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!

Week 5 already!

Wow!  Term is flying past with such great weather.  The children are having a great time in the pool and a great time learning.  Here is some art the Hoiho Class have been working on.  Not only did they learn about mixing colours, this task was a great challenge for listening carefully to instructions! Inside the circles the students wrote characteristics they want to have when they are older.

This project was inspired by Belinda Fireman and her art tutorial.  Click here to see her blog. The art will be on display in the school office and library
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Welcome Back!

We hope you had a fun summer with lots of good adventures.  It is hard to believe that we are back into school already.
Thanks to the parents who were able to stop in at the end of term 4 and help with cleaning up and sorting out resources!  It was really great knowing that had been done.
A big thanks to all the parents and helpers who have been busy getting things ready over the summer too - and those who were able to help at the Kumara Races.

We are looking forward to another great year with fun learning for the children.

Westport Camp

A huge thanks to all the helpers who made camp so much fun. All the children had a great time.

  The children were really well behaved and enthusiastic in their adventures.  All the tour guides and staff at the Top 10 mentioned how well behaved and interested the children were.  Great job everyone!

We had lots of fun looking at natural wonders... 

... really HUGE trucks and diggers...

  ... and finding out about mining.

If you have pictures from camp, please send them in so we can add to our collection.

Click here for some photos

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 :)

Grandparents Day

What a fantastic day!  Thanks so much to all the grandparents and family friends who came from near and far to make our day so special .  The children really enjoyed sharing their school with you.  It was fantastic to hear so many special stories about the fantastic role grandparents play in our children's lives.  Thanks to Mrs. Jordan and the Hoiho Class students who planned the day.  Well done, I'm looking forward to the next one. :)

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.

Upcoming Summer Fun

Imagine running a three legged race up a creek with mum. Can you handle scrambling over New Zealand's longest inflatable obstacle course? What about dad having to complete the hula hoop challenge and avoid having to go to bouncy castle jail?
 

This summer, New Zealand will have a brand-new series of family focused events -XRACE. It's coming to Greymouth on January 16th. 

Let us know if your family are going to enter.  For every 10 kids from our school participating we will receive $500 of sport equipment. Click the link below for more information.

Xrace 

Perfect Pet Day

Thank goodness the rain decided to have a break today!  What a great day to spend outside.  A super HUGE thanks to all the people who helped organise, run and judge on pet day.

The kids did a fantastic job on their projects and on the day.  Well done to Portia and Korie who won the top prizes.
Click here to see some of the pictures - send us more if you have some to share :)

Kowhai Prize Day

A big thanks to Lindi Roberts who spent the morning with the Kowhai house creating a great balancing act and wonderful birds.  The children all had a great time.  Well done Kowhai House :)  Keep up the great work.