Christmas Art
This is a sample of some of the Christmas art we have been working on.

 

 

Water Fight

We had a water fight with Runanga School. You could bring water guns, bottles, balloons or anything else you could find. We put flags out for an area that you could go and be safe to refill. It was an awesome time and I hope we do it again soon.

Christchurch Choir 

Our school is part of the Greymouth Combined Choir and we sing in the Christchurch  Music Festival.

 

Because we are a small school we are only allowed to send 6 students which means we have to audition and commit to practice in our own time.
Unfortunately the two boys we trained with us weren't able to go. We particularly felt sorry for one who hurt himself at the last minute and had to stay home. Its an amazing experience.

We sang in the Horncastle Arena. We left school on the Thursday morning and travelled to Christchurch. That night we went out for a Buffet meal and then Ten Pin Bowling. The next day we practised until lunch time, we were then supposed to go to the Margret Mahey Playground but it was closed. We decided to go shopping at Northlands Mall for a while and then go back to the motorcamp for a swim. After the show we went to Dominos with Runanga School and got pizza for supper. On Saturday we travelled home

Swimming/Cycling

    

In terms 1, 2 and 4 we go swimming at the Greyouth Aquatic Centre.   We go every Monday morning for one hour and have swimming lessons. Our class bikes to the pool while the others bus and then walk back. This Monday two of the staff were sick so we didn't have enough people to ride. The teacher gave us free time to set up a bike course and challenge during class time. It was heaps of fun and we are hoping it happens again sometime. We have been thinking up plans to make it more difficult for ourselves

 

Tiny Houses  
Most of you will have seen all the tiny house programmes on TV lately. In our class we are making tiny houses with furniture for maths. 
We are doing geometry and measurement and have had to work out a scale for our house and the perimeter and area for it as well as all the furniture  and walls we have decided to put in it. We had to do a plan for the layout of the inside before we began to build. Here are some examples of how we are going so far.

We have to put a roof on after we have finished the inside.

Garden Club Cooks

Our garden club picked some veges from the garden and made delicious bread cases for the whole school.
 

We had spinach, leeks, carrot, parsley, silver beet and spring onions. We added these ingredients to a cheese sauce then putting it in bread cases. Everyone went back for seconds they we sooooooo nice.

  

Our Kapa Haka

We are REALLY proud of ourselves. We got one first and either second or third in every other section. We have not performed for 3 years.

We had new costumes that reflect our school colours of blue and white. The three koru represent the three bodies of water that surround our school  - first is the beach which is one of our boundaries- second is the lagoon where all the boats are moored this is one block away and third is the river three blocks away. We hope there is never a a Tusnami!!! The white is to represent the Barber. A chilly, damp wind that blows down the Grey Valley is known locally as 'the barber'. Because of the mist that accompanies the wind, you can actually see it as well as feeling the chilly blast.