Interhouse Flippaball

What an amazing Interhouse Flippaball competition we've had!  Teams have been battling it out during lunchtimes, with everyone VERY keen to win the first competition of the year.  On Friday, it was finals time.  Matai faced Kauri in the playoff for 3rd and 4th, and Kauri won that battle.  Then it was time for the final.  Totara was the red hot favourite, and in the end, they proved too strong for Rimu. Congratulations to Totara on winning a very intense match!  Everyone is already looking forward to the next interhouse event, cricket!

Fun Day Friday - Week 4

Here are the highlights from Fun Day Friday this week:

First it was time to practice our jump-from-the-side-and-catch-a-tennis-ball skills.  Not easy!

Next we told Hamish it was time to buy a new rash top:

Then we worked in teams to try to win the Noodle Tower Championships!

Interhouse Sport - Flippaball

Today we kicked off our interschool sport competition for 2017.  Flippaball (the Halcombe School version) is the first event on the calendar.  There was no mucking around in the pool today, and it was all action in both matches.  Good luck to all teams for the rest of the competition!

Photographer:  Zoe

It was wonderful to see such great sportsmanship on display too - well done!

Buddy Class

We had another awesome swimming session with our buddy class today.  First, they showed us what swimming skills they've been working on and then we tried to give them some helpful tips to improve. After that, we had a bit of a play around with races and a whirlpool.  Our buddies were desperate to have another go at the human cannonball too!

Photographer:  Zoe

Human vs Alien Art

We have just completed our second piece of art for 2017 and it looks cool!  First we had to sketch the 'human' side, and we found out that drawing facial features is a bit tricky.  Next we shaded the 'human' side with a black crayon.  Then we got really creative and designed the 'alien' side!  We used pastels to colour this part in.  They look awesome on the wall, so call in sometime and have a look!

2017 School Leaders

Introducing your House Captains and Student Council:

Life Education

We had the first of two visits to the Life Ed 'classroom' today.  Tim, the teacher, told us loads of AMAZING facts and information about the human body.  We're looking forward to another session tomorrow!

Sixtus Lodge

Wow, what an awesome three days we've had at Sixtus Lodge!  We did loads of fun activities, including exploring Limestone Creek and Cone Creek, cooked marshmellows over camp fires, had Room 6 Survivor, performed speeches, had a 'tallest tower' tech challenge and of course.... played spotlight!  We also talked a lot about the Key Competencies, and identified goals we have in this area. There were lots of very funny things that happened, and we all enjoyed getting to know our 'new' classmates.  

Thank you very much to those parents who whipped up some mean Mac n Cheese meals and to those who did some baking (10/10 for whoever made the chocolate slice with walnuts in it).  

Thank you to our awesome parent helpers: Mrs Bartlett, Mrs Jukes, Ms Allen, Mrs Te Whatu, Mr Thompson, Mr Blanchard and Mr O'Fee.  Thanks to Mrs McKay and Mr Casey for helping transport us there too!  We are so lucky to have so much support for our EOTC adventures!

Thanks for some of the cool photos below Mr Blanchard!

One of the best activities we did was write a positive message to all of our class mates.  What a massive bunch of heart warming goodness these messages are.  Hopefully this is something we'll all treasure for years to come.

Multiple Intelligences

This week, we learnt all about the different intelligences we have and ways we learn.  It was pretty interesting!  Being aware of these things, helps us to understand ourselves and be the best we can be. Check out these four examples:

Fun Day Friday - Week 2

Today we practiced our diving skills... how do we look?

The Human Cannonball was in action again today too:

The Baby Face Project

Today we FINALLY had a chance to do the Baby Face Project - something we had been looking forward to since Day 1.  As a way of proving we are all uniquely awesome individuals, we all brought a baby photo to school - then we had to guess who was who.  What a cute bunch we were!

Buddy Class

We were super excited to have our first buddy class with Room 2 today!  The sun was shining (for once), so we decided to join them for a swim.  What a whole heap of fun!

The first human tower of 2017:

Fun Day Friday - Week 1

Garden Update

Our class is in charge of the glasshouse again this year.  At the end of last year, we grew a massive crop of onions that we'll eat during our camp to Sixtus Lodge next week.  

First up, we had to get rid of the weeds that had grown over the summer!  Thanks to Hannah, Georgia, Emma, Gussie, Marie, Willow and William who offered to help with this job at lunchtime.

BEFORE:

Next Jack, Holly and Jessie did a great job of planting capsicums, lettuce and carrots.  Thanks to Mrs Simpson for helping with this.

Photographer:  Hannah

AFTER:

Self Portraits - DONE!

Swimming In The Rain

It was a tough bunch of students who braved swimming today... it was a wee bit cold apparently! After doing the 'serious' swimming, there was time for a quick free swim.

Playhouse

At the end of last year, our Student Council bought a super cool playhouse with the money they had raised during 2016.  This has now been assembled and painted.  The younger students will LOVE playing in this.  Check it out:

Art

We are now well underway with our first piece of art for 2017.  We have HEAPS of wall space to cover and so we've made a start!  We look forward to sharing our art when it's finished.

Day 1

We had an awesome first day in Room 6!

We had to do a bit of organising of our books and stationery:

We were swimming by 10am:

Posed for some photos:

And had time for some 'special' selfies:

2017 - BRING IT ON

Prizegiving Highlights

Slip n Slide - Round Two!

Camp Fires At The River

This afternoon we visited the Rangitikei River.  We had not been able to have our 'campfire challenge' during our camp to Nydia Bay, so today was the day!  We had to build, light and feed our own fires, and we did a pretty good job!  While we were waiting for the right moment to cook up some marshmellows, we went for a walk, threw rocks in the river, had stone skimming competitions and just played around!  The marshmellows were delicious, even though some people had very dodgy roasting techniques!  Thanks to Mrs Manson, Ms Lord, Mrs Pettersson, Mr Bartlett, Mr Poulsen and Mr Brazendale for being wonderful parent helpers.

Athletics Day

What an awesome day we've had!  We had heaps of fun doing all kinds of activities this morning, and then things got serious with the sprint races.  Congratulations to everyone on a great day, and a special congratulations to Levi and Emma J who won the finals of the 100m and to Seth and Emma J who won the 400m.  Well done to Matai who won the Junior house relay, and Totara who won the Senior house relay.

Here are some photos of the Year 8 students in action at the obstacle course:

House chant time!

Slip n Slide Fun

We just HAD to play Slip n Slide Rounders again this year...