Totara Tri

Today we had our own Totara Syndicate Triathlon with all the Year 5 and 6's at Central School. We started of with a run that zig zagged it's way up to the school pool. We then did two lengths of the pool before racing back down the hill and jumping on our bikes.  The bike course than had us weave around the front field before we finally crossed the finish line. Well done to Ruben who won the Year 6 boys race.  Some of us were game and decided that once was not enough and then competed in the Open Race.  Our teacher Sally also decided to compete at the last minute.  She had the advantage of fresh legs and managed to take out the open race.  

Famous guests drop on in!

 Today we were very lucky to have a visit from two of the Vodafone Warriors.  They are in Nelson for a big game tomorrow.  They were lots of fun and taught us about the importance of sleep, hydration and community.  Four of our class were lucky enough to win drink bottles as part of their quiz!

Today we voted for our student councilors.  To be elected our councilors had to prepare and present a speech to the class. Well done to Floss, Hannah and Sam who were elected.

We also had lots of fun with our buddies from Room 9.  Many of us chose to have fun with the parachute!

Sneetches, Summit and Co-operation!

Whilst it's been a short week this week we have still managed to fit a bit in.

This week we have talked about co-operation and negotiation.  As part of this Sally set us the challenge of building the tallest tower that would hold 3 marbles.  However, when she split us up she gave some groups more newspaper to build their towers with, some more or better sellotape and some groups several pairs of scissors whilst others had none.  After this we talked about co-operating and negotiating with one another.

The Winning Tower!

We also talked about choices and peer-pressure this week. As part of this we enjoyed watching the Sneetches movie based on the famous book by Dr Seuss.

On Thursday two-thirds of our class participated in Summit Club. This is a special club at NCS for the Year Fives and Sixes.  Each Thursday lunchtime those who want to walk to the Centre of NZ. This is a 7km walk up to the summit which overlooks Nelson.  At the end of the year those who have completed at least 10 walks get to go on a tramp up Mt Arthur.

Week 1!

We've had a great first back at school in Room 2.

We began our week on Monday by having a Powhiri. In Room 2 we welcomed five new students to our class including one from Germany, England and America!  We also played a fun get to know you game using M&M's!

This year our school theme is a quote from the famous book 'Oh the places you'll go' by Dr Seus. 

"You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose!".  

As part of this we made our very own hot air balloons and then wrote about some of the things we are looking forward to about this year, something that we can help our classmates with and something we we would like to get better at.

We celebrated this theme at the end of the week by decorating hot air balloon shaped gingerbread cookies that Sally had baked for us.

Other highlights this week included meeting our buddies and swimming in the pool.