Today we had Olympic Gold medal winning rower Joseph Sullivan visit our kura and tell us about his journey to success. He told us how he perservered when people said he was too small and couldnt do it. We watched his race too when they won the final. Everyone was cheering for them!. We even got to touch his medal and it was so heavy!!
We had an awesome visit from the Dog handler team after lunch. Justin and Hamish brought their amazing dogs Axle and Ice. They showed us how they track people using their sense of smell and also how they find and chase people. Hamish put on a arm shield and Ice chased after him like he was a criminal. He bit his arm so hard!. It was so exciting to watch! Stefan got chosen to act like a dog..it was so funny!
Our local fire station at Avondale came to visit us for Health week. They told us about their job and how they help people in the community. The junior classes got to try on the fire safety clothing and go inside the firetruck. It was so interesting. KA WANI KE!!!
Today the Police Eagle Helicopter visited our school. It was so awesome watching it hover and land on our back field. The wind was so strong from the helicopter that it blew us backwards! We were able to go right up close and even ask the crew some questions. We stayed and watched it fly away too. WHAT A GREAT START TO THE DAY!!
On Wednesday 21st May the Under 45kg team went to Kelston Boys High School to try defend the Western Zone title we won in 2014.
We won all three of our pool games vs Waterview, Konini and Titirangi then beat Rosebank in the quarter final. We played St Leonards in the semi final and lost 2-3. However we missed Zyroam one of our best players because he got injured in the quarter final. St Leonards won the final vs New Lynn. We played Ranui in the 3rd 4th playoff and won so of 12 teams we came 3rd! WELL DONE BOYS! A BIG THANK YOU TO MIKE STRANG FOR COACHING THE TEAM. His training before the day made a huge difference.!!!
Thanks to Matua and a parent for shouting some McDonalds afterwards to celebrate...Go NWS LEAGUE BOYS!!!
I mahi matou i tetahi tuhinga taki e pa ana ki te ako Whakaora tuatahi(First Aid). He ngohe tuhi Cloze tenei.
This Friday night at the Vodafone Events centre at Manukau some of the best high school and adult ropu will perform in a concert called 'WAIATA'.....If u missed Te Matatini this is a great opportunity to see some fantastic exponents of the art of KAPAHAKA...including Hoani Waititi..Waiorea...Te Waka Huia...Te Whanau a Apanui and others
Every Tuesday at 2:30 we have a Futsul indoor soccer session with Pat...we have a great time..ka mau te wehi!
As part of Health week we are learning all about Emergency services in our community. We will be having visits from the Police, Fire service and St Johns Ambulance service. We had a first aid session with Olivia from St Johns Ambulance. It was awesome learning CPR. We all had a practise on the cpr dummies. TAU KE!
Students made poppies and laminated them.On each petal of the Poppy was the recount information we had learnt about ANZAC day. We learnt the ode in english and maori.
