Strike Shoot Splash

STRIKE, on the first night of camp we went to ten pin bowling.  We all started off thinking it was easy and we would beat the parents but all of us were wrong.  Strike after miss after spare the parents points grew and ours did too.  The night went on with lots of strikes and misses.  Anna took out a victory with a whopping 143 points.  After our loss we went back to camp.


On the second night of camp we went to lazer strike to shoot our teacher and the parents. We started off with lots of teams. We ran around shooting every one we saw. Every round we changed teams. We had 6 rounds and Patrick Larrivee won three of them.  It was real good fun.


On the last day of camp we went to Moana pool to swim.  When we all  got into our togs we speed walked to the giant kids pool.  We all splashed in the pool and swam in the lazy river.  Then a man came and told us the water slides and diving boards were open.  We played for ages then after a while Mr Excell told us to get out and get dressed.

By Lindsay, Todd, Luke & Thomas L

Thomas L

This is Thomas L sharing his poem.

Thomas L

Enviro jobs

On Friday the 29th of August we did enviro jobs around the school like filling the sand pit, repairing the willow hut, picking up rubbish, weeding the garden and filling in the hangi pit. It was our spring cleanup for the school. We had lots of fun doing are jobs and we wish we could do it again.

Lindsay, Connor, Jonty and Cory filling the sand pit.

Jayden, Caitlin, Fergus and Teagan fixing the willow hut.

Luke and Esther are weeding the garden.

 Tessa filling the hangi pit.

Thomas and Destinee are filling the new garden boxes.

Learning the Guitar

Thomas's brother Jackson has been teaching a small group some songs on the guitar.  We are going to play these at the end of the term.  They have been learning Superstition, Country Roads and This Old Man.  We will post some videos of our progress soon.  Thanks for helping us Jackson.

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South Spell 2014

12 students from Room 12 were selected to go to the South Spell competition. We were spilt into 3 different groups of 4. There was 42 groups overall. The spelling test was divided into 10 different categories.  We were supplied with a Mitre 10 pen, some scrap paper so we didn't shout out the answer and a piece of paper to write the right answer on. Just about every parent that came offered their vehicle. We had a blast working together as a group. We were spilt apart when we got to the desks so we couldn't cheat (although we wouldn't!!). We were about a metre away from the next group of kids. The names of the people who got through to South Spell are: Lydia, Rosie, Thomas, Connor, Jessica, Esther, Tessa, Emmerson, Luke, Samantha, Lindsay, Jake. We think it's a great opportunity and everyone should try and aim to get through to South Spell.

A huge thanks to everyone who helped us.

By Lydia and Rosie.

South Spell competition

Te Anau School Hangi

On the third of July Te Anau School had a hangi to celebrate the end of their Matariki topic. Over Term 2 we all did lots of art through out the classes. At the start of the term Room 12 was put in charge of digging the hangi. Over a few weeks we completed it. It was hard work. When the day came for our hangi it was cancelled but Redcliff restaurant kindly cooked our vegetables and Dale’s hangi team cooked the meat on BBQs. We also sang songs like at a traditional Matariki celebration.

We had some food once we sang our songs. Yum Yum. We had lots of different varieties of food like root vegetables and meat. We reckon the best one were the chops. Once we finished eating our parents looked through the classes. What a day. But it wouldn’t have been possible with out the parents, Dale’s team, the teachers, Redcliff, Kiwi Holiday Park for donating their place, Mr Rush and all the children.

Written by Thomas, Lindsay and Jayden

Our Hangi

Three weeks ago Room 12 began digging our school hangi for our school topic. Once our hangi is dug we will use it for our school hangi feast on Friday the 28th of June 2014. The school is preparing the food on Wednesday the 26th of June. We light the fire at 4am in the morning. We will be singing some traditional Maori songs. The parents can walk around the classes and see our Matariki projects that we’ve been doing.

By Thomas, Cory and Jessica

Southland Cross Country

Ready steady GO! On Friday the 13th of June 2014 6 children from our school went down to Southland Cross Country including Jessica Molloy, Mitchell Flynn, Thomas Larrivee, Noah Cockburn, Esther Cole and Jake Tither. The people from our class got these placings Esther got 50^th/76, Jessica got 36^th/76, Jake got 33^rd/76 and Thomas got 22^nd/76. Mitchel from Room 5 got 42^nd and Noah from Room 6 got 41^st. 

On the track it was very muddy, Esther even lost her shoe and she never found it. You got used to it though.  There was only one big hill, lots of mud holes and there were bark chips, also hay bales to run over. This day would not have been possible without Mrs Taylor and all the parents that provided transport. Thank You, you made the Cross Country a great success and you made the day for lots of speedy children.  

Written By Jake, Jessica and Thomas

Jake running hard