Week 5, Term 1 2018

Congratulations to our new House Captains and Student Council who were announced yesterday. The teachers were all really impressed with the quality of the applications and had a tough job deciding on the roles.

Thank you to everyone who has offered to take on a responsibility this year.  Term 1 service duty monitors will be announced on Monday.

School swimming sports are coming up this Thursday at Wharenui Pool. Students entered themselves in events during the week.  An email came home today with more detailed information.  
Key information:
Date and time:  Thursday 1 March, 10:00am - 2:00pm (25m and 50m events); 11:00am - 12:30pm for non competitive students (those who are unable to swim 25m unaided).
Where:              Wharenui Pool

Order of Events:

25m Backstroke

50m Backstroke

25m Breaststroke

50m  Breaststroke

50m Butterfly

50m Freestyle

25m Freestyle

75m Medley

Choice Friday began today.  Students opted into 1 of 4 writing groups and 1 of 4 maths groups.  We kicked off with writing - plays, interviews, fairy tale reports and captions.  Maths was next with the choices being Geometrocity (designing and building a city using 2D and 3D shapes), mapping, enlargements and outdoor measurement (area and perimeter).  After morning tea we had our second session of languages (students have opted into Spanish, French, German, independent languages and Sign language).  After lunch we launched sport which we are doing with the Year 5/6 team - choices included ultimate frisbee, volleyball, water safety/flippa ball, softball, petanque, gymnastics, tennis, cricket, athletics and flag football.


A very happy birthday to Mrs G who is 23 again today and Mrs Moore who is celebrating a 'big one' tomorrow!!