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.

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. 

Character Day and Other Room 6 News

Today we all dressed up as our favourite character.

Congratulations to Matthew and Taylor who were judged the best dressed Room 6 people by the Student Council.

Congratulations to our other award winners:

EJ and Rei Anne for receiving a certificate at assembly.

And James and Nina for gaining a STEPs certificate.

Yesterday Savanna received the results of her ballet exam. She passed with Honours. Ka wani kei, Savanna, what a great achievement.

Congratulations

Congratulations to James for gaining his first Silver Mathletics Certificate.
Keep up the great work James.

Congratulations, too, to Maia F who recently sat two dance exams. She passed one with distinction and one with honours. 

Ka pai, Maia.

Cultural Performance

Today all our hard work at kappa haka came together as we performed in the Cultural Festival at the Horncastle Arena. Everyone looked awesome on stage and had a great time.

Ready to go!

Juriella and Rhian

Materoa, Hannah, Emily M, Emily S and Maia F

Rad, EJ, Pavlos, Leon, John, James, Jameson and Matthew

A House with a Mouse

The Tui Reading Group presented a play 'A House with a Mouse' to Room 1 and Room 6.

Their performance was well done, they all got into character, spoke clearly and confidently, and used the stage area well.

Ka pai to: Alexis, Maia F, John, James, Rhian, (front) Juriella and Matthew.

Happy Birthday and Other News

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

Congratulations to Juriella, Ryan, Emily M, Maia F and James who earned a Mathletics Certificate last week. Keep up the hard work.

Last week we completed the Cycle Safe programme. Today we received our certificates which show what we are able to do.

Ka pai to the Year 6s for the great way you participated in this programme.

Please bring your PE gear tomorrow, Wednesday 14 June, as we will have PE in the afternoon, wet or fine.

On Tuesday 27 June and Wednesday 28 June we are holding the 3 Way Conferences. This is an opportunity for your child to share their learning with you. Please go to the School Interviews site to book your appointment. The school code is: 9je5n.

Term 2 Week 2 Certificates

Ka pai to Juriella and James who received certificates at today's school assembly.

Tapa Cloth

As part of our Caritas focus on the Pacific we learnt a little bit about Tapa Cloth, which is a special bark cloth made in Tonga and Fiji among other Pacific countries. Tapa cloth is made from the bark of mulberry trees and takes a long time to make. Plants are used to make dyes to paint the tapa cloth.
We made out own tapa cloth using paper and crayon and a template to create a pattern.

Gluing and creating the template:

Creating the pattern on the paper by rubbing crayon over the paper and template:

The finished tapa cloth:

Term 1 Week 6 Certificates

Congratulations to Jameson and Emily M who received certificates at today's school assembly.

Ka pai, you are both super role models.

Congratulations, also, to everyone in Room 6 - you planned and prepared assembly and lead it very well. I am proud of you.

Yesterday we had our first gymnastics session. We all had a great time and challenged ourselves on the different activities. Check out these photos:

Emily M

Leon

James

Hannah

Portia

Jameson

Blake

EJ

Emily S

Term 1 Week 5 News

Congratulations to  and Blake and Emily S whose touch team won the Prebbleton Touch Competition. Thank you for sharing your prize of vouchers with us.

Congratulations to our 'Stars of the Week' Materoa and James.

Looking ahead to Week 6:
We will begin running each day in preparation for our Cross Country in Week 11. Please bring running shoes and a change of socks.
Tuesday: bring PE gear to school to change into at lunchtime.
Wednesday: bring PE gear to school to change into at lunchtime.
Thursday: Gymnastics starts, bring PE gear to school to change into.
Friday: Room 6 will lead the school assembly, beginning at 2:30pm in the Creative Space.