amazing support from the community made this happen. Thank you so much for your efforts.
"They are good sizes to shoot to." thought Mason.
"They are really fun to play with!" exclaimed Blossom.
"They are really handy to practice our netball shooting." pondered Ava and Lynlee.

Holiday Mathletics

These students have gone above and beyond to earn certificates during the holidays. Maybe that freezing fog and hoar frost made it a little easier to be sat at the computer!

Matariki Homework

In the Holidays Amie and Tessa did some Matariki homework.
 " It was awesome designing and planning my matariki poster" said Amie.
 " It was interesting finding out about Matariki" explained Tessa.

"Well done girls for taking your learning home and sharing with us." congratulated Mr Allerston.

Farewell Max

Max and his family have left New Zealand to go to Scotland. We shared a last morning tea with our friend Max.
"You were good on your scooter and BMX." said Mason.
"You were fun to be with in class." said Ava.
"He always played fair in games in class." remembered Ollie.

Sing-a-long with Room 13

As part of our end of term party we had a good sing with Singstar. there was heaps of fun and competition between several divas in our class.
" I love singstar because you get to sing and dance. " said Tessa
" I like singstar alot because you get to sing all sorts of song. "said Blossom.

Mathletes are go!

Yet more fantastic Mathletics effort with several students achieving Silver certificates as well. We are seeing a real boost in mental maths speeds and confidence. It will be really interesting at the end of year when we review everyone's progress.

Board Games on display

After a lot of hard work our board games were finished, tested, well and truly played and evaluated. Enjoy the display in the foyer as they are on their way home for the holidays.




" I played my game in the hoildays. My Mum rated it a 10 " Said Amie.
" I played my game with my mum and dad. My Mum thought it was cool and I beat my Dad by just 1! " said James.