Track-a-thon

The track-a-thon was a great success, we were lucky with the weather and it was great to see children dressed up!

We were very surprised by how many laps the children walked/ran in the hour.

Class Totals:

Room One - 499 laps
Room Three - 274 laps
Room Four - 313 laps
Room Five - 250 laps
Room Six - 293 laps
Room Seven - 421 laps
Room Eight - 377 laps
Room Nine - 372 laps
Room Ten - 325 laps

Top walkers/runners in each room:

Room One- Tom with 19 laps
Room Three - Oakley with 24 laps
Room Four - Mack and Braxton with 22 laps each
Room Five - Dylan with 23 laps
Room Six - Cooper with 26 laps
Room Seven - Micah with 31 laps
Room Eight - William with 30 laps
Room Nine - Jayden with 25 laps
Room Ten - Ollie with 27 laps

The bike track is 378.4m

As a school we walked 1219.96 Km,  which is basically all the way to Christchurch.

Please return all sponsorship money by Friday the 30th.  Every small amount counts, so please get it in to us, this fundraising makes a big difference to our children!

Track-a-thon

Tuesday 20th of August

Track-a-Thon Information

• Children will eat morning tea early during class time.
• 11.20am all children will gather on court ready to start at 11.30am.
• Classes will have staggered starts around the bike track.
• Each child will carry a card to collect lap tally marks.
• Children will collect a tally mark from their teacher after each completed lap.
• At 12.30pm all students will return to their teacher and the teacher will record laps completed by each child. Children will then take home their tally card.
At 12.30pm we will all gather on the court and spot prizes will be presented.
At 12.30pm sausages and cake will be available.

• Children may run or walk.
• Children may dress up if they want, anything goes.
• Music will be playing for the hour of run/walk time.

If you have not got on to getting sponsorship yet, please do so. Any amount would be greatly appreciated!

Cross Country - 13/08/19

Start Time - 10.15am – Children will assemble on the courts

Please note time is approximate, some races will run faster or slower than expected.  Year zero and one run around the bike track, so will need shoes on the day. For all other children, shoes are optional.

Juniors

Year 0’s - 10.15

Year 1’s - 10.20

Year 2’s - 10.25

Year 3’s and any 7 year olds (as at the 1st of Jan) 10.35

Morning Tea - 10.45am

Seniors

8yrs - 11.30 - Junior Trophy

9yrs - 11.50 - Middle Trophy

10+yrs - 12.10 - Senior Trophy

Age in Senior races is as at the 1st of January to align ourselves with the Whangarei Event.

Some Term 3 Dates

Wednesday 14th of August - Whole school cross country

Tuesday 20th of August - School Fundraiser "Trackathon"  more information to be give out closer to the time, but children will be involved in raising sponsorship for this. 

Friday August 30 - Empty Classroom Day

Wednesday 4th of September - Whangarei Cross Country for those who have qualified

Thursday 5th of September - New Entrant Information Evening for recent starters who have not already attended or 2020 new entrants.

Friday 20th of September - Ag and Flower Day (whole school)

Learning Conferences

Learning conferences are on Thursday the 13th of June.  These will be a time to discuss your child as a learner and will be based around your child's spotlight report, which you will take home with you.  We are hoping that this will complement the information you are receiving on seesaw over time.

The link for this goes love on Friday the 31st of May and you will need to book your conference in this way.

The website is:

https://parentinterviews.co.nz/app

the code for our school is:  P34FQJNR 

If you are unable to do this, you will need to see your child's teacher to book in the appointment.

Please remember these conferences are to be focused on learning.  If you wish your child to be part of this process, please bring them along.  It is recommended that children from Year 4 up do come along to their conference.


Room One parents, please refer to your seesaw message to see who you need to book in with.

Weetbix Tryathlon

It is wonderful to see how many of our children took part in the recent Tryathlon.  A wonderful way to embrace the importance of physical activity and just having a go! 

Well done everyone!

Loose Parts Playground

This a great little video to watch.  Although our playground is far more spread out, this is our aim.  To allow children the freedom to be themselves, judge risk, problem solve, cooperate, negotiate, be active, work in a team, develop gross and fine motor skills and most of all experience the richness of play that is not directed by an adult.

If you have access to any safe loose parts that you believe the children would actively use in our playground, we would love to have them.  You can drop them off just behind the admin area and the children will relocate them.

The photos below give you an idea of what loose parts for the playground may look like, but the possibilities are pretty open, from barrels to plastic pipes, children will use it all!

It may look like a mess to us, but to children, this playground is a treasure trove and super exciting and empowering, because they get to create it themselves.