Participating and Contributing - Athletics Day

Athletics Day gives the B4 children a great opportunity to display the Key Competencies of 

Participating and Contributing.

Mrs. McK was lucky enough to be with the Yr 3s as they went to each of the events.

It was wonderful to see the children competing well, and supporting each other.

What is your favourite athletic event?

We are Learning to 'Swim For Life'

This week we started our 'Swim For Life' sessions. 

Twice each week for the rest of term, we will go down to the town pool and have swim lessons with Hayley.

Some of us were a little worried that the pool would be too deep, but everyone gave it a go!

To our surprise, Hayley had some underwater stretchers for us to stand on, so that made us feel safer.

We are sure our swimming will improve this term.
A big thank you to the mums and dads who help with transport, and by getting in the pool.


B4 'Swim For Life' on PhotoPeach

Why is it important to learn to swim?

Where is your favourite place to swim?

Jumping High

We had a lot of fun at our athletic sports, 

competing in Run, Jump and Throw events.

One of the most keenly contested events was the high-jump.

What type of athletics event do you like best - run, jump or throw?

Cross-country 2013

We had our school cross-country during the week. 

Primary students ran courses around the school 

while secondary students ran a longer course around town.

 B4 student, Hamish, took these photos of the 

Year 1-6 students for us.

Make a video

of your own at Animoto.

We made some maps of the cross-country course.

by Zaria

by JiaXuan

by Billy

by Lachy

by Aubrey

Do you like cross-country running?
Where is your favourite place to run?

'Top of the South' Area Schools' Tournament

We have 120 teenagers from six other schools visiting for the Top of the South Area Schools' Tournament. 

Area Schools are located in rural areas throughout New Zealand and cater for students from Years 0-13.

This tournament includes sporting and cultural events 
for the older students from:
Reefton Area School
Collingwood Area School
Rai Valley Area School
Tapawera Area School
Murchison Area School
Karamea Area School
and South Westland Area School.
Visiting students are billeted with school and community families for the week. 


View Top of the South Area Schools in a larger map

The first day started with a powhiri to welcome the visitors to our school.
The visitors were called in:
Powhiri 1 from Judy McKenzie on Vimeo.

and welcomed with a waiata (song):
Powhiri 2 from Judy McKenzie on Vimeo.

Each of the other schools spoke and sang waiata, 
then we finished with the Fair Play Code 
and two more waiata:
Powhiri 3 from Judy McKenzie on Vimeo.
Powhiri 4 from Judy McKenzie on Vimeo.

We hope all tournament participants enjoy their week.

Did you billet some students for the week?
Have you attended a powhiri?
How do you welcome visiting groups to your school?

Swim for Life

The Year 3's are having a series of 10 swimming lessons in a special program 

called 'Swim for Life'.

They are all trying new things in the pool and we talked about how some activities take a lot of courage if you haven't done it before.

Watch out later in the week for some student writing about  courageous moments! 

Tell us about your courageous moment!

Swim, Swim, Swim!

The weather is hot and what better way to cool down than to have swimming lessons in the school pool 

three times a week!

Luckily we get lots of parent help so everyone can be in the pool for the whole time.

Mrs Wistrand is noticing that many of the students have improved their swimming skills over the summer.

Where do you like to swim -pool, river, lake, ocean?

What is your favourite swimming stroke?

Should all children and adults know how to swim?

Pass the Ball

In PE we've been practicing our ball passing and catching skills.

Which games do you think this passing technique would be used in?

Running in the Rain

The school's cross-country runs were held in the rain today! 

The younger classes ran their courses in the morning 

and the Year 8-13 students 

ran their course in the afternoon.

By the end of the day the weather cleared 

and we had some blue sky! 

Thanks to Tyla from B4 for the photos.

Did you enjoy the cross-country?

Did you get wet?

Crusaders Players visit Reefton

It's just three days into our new school year 
so it was an exciting early break in our programme when we had a visit from some Crusaders players.
The Crusaders are the Super Rugby team based in Canterbury and along with the Otago Highlanders team 
they are visiting the Coast 
to play a match this weekend.

Are you a rugby follower or is another sport your favourite?
Which team do you cheer for?

Junior Cross-Country 2011

The whole school took part in cross-country races today. 

Year 7-13 runners started out of town and ran back to school, while others had a 

team rogaine event.

Year 1-6 students had their races around the school block.

Luckily the rain stayed away!

Junior Cross-Country 2011 on PhotoPeach

Did you find the run challenging or easy?

Can you think of a more exciting course for a cross-country run?

Jump Jam

Wednesdays are Jump Jam day up in the hall at lunchtime. It's a lot of fun.

Skipping

B4 and B3 really enjoy skipping in the mornings. What are some of the skipping rhymes you use?