Bush Builders at the Wellington Zoo

Last Thursday we had our Bush Builders launch at the Wellington Zoo.  We started the day discussing the conservation of the Blue Penguin, drawing our conservation ideas on the concrete and leaving our hand print on a blue penguin.  We then did some planting in an area of the zoo, something that we can visit in the future.  Next, we followed a map to find points in the zoo where there was information about conservation.  We then got to meet and touch Stonehenge, a tuatara.  After lunch, we had discovery time throughout the zoo before heading back to school.  What a great day!

Bush Builders at the Wellington Zoo on PhotoPeach

Character Day

Wow!  We had a wonderful last day of Term 2 dressing-up as characters from movies or books.  We also got to complete a quiz about characters, listen to the teachers read their favourite picture books and participate in a school parade.  Mr Scott was extremely impressed by the amount of children and staff that dressed-up for this event and participated in all of the events with enthusiasm.  Congratulations to John and Maisy for winning the best dressed boy and girl from Room 8.
   Character Day on PhotoPeach

National Young Leaders Day

National Young Leaders Day 2014
On the 26th of May, the Year 6 children and two Year 5 School Councillors attended the National Young Leaders Day at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.
All of the speakers were very inspiring and we all learnt a lot about what it takes to make a great leader.
Thank-you very much to the parents that helped with transport to and from the school and Petone train station.
To find out more about NYLD visit the following website: nyldnz.org

moveMprove

This term the class have had a weekly moveMprove session.  MoveMprove is a gymnastics programme that aims to build the important foundations for all sport, recreation and performing arts, increase the children's confidence and independence, encourage collaboration within peer groups, have a positive impact on children's behaviour performance in school and children have fun while moving for the whole session.
Here are a few snaps that were taken during todays session.  You can see the variety of activities that the children participate in.

Homework for Week 4 of Term 2

Photos from Hockey on Wheels

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Hockey on Wheels

On Wednesday of Week 1, we were lucky enough to get an introduction to Hockey on Wheels.  Many of the children were interested in playing so I have put the flyer below.

Fitness

While our team for the Western Zone Cross-Country are out training, the rest of the seniors are doing fitness.  Today we played Queimada, which is Portuguese for 'Burn'.  Here are a few shots of the action.

Football in Schools

This week we have a session each day with the coaches from Football in Schools.  Today, we had a lot of fun playing different games that really work on our skills.  Check-out some of the action in the photos below.