Run Jump Throw VoiceThread

The Hoiho Class are learning how to use VoiceThread.  This is a Web 2.0 tool that allows us to create slide shows that the students can add comments to.  Comments can be made by adding text, voice recordings or videos.  We will be using this next term as well.  Here is one we started about our Run Jump Throw day.

Swimming at Ross

Thanks Ross School for hosting another great swimming day :)

It was really fun to have Kumara School there as well.  There were lots of exciting races and laughs through the day and all the children did really well.

Special thanks to Fleur who was our parent in the final relay and had a such a strong finish.

The total points earned by each school was divided by the number of children from each school.  This made a close finish with Ross School scoring an average of 4 points, Kumara School scoring an average of 4.51 and Kokatahi-Kowhitirangi School earning 4.8!!!  Less than a point between us!

Bring a comfy seat to assembly on Friday... there will be lots of certificates to hand out for swimming.

Great work!

Sailing

We couldn't have asked for better weather!  What a great day to spend out on the water - just enough breeze to keep the sails full, not enough to lose control.  The students all did a great job learning to sail and enjoyed capsizing too!  Thanks to the parents who were able to drive us to the lake and Craig from Have a Go sailing and Rob from the Mahinapua aquatic club for running the day for us.  New sailors are welcome to stop by the club and join in on Sundays from 11am.  We'll add some more pictures soon.
Click here for  Sailing photos :)

Top Team

Year 5 and 6 students took part in a great afternoon competing against teams from St Mary's and Hokitika Primary School.  It was great to see such good teamwork and co-operation happening to solve puzzles and complete challenges.
Click on the picture below to see more photos of the events.

Thanks to the BOT for providing our new team tops for out of school events such as these.

Rippa Rugby

WELL DONE KOKATAHI!

Our year 5 and 6 students competed in the Hokitika Interschool Rippa Rugby Competition today.  It was the first games today and we won one and lost one.  The team worked really well together, and I be we'll be even better next week!

We are hosting St Mary's and Hokitika for games here next week so come on down and check out the action! (and sausage sizzle)

Cross Country

I don't know if they managed to out-run the rain all day, but they did keep ahead of it long enough to get around the course.
A huge thanks to all the parents who provided transport to and from the races, helped organise the children, and went for the walk around Ross with the children.
A big thanks to Ross School for organising the event, and Kumara School for joining in the fun.

Well done to all the students!  Keep up the good work - staying active and fit will help all you succeed in activities (including reading/writing).

West Coast Athletics

Check out our athletes at the West Coast Athletic Champs!  Well done Pippa, Amy, Matthew, Fergus and Hayley.

I haven't heard the official results yet, but they all performed their best on the day - awesome work!



Fun Jump Throw

What a fantastic day!!!

Thanks to everyone who came to cheer the kids on, run events, eat yummy morning tea, and open the court.

Congradulations to Rata house who won the most points on the day - it was a close race.

We will put a link to more pictures on here soon. If you have any great pictures please email them in.

Thanks again to everyone one for such a great event. :)

Fundraising put to good use

Thanks to lots of fundraising and saving money with school projects such as working bees - we have great things happening!

Our bumpy, cheese-grater style court is being smoothed out, cleaned up and will shortly get a makeover!

The great weather is helping get it all sorted quickly and hopefully by the end of the week we will have a great (and colourful) 'Tiger-turf' court.

We'll keep you posted!

Swimming Sports :)

What a fantastic day!  The kids had a great time in the pool and some of the parents did too!

Thanks to Ross School for hosting another great day and to all the parents who helped make such a fantastic event possible!

(and we won!)

Winter Sports

Please send in a photo of your child in action or with their team.  We are putting together a winter sports page for our next newsletter.

Fun Jump Throw!

It was a day full of fun and mud! All the kids had great fun running races, jumping and throwing. Thanks to Ross School for joining in and to all the parents who helped run events and joined in to make it a great day.

The children have created podcasts (Playable On Demand broadCASTS) about the day which will be posted on here shortly.

We will also add a link to some pictures once we have them uploaded onto our school album.

World Famous in Hokitika

The Mary O'Connor Mini Marathon is this weekend. It is fantastic that we have a local family who represented New Zealand in the Olympics. It is great to have a fun event to carry on celebrating her acievements. Good luck to everyone who is entering.