The Last Post

The 2017 school year is now over. We have had another busy year with lots of different activities and many highlights. 

We farewelled Ryan, Toby and Maia P who will attend different schools in 2018. 

I wish you all a blessed Christmas and a safe relaxing holiday break.

We wished James (15th), Christine (4th), Maia P (20th) and Nina (4th) Happy Birthday for their January birthdays.

2017 Prize Giving

Congratulations to this year's prize winners:

Diligence Awards to: Rhian and Savanna

Academic Excellence to: Pavlos and Madde

Madde and Nia won awards for Cross Country and Athletics respectively. Ka pai.

Happy Birthday and Assembly Certificates

Today Rhian turned 10. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best as a 10 year old.

At today's final assembly Maia P, Ryan and Toby received certificates thanking them for their contribution to Room 6 and OLV. They are leaving OLV to attend Year 7 and other schools.

We wish you all the best.

Gold Mathlete

Congratulations to John for gaining a Gold Mathletics certificate. Ka pai, keep up the great work.

Music Success

Congratulations to Hannah who scored 100% in her recent music theory exam.

Assembly Certificates

Congratulations to Jameson and Matthew who received certificates at Friday's School Assembly.

Ka pai, Jameson and Matthew, keep up the great mahi.

Gold Mathlete

Congratulations to Emily S who was presented with her Gold Athletics certificate at this morning's Values Assembly. 

Keep up the great wok Emily.

Athletics Successes

Congratulations to EJ and Emily S who received their first Silver and Gold Athletics Certificates.

Keep up the great work.

Happy Birthday

Today Alexis turned 10. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best as a 10 year old.

Term 4 Week 7

Over the weekend lots of exciting things happened for Room 6 people.

Congratulations to Savanna who received 2 medals and a trophy at her dance prize giving.
Among her many achievements Savanna was awarded the second highest mark in her Contemporary Dance Exam in Australasia.
Ka wani kei, Savanna, this is a fantastic achievement.

Materoa was named 'player of the day' for her netball team. 

Ka pai, Materoa.

Taylor received a medal at her dance prize giving. Ka pai, Taylor, on this achievement.

Emily S played in a Touch Tournament and her team was placed 2nd. Ka pai, Emily.

Hannah gained her first Silver Athletics Certificate. Ka pai, Hannah, keep up the good work.

Term 4 Week 6 Assembly Certificate

Congratulations to Materoa who received a certificate at Friday's School Assembly.

Weekend Sport

Congratulations to Emily M who was named 'Player of the Day' for her cricket team on Sunday.

Congratulations to Emily S who played for the Canterbury Under 12 Touch Development team in a tournament in Nelson over the weekend.  Her team came third .

Term 4 Week 5

Yesterday Madde turned 11. We sang 'Happy Birthday' to her and wished her all the best as an 11 year old.

Congratulations to Hannah (cricket) and Emily S (netball) who were named 'Player of the Day' for their respective sports teams.

Athletic Reps

Congratulations to EJ, John, Nina, Savanna, Maia P and Nia who represented OLV at the Zone Athletics last Thursday.

EJ and Mia have been selected to compete at the Central Athletics in Ashburton next month.

Term 4 Week 4 Assembly Certificates

Congratulations to Emily M, Ysabella and Matthew who received certificates at today's School Assembly.

Last Day

Today was Leon's last day at school. As he will not be here on his birthday (22 November) we sang an early 'Happy Birthday' to him and wished him all the best for his birthday and also for his trip to India. Leon, thanks for being a great classmate, we will miss you.

Happy Birthday

Today John turned 11. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished him all the best as an 11 year old.

Room 6 News

Congratulations to Emily M who has earned a Gold Athletics Certificate. 

This is an amazing achievement! Ka pai, Emily.

The School Choir is performing in the Christchurch Schools' Music Festival at Horncastle Arena.

All the best to John, Nina, Emily S, Hannah, Emily M, Savanna, Madde, Taylor, Christine and Portia.

  Congratulations to John, Portia and Savanna who placed third, first and second respectively in the Year 6 speech finals.

Congratulations to Emily S who has been named in the Canterbury Touch Rep Team and will play in nelson at Show Weekend.

Happy Birthday

Today Rei Anne turned 11. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best as an 11 year old.

Happy Birthday

Tomorrow Rad will turn 11. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished him all the best as an 11 year old.







Remember that Monday is Labour Day and school will be closed.

Thursday 26 October: Music Festival
Friday 27 October: School Athletics

Term 4 Week 1

Congratulations to Materoa for gaining a Silver Mathletics certificate. Keep up the great work.

Congratulations, too, to Emily S who was named 'Player of the Day' at her first Touch Rugby game of the season. Emily has also been chosen for the Rep Touch Squad .

Silver Mathlete

Congratulations to Rei Anne for achieving her first Silver Athletics certificate. This is a fantastic effort as Rei Anne has been doing Mathletics for only six weeks. Ka pai, Red Anne, keep up the super work.

Welcome to Term 4

Welcome to Term 4. We have a busy term ahead with athletics, swimming, touch rugby and dog safety being some of the activities we will be involved in. It was great to see everyone today and to catch up on the holidays.
We also celebrated a couple of achievements.

Portia turned 11 last Friday. We sang 'Happy Birthday' to her and wished her all the best as an 11 year old.

Congratulations to Jameson for achieving a certificate in STEPs.
Keep up the good work.

Now that we are in Term 4 everyone needs to be wearing a school uniform hat during breaks and when outside. Please ensure your child's hat is named.

We will be doing athletics on Mondays and Thursdays and PE on Wednesdays so everyone needs to bring their PE gear on these days.

On Friday 20 October we will be attending 9am Mass. Please be at school by 8:45am.

Next Monday 23 October is Labour Day. This is a Public Holiday so school will be closed.

Term 3 Week 10

Congratulations to John and Leon who received certificates at today's school assembly.

I wish you all a safe, happy and relaxing holiday. Remember to keep up the reading and working on Mathletics. I look forward to seeing everyone on Monday 16 October. 

Term 3 Speech Finalists

Over the last few weeks we have been working on our speeches. Everyone did a fantastic job of writing their speech and organising props as support. When it came to presenting their speeches everyone put their best foot forward and presented their speech confidently. Lots of interesting information was shared and we learnt many new things on a range of topics. 

Ka pai to all Room 6 students for the effort you put into writing and presenting your speeches - you deserve a big pat on the back.

Congratulations to Portia, Jameson, Rad, Pavlos and James who have made the
Year 6 Speech Finals, which will be held at the beginning of Term 4.

Congratulations

Emily M attended her netball prize giving over the weekend. She received a medal and two certificates for her efforts over the season. Ka pai, Emily.

Happy Birthday

EJ and Taylor have the same birthday. They both turned 11. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished them all the best as 11 year olds.

Kids for Kids

On Wednesday evening the Senior Syndicate performed in the Kids for Kids concert, providing the choir to Jackie Clark and Nathan King. We all looked and sounded amazing and had a great time.

Happy Birthday

Yesterday Toby turned 11. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished him all the best as an 11 year old.

Art Competition Winners

Recently the House Leaders ran an art competition. Today they announced the winners. 

Congratulations to Savanna, Nina and Emily S who received certificate acknowledging their success.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Nia who gained her first Bronze Mathletics Certificate last week.

The top three Mathletics scores for last week were: Maia P (6470),  Rei Anne (4840) and Juriella (4505).
Ka wani kei, keep up the great work.

Juriella, Maia P, Nia, Rei Anne

Congratulations to Nia for being named 'Athlete of the Day' the the Crossfit competition she competed in on Saturday.