National Jandal Day

We celebrated the great work of our local Surf Lifeguards on Thursday by supporting National Jandal Day. Since 1910, Surf Lifeguards have been patrolling our beaches in their jandals.

For more information, have a look at the Surf Lifesaving New Zealand website or the National Jandal Day page on Facebook.

We decorated our jandals creatively and showed them off in a parade. The Teachers made some tough decisions in awarding the Junior School jandal prize to Kayden, and the Senior School's to Max. Well done boys, some excellent creating, innovating and imagining there!

Emer's Holiday

Dear Miss Revell 

In the holidays I went to Auckland and we went inside The Cloud. We saw the The Giant Rugby Ball but we didn't go in because the queue was so long we would have had to wait an hour and a half! 

We went to the Tank Farm Park and we climbed The Gantry. Here are my photos. 

Bye Miss Revell 

from Emer

Rocket RWC Commentary

The Rockets have been putting together some tips for the All Blacks, and how they could use the Habits of Mind to succeed in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. We have had some fun with drama to role play what this would look like. This was adapted from a fabulous original script from "Habits - Centre Stage" by Sandra Brace.

Marilena and Ollie Commentary from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Emer and Kayden's Commentary from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Silly Sentences

The Rockets have had fun this week with an activity called "Mad Libs." These are super fun. Have a listen to some of our silly sentences!

Rieff's Silly Sentence from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Ella's Silly Sentences from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Cora's Silly Sentence from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Emer's Silly Sentences from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Big Maggie

In the holidays, Marvin visited his cousin, Big Maggie. Big Maggie lives in Christchurch. She is the brainiest Elephant in the world, and uses the Habits of Mind to be successful in all areas of her life. We have written about how Marvin uses the Habits of Mind to be successful inside and outside the classroom. We gave examples of how he does this too. We would love you to come in and read them, and we will post some on our writing page.

Kayden on why Marvin is an expert... from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Emer on why Marvin is an expert... from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Marvin's Exeats

Marvin's mates - free slideshow maker with music

As promised - a little of what our marvellous man has been up to lately...

Marvin Baryshnikov

Marvin continues to enjoy his week night exeats from Room 2. We love sharing his adventures the next day. He was able to give Emer a few tips on using the Habits to become a successful ballerina, as it turns out he has a famous cousin. Who knew?

Jake The Peg

This is our most loved song at the moment, and it’s known as “Ryan’s Song” – it’s not hard to see why!

The Big Fat Gorilla (and Mr O' D)

We had a great time last week, when Mr O'D came in to teach us one of his favourite games. It's now our favourite game!
Its all about a bit fat Gorilla, down in the jungle...

White Pine Bush

Whole School Tramp, White Pine Bush.

Wednesday, March 9th 2011.

Leadership was the focus of our recent day trip to White Pine Bush. The students learnt many new things about the New Zealand bush and responded with wonderment and awe to the ancient Kahikatea (White Pine) they discovered there.

Our seniors worked together to identify possible hazards along the way, in preparation for designing their own risk management plan. They really did us proud, ably leading us through the whole experience.
Thanks, seniors!