2017 - All Done!

All the very best to our Year 8 leavers.... Year 7s - see you next year!

Prizegiving

Last night we celebrated the end of the 2017 school year with our prizegiving.  As well as recognising the achievements of lots of students, we performed two items.  Great work Room 6!

Y8 Leaver's Lunch

The Year 8 students had a blast at their Leaver's Lunch today.  They had delicious meals, refreshing drinks and super yum ice cream sundaes.  Yum!  Thank you to the PTA for paying for their meals - the kids definitely appreciated this.

Buddy Class

We have really enjoyed spending time with Room 2 - our buddy class - this year.  Today we had a game of long ball, and we were very impressed with the skills of the Room 2 kids!  Thanks for being a cool BC Room 2!

The Great Potato Project

We had great fun digging up our potatoes with our little buddies today!  Congratulations to Chloe and Rebecca who won the 'heaviest potatoes' competition.  We hope they taste as good as they look - we'll find out tomorrow!

Slip n Slide 2017

Disco!

Thanks to the Student Council for organising another awesome disco!

Rafting Trip

After waiting nearly a year, we FINALLY got to enjoy our rafting trip today!  Earlier in the year, we won a fantastic prize which meant we were able to go rafting for free.  Today was worth the wait - we had the most awesomely cool day with the Mangaweka Adventure Company.  The rafting was peaceful, scenic and fun... with a MASSIVE, bumpy rapid in the middle.  The water was beautiful and warm, so everyone enjoyed a swim too.  Thank you to MAC and Horizons Regional Council for allowing us to enjoy such a great day.  Thank you to the parents who came along today too - you were awesome!

Sports Fun Day

What a cool day we've had at Halcombe School!  We began the day with a seriously fun rotation around lots of different weird and wonderful games.  Then we watched (or competed in) the 400m - well done to Logan and Lucy who won their races.  After that we officially opened our new cricket pitch.  Next up there was a Students vs Adults cricket match - the students won easy peasy!  After lunch it was time for a mega slip n slide!  Phew... a very hot but very fun day!

Check out the vids!  (thanks William for your awesome droning skills!)

Interhouse Cricket

A massive congratulations to Kauri - Interhouse Cricket Champs for 2017.  Well done to Totara too, who put up a great fight in the final today.

CSI Day

We had a special visit from Mr Atkins today. Mr Atkins is a National Fingerprint Training Officer working for the New Zealand Police. He taught us all about the 'science' of crime scene investigations, how to swab for DNA and how to take fingerprints. There were lots of opportunities for us to practice their new skills in mock crime scenes that were set up around the school. Very interesting stuff! Thanks Mr Atkins!

DISCO DISCO DISCO