Kia ora koutou,

What a great effort by all our tamariki yesterday at our school cross country event. It was also great to see many of our parents in attendance supporting their child. Information regarding the Western Cross Country will come out on Monday next week. The Western event is held in Otautau and the students will be running a very similar course to that which they ran during our school event.

The cross country is designed to be an inclusive event to cater for all students from different abilities and levels of fitness. As you would have seen yesterday there were students walking and running. One of our aims of cross country is to promote fitness among our akonga and give them an appreciation for daily fitness. What was a little disappointing to see was some students not taking part in the event but were able to take part in other activities after school. Apart from raising this as an issue in our school newsletter there is little we can do as teachers and leaders to prevent this from happening.

TAUKEN DRAW AT ASSEMBLY TODAY:

Rylan Auld - 20 minutes free time for class

Charlie McFadzien - Drink bottle

Harrison Egan - 20 minutes free time with friends

Ayliah Fraser - Drink bottle

William Edge - 25 house points

THIS WEEKS TAU CARDS REWARDS....

Thank you to Larissa, Sophie, Brooke and Olivia for organising the day.

Here are our Maker space creations this week as well as some ‘clue’ writing. Can you guess what it is?

What am I? I have medium spots on me. I am not from Africa. I am not in the deep blue sea. I’m not in the hot desert. I am not a cool zebra. I have 2 eyes. I don’t live in a boring box. I have armour. I start with an A.

By Indiana Blumenthal.

You can make stuff out of me and you can not eat me. You can not wear me as a hat and you can buy me at the shop. I can not be your pet. You do not want to steal me from the shop and I come in a box. I start with L and I am a toy. What am I?

By Bentley Montgomerie.

What am I? I can move up in the sky. I’m fluffy and big. I’m white. I start with c. I can cover the orange sun. I will go away from the sun. I will move spots. You don’t see me at night.

By William Edge.

What am I? My name starts with R. I am big and colourful. I am in the blue sky. I fade quickly away. You can see me. I am on the clouds. I am definitely far away. You can not see me at night.

By Arthur Edge.

I am red. I need water. I have soil. I am round. I have a stem and I need air. I have lines in the middle of me. I am special and I start with P. What am I?

By Isabelle Hurley.

Answers: Indiana’s armadillo, Bentley’s Lego, William’s cloud, Arthur’s rainbow and Isabelle’s Poppy.