Our Oxfam 4 Poroporoaki

Our Oxfam 4 Poroporoaki

Today the whole school performed a Poroporoaki to farewell our Oxfam teachers who will be embarking on the 100km walk tomorrow.

A Poroporoaki is a farewell ceremony and gives us a chance to share our feelings and thoughts as they travel on their journey tomorrow.

Good luck Miss Allchurch, Mrs Jenkins, Mrs Cider and Mr D!!

Kowhai Sanctuary Trip

Kowhai Sanctuary Trip

Wednesday 30 March 2016

The Eco Warriors had a monitoring trip to the Kowhai Sanctuary on the 30th March.
At the Sanctuary we were working with Matt Stanford - Enviro Schools, Lou Drage - Te Ara Kakariki and Greg Stanley from Environment Canterbury.
We learned a lot especially how to look after the plants during their second planting stage.  We also learned about how to grow Kowhai seeds.
We had to listen and locate the birds to monitor their numbers as well as look for insects where we found a skink.

By Amelia K.
Photos taken by Mrs Coster.

Isabel's poised to win!

Isabel's poised to win!

Isabel V had a busy Easter competing in the National Ballet Character & Student Choreography competition.
Isabel who only turned 10 before the competition, had to compete against other 10-12 year olds on the day. And in spite of a nasty fall of her bike which interrupted her ballet practice, Isabel showed great resilience.
Isabel designed a dance to a favourite song and showed the judges what she was capable of.
She gained 2 incentive awards, 1 very highly commended, 2 highly commended and 1 commended.

A great experience in her ballet journey!

Photos by Sarah V.

New Build - What's been happening...

New Build - What's been happening...

Wednesday 30 March 2016

This week we all watched as they maneuvered the Caretakers' and Sport sheds onto their new foundations. Pretty exciting for the kids!

Kapa Haka has started!

Kapa Haka has started!

Yay! Kapa Haka has started for the year, and our enthusiastic learners are starting to learn new waiata's.

Today they learnt 'Matauranga'.

 All this preparation is towards the Christchurch Primary Schools Cultural Festival which will run from 29 August to 2 September.

Jody is on a roll!!

Jody is on a roll!!

Jody recently competed in the in the 995 meeting as part of the Canterbury Team.  

The Canterbury team is made up of athletes from Greymouth to Geraldine and they competed against other competitors from Tasman, Otago and Southland.

As part of the Canterbury team you are asked to do only 4 events.

Jody's results are:
Discus 1st - 21.03m
Long Jump 1st - 3.60m
200m 2nd - 33.35s a new PB
Relay A Team 1st - 1.04.82

At the recent Selwyn Athletics awards, Jody also won the Top Points Interclub Female Laser Electrical Rolleston Cup and received an award for being a Canterbury Record Holder.

AMAZING achievement Jody!!

New Build - What's been happening...

New Build - What's been happening...

This week the contractors are finishing laying the concrete slab for the Caretaker & Sport sheds at the end of the fields.

They have also been busy returning clean soil from the new build, to the far end of the field, so we can upgrade our BMX track.

Fire Drill Practise

Fire Drill Practice

Monday 21 March 2016

Today we had a surprise Fire Drill, to remind our learners the correct way to evacuate the buildings and where to meet as well.
The students all arrived in a calm manner and waited patiently while everything was checked.

 Well done everyone!

An Archaeologist on site

An Archaeologist on site

While the diggers have been busy extracting all the old paths and concrete, we have had an archaeologist on site examining the earthworks.

As our school was established in 1871,  the original schoolmaster's house and outbuildings occupied the area now being cleared. Schools generally have a relatively small archaeological signatures and it is unlikely that any building remains exist. It is however possible that rubbish deposited by the school remains in situ on the site.

So far no news of anything exciting...

Picnic with the Principal - Term 1 Week 7

Picnic with the Principal - Term 1 Week 7

Congratulations to the lucky learners who not only one movie tickets but also had a chance to have a Picnic with the Principal!

YUM!! Marshmallows!!

Jody and Kirsty have done it again!

Jody and Kirsty have done it again!

Jody and Kirsty M-D have had another amazing season in athletics.
Both competed at the recent Canterbury Children's Athletics Champs in Timaru.

Kirsty competes in the 10yr girls age group and her results were:
Discus 4th - 17.34m
1200m track walk 6th - 10.42.24s
Shot Put 6th - 6.40m
11yr Girls 4 x 100m relay 5th - 1.06.9s
She also did a PB in 100m - 17.22s.

 

 







Jody competes in the 8yr girls age group and her results were:
Discus 1st 22.10m a new PB
Long Jump 1st - 3.57m
Shot Put 1st - 7.43m
200m 2nd - 34.36s (she did a PB in heat 34.04s)
60m 3rd - 10.19 (she did a PB in semi-finals 10.06s)
100m 4th - 16.12s a new PB (she broke her PB in the heat 16.18s)
8yr Girls 4 x 100m relay 3rd - 1.07.63s

Jody also won 1st= for the Canterbury 8yr Girls.
Jody also has been selected to compete in the 995 meeting as a Canterbury representative.

Amazing achievements for both of you!

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Anna & Evan keeping it in the family!

Anna & Evan keeping it in the family!

Anna M had an outstanding weekend at the recent Canterbury Children's Athletics Champs in Timaru.
Anna was able to do PB's in 100m, 200m, Discus and Shot Put and equaled her PB in Long Jump.
Anna came 8th overall in Shot Put and 9th in Long Jump.

Anna also won a silver award and Evan a gold in their age group at the recent Selwyn Athletics awards.

Great effort Anna!

Charlotte is on a run!

Charlotte is on a run!

Charlotte.I has had another amazing year in athletics.
Charlotte competes for Christchurch Avon with her sister Addi and Sophie.
Charlotte has been selected for the 995 meeting, representing Canterbury in the South Island Inter-provisional competition.
Charlotte won the 7yr old age group at the Lovelock Classic in January, and she also has won the 7yr old age group trophy for Christchurch Avon.  Her sister Addi won the 5yr old age group trophy at Christchurch Avon as well.

Charlotte at the Lovelock Classic.

 
 Addi and her winning trophy.                        Charlotte and her winning trophy.

Not enough hands Charlotte!

 Charlotte and Anna at a athletics meet.

Charlotte in her 995 Meeting top.

Well done Charlotte!

Celebration of Learning - Term 1 Week 7

Celebration of Learning - Term 1 Week 7

Friday 18 March 2016

This weeks Celebration of Learning was hosted by the Moa Team.

 A 'Whole School Wrap Up' was introduced by Mason, Elli & Jackson. They briefly talked about the school had got up to since the last assembly.

 Daisy & Jed talked about how busy the Enviro Group has been.

 Mrs V and Mrs Jackson reveal which role our senior students have been selected for....

 Here are or 2016 Librarians!

 Our next big group are the new Eco-Warriors. Congratulations!

Congratulations to our new Office assistants.

Here are our PE Shed monitors - the important job of distributing the gear at lunchtime.

Our new Peer Mediators.

 Molly , Eliza and India are taking on the job of Flag Monitors.

 Daisy will be our student reporter!

 Max and Oliver will be our go to technicians.

Congratulations to our Lincoln Zone Swimmers who recently participated at the Lincoln Zone Swimming at the Selwyn Aquatic Centre.

Congratulations to our WMS Swimming Cup Champs!

Congratulations to our 5 lucky e-ticket winners who have won tickets to the movies!

Wow! Amazing art work Moa's!!

The colourful faces and buildings are inspired by James Rizzi.

 The Moa team finished of with our school song.

Fantastic assembly Moa's!!