Visit from the Fire Brigade

An engine from the Nelson Fire Brigade and some fire fighters came to visit the Kindergarten and Trafalgar Room got invited along. This was very interesting and then everyone got the chance to 'squirt' the hose which was quite exciting.

Swimming Lessons

We were very lucky to have swimming lessons for 3 weeks earlier this term. The children made a lot of progress during this time with Swim Magic.

Athletics; Friday 14th November, 2014

On Friday Jacqui organised an athletic sports afternoon for us.

The following is what the children wrote about this.

Christiana wrote;
I like the relay race because I like running.

Ngametua wrote;
I like the relay because I was running fast and I was winning.

Kayden's story;
At  the Athletic Sports I like the high jump.

Roman's story;
At the athletic Sports I liked throwing the balls the best.

Sienna wrote;
I liked the Athletics because it was fun. We all did it together. The girls race was first and the boys did it next and it was fun.

Carter wrote;
I liked the throwing at the Athletic Sports.

Felix wrote;
I liked the high jump and I liked the long jump. It was fun because at the Athletic Sports I was good at the high jump.

Gardenia's story;
At the Athletic Sports I was doing the relay.

Ruru wrote;
Mum and dad went to the Athletics.

George's story;
At the Athletic Sports I went to the racing.

Ezekiel's story;
At the Athletic Sports I liked the long jump.

Logan wrote;
I liked the long jump.

Ateongo's story;
At the Athletic Sports I liked racing the best.

James wrote;
I liked running and the high jump.

Sculpture Walk; Tuesday 11th November, 2014

We went on a sculpture walk with Nicki (from the Nelson Provincial Museum). We left school at about 11am and we walked along the river and got back to school about 12.45. It was very interesting to see some of the sculptures and hear about them.

Nicki had special permission to get up right next to the sculptures, but we had to stay back.

Roman's story;
We went with Nicki to town to see the sculptures.

Charlotte wrote;
We went with Nicki to look at sculptures. It was fun and we walked a long way.


When we got back to school we made some sculptures of our own.

James wrote;
I made a farm house sculpture.

Felix wrote;
I made a sculpture out of clay and it was fun because mine was a arch.

Clara's story;
I made a tiny ball and it was made out of clay.

Ruby's story;
My tree is made with clay.

Sienna wrote;
We made this sculpture. This is about how I made it. I made it with clay and it was fun. My friends made one, as well.

Carter wrote;
We made a tunnel for our sculpture.

Kaylie wrote;
We  made a sculpture and we made it out of clay.

Cultural Dances

Bernard came on the 28.10.14 and he performed some Pacific, Maori and American Indian dances for the school.

Here is what some of the children wrote:

Ngametua wrote:
I liked the American Indian hoop dance because is fun and I enjoyed it.

George's story:
Nate put the hoops on his arms and swung around.

Kaylie wrote:
I liked the hoop dancing .

Sienna wrote:
I went to the hall with  my friends and I liked the part when Nate did the hoop dance. I thought that Nate was shy with the hoops.

Christiana wrote:
I liked the show when he (Bernard) told us about his sons.

Gardenia's story:
Bernard is dancing and he has flowers.

Ezekiel's story:
I like the pois spinning around and around.

We also did some artworks to put around our classroom display. Please come in and check out the rest of the photos.