Today we were very lucky to receive a visit from Jimmy, a Quarantine Officer for the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI).
We've been learning all about biosecurity, which is how we protect our country from threats such as animals, disease and seeds (because if those things come to New Zealand from another place, it could wreck our economy, environment and the animals we already have here).
Jimmy gave us loads of information about MPI and told lots of stories about his experiences as a QO. Some were funny, some were yuck, and others were scary. He showed us lots of examples of items and animals that people have tried to bring into New Zealand, but were confiscated at the border. Very interesting stuff!
Jimmy, who is French, also gave us a few French lessons!
We had a fantastic opportunity to put our Ki O Rahi skills to the test last week, in a game of Ki O Rahi against some of the staff from Sport Manawatu. We were well prepared with our ninja head gear, but we weren't able to beat the adults. They had one or two VERY quick people who were pretty much unstoppable. We gave it a good nudge though, and had loads of fun. Thanks to Marcus and the team from Sport Manawatu! Also, thanks to Mr Blanchard for the cool photos!
Congratulations to Lucy who was recently awarded the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award. Earlier in the year, the senior students voted for who they thought should receive the award. Mr Wilton from Westpac Bank, attended assembly to present Lucy with her well deserved award. Well done Lucy!
Congratulations to Kauri, who took out the interhouse nukumball competition in a great battle against Totara today. Well done kids! Final results:
1st: Kauri
2nd: Totara
3rd: Matai
4th: Rimu
We blasted our way around the soccer pitch in our last rotation for Large Ball Skills today. The slippery conditions made for an entertaining match, and it was great chance to develop our kicking and running and passing and balance and team work and agility and dribbling skills. Thanks for teaching us Miss Fleet!
Photographer: Finlay
Today marked 100 school days since the beginning of the year! This was cause for celebration! So, we joined forces with our buddy class, and had a bit of fun with an app called 'Aging Booth'. This app did terrible things to us... it made us look 100 years old! While the results were pretty scary, we sure had a lot of fun!
The next interhouse event kicked off today - NUKUMBALL! The windy conditions made it a bit tricky, but all four houses started well. Well done to Kauri and Totara who won their first games.
