Hawkes Bay Cup.

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter holiday.

On Thursday night I am flying to Napier/Hastings to officiate at the Hawkes Bay Cup, which is an 8 Nations Hockey Tournament.  All of the teams are ranked in the top 20, with 5 being ranked in the top 10 teams in the world.  The National teams from Australia (3rd), New Zealand (4th), China (5th), Korea (9th), Japan (10th),  India (13th), Ireland (15th) and Canada (19th) will be participating.  Even more exciting since it is an Olympic year!

I will be away for just over a week.  Miss Walker (trainee teacher) will continue teaching the class which will maintain continuity for the children.  She will be supported by Mrs Davey (M-Th) and Mrs Routeledge (F).  Mrs Davey has taught on and off at Avondale School for many years so is well aware of all of our systems.

Easter Break

It's not long until the Easter Bunny comes!!  Please remember that we will not be at school Friday, Monday or Tuesday.  Plenty of time for the sugar high to wear off!

I hope you have a safe and happy holiday.

Pukeko

Pukeko by Tiaho, Darnel, Tequan, Nation, Jade A, Malachi, Tyler.

Pukeko

Pukeko by Jade B, Abby, Hayley, Max and Hamish.

The Dragonfly Lifecycle

We have been learning about the life cycle of the Dragonfly.  We made these dragonflies from spoons, tissue and pipe cleaners.

The Water Cycle

Today we have learnt about the water cycle.  We made these water cycles so we can teach everyone at home about the water cycle too!

Week 6, Term 1

Wow!  Week 6 already.  We have had a very busy term so far which must be why it is flying by!

We have been really busy with Physical Education so far this term.  Our aquatics unit is nearing an end with assessments being completed this week.  Keep sending togs for the rest of the term though as we will make use of the pool on hot days.  

We've had 4 sessions provided by Canterbury Softball.  We have a couple of natural 'softballers' in our class.  All children have listened well to our instructors (Georgia and Boo) and have made great progress.  We will continue some of the softball skills we have learnt this Tuesday when we have Sport Start with Sheree.

The triathlon last week was a success with all of Room 14 trying really hard.  Thank you to those whanau members who were able to come and show their support.  

Our maths interchange is slowly getting underway.  Swimming and softball have somewhat inhibited our ability to interchange as each class has a different time for swimming and softball.  As we wind up swimming it will become much easier.

If you haven't returned the slips for blog permission and behaviour please hunt them out and send them back to school.  Please also send back the updated contact details form to the office.

This week we welcomed Jade A into our class.  Jade has been in Nelson over summer.  It's great to have her back!

As always if you have any questions or queries please don't hesitate to make contact.

Have a great week!