K.O FUN!

Hi all,
This is the first post of 2011! Wow what a year we have had already. As some of you can tell I have changed the name of our blog as I have moved classroom.
We are now situated in Room 15, a large recently renovated room!
We have spent the last few weeks exploring how we would like our classroom to run. We have come up with a Dialogue Covenant, a class treaty and now we are starting our Treaty of Waitangi Unit.

BIG NEWS. We won our first game of K.O in the inter class competition. We gave it our all today and it paid off as we are now in to the next round!

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End of a great year

Hi everyone.

I would just like to thank all my awesome students and their amazing parents for all the support throughout the year. It has been a busy and crazy 4 terms but we have all grown academically and socially this year. My highlights have been camp (where I saw people come out of their shells), Creating our garden, and seeing students win school wide competitions!

I hope that everyone enjoyed 2010 and I wish you all the best for 2011.

Merry Xmas

Kia Kaha

Nick Van den Borst

Our Garden

In Tui Syndicate we have been growing our own vegetable garden. We planted the seeds ourselves and watched them grow into many types of vegetables such as…

Lettuces, Peas, Radishes, Zucchinis, Broccoli, Silver Beet, Spinach and much more.

Here are some photos of Jordan Holford picking some radishes.

CAMP

Well what a week we all had at Mount Holdsworth. The weather was fantastic, we had sun everyday and clear skies for star gazing at night. We had an action packed time filled with activities like Caving, High Ropes, Rock Climbing and Tramping.

It was great to see our students step up to many different challenges like the tramp or braving the cold river! I would especially like to thank our parent helpers who made our week run smoothly.

Here are some photos and videos of our time.

THREE MORE SLEEPS TO GO

Hey all

Just a reminder to everyone to be at the Wellington Train Station at 7.40pm. If you are sick and can't come anymore let me know Sunday night via email.

nick.vandenborst@tawaint.school.nz

Have a great weekend getting everything ready!

Camp Prep

We are all gearing up for our camp in week 4!
Make sure you all have got the following:

For Camp
□ Packed lunch for Day One	□ Drink bottle
□ Scroggin / Energy snacks	□ Camp book & pencil case
□ Waterproof jacket / Parka	□ Woollen hat
□ 2 pairs longs (1 pair track pants)	□ 2 pairs shorts
□ T-shirts (4-5)	□ Bush shirt / Polar fleece / Wool jersey (2)
□ Underwear (at least one per day) □ Thermals – Merino/Polypropylene undergarments	□ Socks (at least one pair per day + warm, thick pair for at night) □ Toiletries
□ 2 towels	□ 4 pegs to hang up wet clothes
□ Sunhat / Sun block	□ Swimming togs
□ Sleeping bag, pillow case	□ Torch
□ PJ’s / Nightie	□ Insect repellent, band aids
□ Backpack (day pack size)	□ Bags for dirty clothes (rubbish bag)
□ 2 tea towels	□ Toilet roll
□ Named knife, fork, spoon, mug, plate, & bowl.
□ Book / Cards – for indoor activity and quiet time.
□ 2 pairs suitable footwear for around camp & walking – Old shoes for wearing in water.

ENSURE ALL GEAR IS NAMED

NO RESPONSIBILITY TO SCHOOL FOR LOST EQUIPMENT - CHECK HOUSEHOLD INSURANCE

NO FIZZY DRINKS – NO CHEWING GUM –

NO ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT – NO MONEY

Image Poem

My beautiful house in Vienna

The snow is thick,

On the footpath below

My beautiful house in Vienna

I sit on my bed,

And watch the wind blow

My beautiful house in Vienna

The park across the road,

Has a blanket of snow

Witch will soon melt away to let the grass grow

My beautiful house in Vienna

By Grace Burt