Ask Me Abouts...

What a busy term it has been! I am sure we are all looking forward to a sleep in and a bit of time to relax. I hope you are all able to get away and do something adventurous!

In Kereru recently: Please ask your child about...

Swimming at Kings
Chuck Close Art work - come in and see the finished product!
Camp
Camp relfections
Statistics - interpreting graphs and displaying data
Spelling
Mandarin
Duathlon
Nature Ninjas Leadership Group
WPCA - Sport and Hobby decisions. Check out the William Pike Facebook Page.

WPCA Blog!

Check out the new link to the WPCA Blog - on Friday I will add links to all the Year 7 & 8 blogs so you can track their progress.

Kings Swimming lessons start this Monday 23rd March!

A reminder to all of Kereru that swimming lessons at Kings start on Monday.
You will need togs, towel, swimming cap and goggles with you every day for the next two weeks.

Ashley Gorge Camp

What an awesome camp! I hope everyone has recovered... I am definitely feeling better after a 12 hour sleep on Friday night! A huge thank you to all the parents who helped out on camp. I know the children of Kereru and Kiwi loved their time at Ashley Gorge, and of course we couldn't have done it without such an awesome group of parents. Thank you!

"Hey Sarah, how do we get the air out of the tent?"....

 Bush walk day one... Mt Thomas Forest.

 Low ropes in down time.

 SUCCESS!! One tent standing - looking sturdy and ready for the week.

 "Are you sure this is possible?" George and Mary aren't too sure if this is a prank or possible to escape!

 Rafting down the rapids... "Oars up!"

 "Hmmm, I know it is possible, but I just don't get it!"

 The Year 7 & 8's after the 'Ice cold stream walk' "We conquered the walk!"

 The stream walk. Bags on heads and in we go!

 Tyrolean Traverse - it took the whole team to set up and run this awesome activity.

 Bopper tag with Ann, George and Sarah. How cool are the parents getting in there and playing too!

 Hmmm, not sure you've quite got the idea Brayden and Ben.. You're meant to untangle, not become more tangled! :)

 Team work! Getting the girls tent down.

William Pike - here we come! We have had a great time practicing so many skills on camp!! Bring on the 8 challenges for the year!

Camp this week!

A few reminders...

Don't forget to check your gear list. All of you have one in your camp books. Please bring these books back on Monday as you will need them and I will hold on to them and take them out to camp on Tuesday. 

Wet weather gear is a must! It looks like we may have some rain so please make sure you have wet weather gear and plenty of plastic bags for wet clothes.

Insect repellent is a must. With this rain that is meant to be coming we will definitely have mozzies.  If you know you react badly to these bites please bring cream or antihistamines as part of your medication. 

Orienteering with Heather

On Wednesday we had an awesome opportunity to learn about orienteering with Heather. We all learnt a lot and are feeling ready to do some more orienteering at camp! Thank you Heather! 👍

Kereru & Kiwi Bake Sale

A huge thank you to all those Ladbrooks families who donated baking and home made goods to our bake sale. We made over $500. We couldn't have done it without your donations. We'll done to all those senior students who helped to set up and sell our goodies. You all did a great job! 

WIcked writers Page

Check out the wicked writers page! Some of our 'Best Part of ME!' poetry has been up loaded.

Ask me abouts...

Another busy week!!

Goal setting meetings (thank you all for making an appointment!)
Statistics - school lunch menu investigations
Spelling
Chuck Close art
Natural Disasters reading
Zone Swimming Sports
Recount writing
Treaty of Waitangi auditions

NEXT WEEK:

Camp preparation! Please make sure your camp books are back. Year 6 and 8's should have a book half filled... year 7 will get a new one as theirs will be filled from the last two camps. :)

-Nature Ninjas on Monday
-Bake sale on Tuesday - please bring your baking to the TLC kitchen in the morning. (I do expect everyone in Kereru to bring something as it is for their camp)

Mufti Day tomorrow!

Fundraising for School Camp. 

Come in your favourite cricket teams colours for the day!

Gold coin donation.

Thank you for the Birthday wishes!

Thank you for all the lovely birthday wishes. I had a lovely day at Ladbrooks School with the awesomeness in Kereru class and such a cool surprise getting 'Flash Mobbed' by Kiwi class singing and dancing to Happy Birthday!So much fun :)  - Sarah

Cricket with Katrina

On Thursday, Katrina came and taught our class lots of different cricket skills. We played a few games that had something to do with catching, batting and throwing. In the end Katrina hit some cricket balls up in the air to test our catching skills. We all had lots of fun and here are some photos to show what we were doing...