School Photos

School Photos were taken last week. Can you spot your wacky teacher in the staff photo?? :)

Poetry Competition

Last week West Melton School held their bi-annual poetry recitation competition. Students from Year3-8 presented their chosen recited poem to their respective classes, and then the top poem recitations from each class were then selected to compete in the school Poetry Recitation competition.

George Watson was judged to be the recipient of the Senior Poetry Cup and Nicole Cochrane was the winner of the Junior Poetry Cup. Coincidentally, both of these students wrote their own poems for the poetry competition.

Year group winners were:

Year 8 : George Watson

Year 7: Sheree Tomlinson

Year 6: Nicole Cochrane

Year 5: Kacie Austin

Year 4: Grace Horsbrugh

Year 3: Charlotte Darry

Photo: Certificate winners and placegetters in the West Melton School Poetry Competition. Back Row: Dylan Simpson-Mabey, Sheree Tomlinson, Harriet Watson Middle Row: George Brown, Brooke Harrison, Leah Parsons, Kacie Austin, Ally Taylor, Grace Horsbrugh, Charlotte Darry, Kate Caldwell Front Row Nicole Cochrane and George Watson with their Poetry Cups.

A win at the Science Fair!

Matthew Hadler was awarded a prize in the Canterbury Westland Science and Technology Fair held at AMI Stadium. Matthew's research, entitled Power from a Drainpipe, won a prize from the Institution of Engineering and Technology Best Engineering and Technology Exhibit, winning him an Apple i-Pod Touch. Awesome job Matthew!!

Jump Rope for Heart afternoon

We all had a Jump Rope for Heart afternoon. We jumped, twirled, skipped and enjoyed fitness, having fun with friends. There were demonstrations of different styles of skipping, such as double dutch and backwards criss-cross, and parents/caregives were invited to participate too. The Heart Foundation kinldy donated some skipping ropes to school, and all students were asked to bring a gold coin donation for the Heart Foundation.