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Hillary Hub Camp
Yesterday the whole school joined in to farewell the Hillary Hub as they headed off to camp at Wainui. An exciting and challenging programme of events has been planned and we know they will all have a great time. We look forward to hearing about your adventures when you return. Many thanks to all the parents who have gone along as parent helpers.
Book Character Day
Thank you to Mrs Chum for organising all the staff crayon costumes!
Each class will now visit the library once a week and will be able to take out two books at a time. We are also working on making the library available to the children at lunch times on certain days of the week.
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Parade Each class took a turn to parade around in front of the whole school. | Group Photo A whole school photo to mark the day! | Staff Photo All the staff dressed up as crayons. |
Parade
Group Photo
Staff Photo
EPro8 Challenge
The EPro8 Challenge is an inter-school science and engineering competition held each year. All the Hillary Hub children took part in a within class competition and from there two teams were selected to represent the school at the inter-school competition held at Russley School. Amy, Mira, Bella & Millie were in one team and Tandia, Violet, Jessica & Jyla were in the other.
We were very proud of how both teams performed and a huge congratulations to Amy, Mira, Bella & Millie, whose team came 2nd equal out of the twelve schools competing. They will now go on to the Canterbury final.
Marching
Our whole school are currently learning marching as part of their PE curriculum. Sheppard team were lucky enough to have Emma and Katelyn come in from Marching Canterbury Association to give them some professional tips. Emma and Katelyn have been involved with marching for over 20 years and coach an U12 team called “Skellerup Royal Kilties. They really enjoy giving back to a sport that they are passionate about and they have both made lifelong friends from marching.
Te Tuna Tāone - Urban Eel Project
In the last couple weeks some of the Batten team children have been working on their Te Tuna Tāone projects with Jenny Bond. On Wednesday the 7th of September we finally presented what we have been working to classes from the Rutherford and Sheppard teams. We did five different activities: presentation, a game, a drain hunt, a story, and…the Te Tuna Tāone trailer.
For the presentation we were talking about Longfin eels and drains, then each class was divided into four groups - one for each of the remaining activities, that they rotated around.
For the Game we played Eels and Drains (Snake and Ladders). For the hunt we looked for drains and talked about what happens when rubbish goes down the drain, and we also looked for rubbish. When it came time to look at the Te Tunu Tāone For trailer we showed them the games and the T.V. The games that were on a table-like-thing showed the drains, and what happens when stuff gets poured down the drain.
It was very successful, fun and entertaining. It was good practice for when we are older and we need to be a leader in something like that. We found Jenny and Georgina to be really helpful, guiding us every step of the way. It was also fun to learn about the tuna in Te Waimōkihi and other places.
Ngā mihi nui ki a Jenny me ki a Georgina i ōna tautoko, big thanks to Jenny and Georgina for helping us with everything. The Batten Team Te Tuna Tāone Action Group is really thankful.
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Senior School Swimming Sports
Students in Years 5-8 will be attending the Senior Swimming Sports at Wharanui Pool on Wednesday 21st September. The first event will begin at 9:30 a.m. and we aim to be finished by 1p.m.
The children will bus to the pool at 9:05 a.m. and need to wear their sports shorts and house coloured shirt, with swimming togs underneath. They will also need goggles, a drink bottle and a substantial morning tea and lunch. If your child has a swimming cap, they are encouraged to wear this too.
We would love to have some parent help on the day. If you are able to assist us, please email kim.williams@ola.school.nz by Friday 16th September.
You are most welcome to come and watch your child swim. There will be a designated area for parents to sit.
Cans for Christmas
Please drop your donated items into the office on or before Friday 23rd September. Thank you for your generosity.
School Shoes & Socks
New Enrolments
