Passion Projects

This term the kids are working on passion projects - completing something they really enjoy. Some are teaching younger students sport, others are building, being artistic, or helping others. All very cool and most are fully engaged in what they are doing.

Practising our drawing skills and using google sites to help us.

Learning how to make origami and then teaching others.

This group taught themselves some simple chords then went on to teach these to younger children.

Dixel had fun pulling apart a remote controlled car and trying to rebuild it into something else, or something better.

Phoenix and her group were successfully teaching gymnastics to a younger group of children.

YAY! A successful handstand.

Lego animation keep these boys well engaged and on task.

The House the Jack Built, not quite but Theo did some research and began to build his popsicle house with some encouragement from Jonny.

Pizza Lunch

Today this lovely bunch got a pizza lunch at Victoria Park as a reward for their excellent help at the Junior Athletics day. Well done guys.

Newsletter

We started the year with 76 children and have lost a few and gained a few along the way with our current roll being 79 children. What a year it has been – even the children are saying how fast the year has gone by. Our last two terms in our new space have been very settled and peaceful despite negative media hype about the failure of Modern Learning Environments.

 

The children have adjusted very well to their new space and we have thoroughly enjoyed teaching this group of children and watching them grow as young people. We will all miss them as a group next year and wish them all the best for the future.

 

A few housekeeping items for the end of year that you all need to be aware of.

·      Super heroes dress up next Friday 1^st Dec.

·      First Aid class – please bring a gold coin donation, which will go to St. John’s Ambulance.

·      Final week – shared lunch. We will send a reminder closer to the time.

We will put photos of these events up as they happen - so keep watching.

Also congratulations to 17 students who helped at the junior athletics day a few weeks ago. These students will have a pizza lunch tomorrow at Victoria Park with Mrs Fawkes.  Awesome effort.

In week 8 - good luck to Alex, Luka, Molly, Kobe and Theo in your athletic endeavours at the Canterbury Champs. Well done on making it through to this competition.

Super Hero Teachers

Today was our chance to dress up and show our students how easy it is to dress up as a super hero. We are doing a literacy unit based around super hero's and encouraging the kids to dress-up in Week 7. Can't wait!!!
Needless to say the kids have been looking at us sideways all day. Great fun.