New Art and Signage

There are lots of new things to see at school to start the term. It has been great to see the children oohing and aahing over the new achievement board, the KC Kids with their bus, LC 7's gorgeous teddies in the foyer and the wonderful mural on the end of LC3. Come and see for yourself!

Ronald McDonald visits Kiwi Team

The Kiwi team children had an exciting start to the new term today with an entertaining visit from Ronald McDonald who was in search of his lost sock. The children learnt a lot about road safety and were even allowed to keep the sock!
The children then put their road safety skills to good use making the hair-raising crossing of West Coast Road. Thank you to local police and parents for helping with this.Thank goodness our new multipurpose room is almost ready for use. Next time Ronald will be able to visit us onsite at school!

Ronald MacDonald Road Show

Ronald MacDonald told us to stop, look and listen at the roads. Also he told us to stay on the house side or the right.

Ronald MacDonald wanted us to make our seat belts click because it keeps us safe.

By Emma Miles

LC8

Real Art Roadshow

The children have all had an amazing onsite art experience today with the visit of the Real Art Roadshow, a travelling exhibition on the back of a truck! Make sure you ask your children about it at the dinner table tonight. You can also find out more at www.realartroadshow.co.nz

Moa Team Speech Competition

The 2011 Moa Team Speech Competition was an entertaining and informative event. Congratulations to the following winners!

1st Charlotte D Earthquakes
2nd Jorja-Rose P Whales
3rd Nick P Elephants

Yr 5/6
1st Leah P Benefits of Play at School
2nd Ally T Give Us Theme Parks in the South
3rd Esther B Buy Burglar Alarms!

Yr 7/8
1st Toni M Let’s Move QEII
2nd Daphne O We Need Younger Drivers
3rd Nicole C Say No to Whaling

Thank you to our very experienced adjudicators Yvonne and Robert Overton, who provided valuable feedback to the competitors about the importance of making an initial impact, and the effective use of cue cards. Yvonne and Robert also remarked that the overall standard was high and the final points tallies very close, particularly in the Year 7/8 section.

Thank you to parents for supporting the finalists by being part of the audience

Finally, thanks and congratulations to all the finalists for their wonderful achievements in having made the finals.

Lincoln Zone soccer and hockey

Here are the preliminary results for the Lincoln Zone soccer and hockey tournament - we are still waiting for the official results.

Soccer
Year 5/6 A team 2nd=
Year 5/6 B team 4th
Year 7/8 team 9th

Hockey
Year 5/6 A team 2nd
Year 5/6 B team 6th
Year 7/8 team 6th

Well done everybody!

Indoor Tournament

In the 2011 Primary Schools Championship Indoor Tournament the volleyball team was placed 6th, while the boys' basketball team was placed 6th in Pool A.

Arbor Day

The whole school, led by the West Melton School Eco Warriors, dedicated parent Suzanne Pickford and Enviroschools facilitators, and assisted by a willing band of parents and senior students, planted approximately 70 native trees, bushes and shrubs in our new native garden project. We would love you to come and visit this lovely new native garden area with its walnut shell path, stone ‘river’ and pine cone bird feeders.