Oh, Christmas Tree - Celebration of Learning 2019

Our 2019 school year has come to a close.
Last week we held our annual 
Celebration of Learning.
Here is B4's item: 



Wishing you all a very happy holiday.
Our 2020 school year begins on 4th February.

Celebration of Learning 2018

Last term we read the book 'Charlotte's Web', 

so this term the B4 students created a spider dance for our 

end-of-the-school-year

Celebration of Learning item.

We hope you enjoy it!

 Year 7/8 and their dance called
Movin' and Shakin':


Year 5/6 and the Swinging, Singing Ostriches:


Year 3/4/5 and their Dance Medley:



Year 1/2 and 'Dinosaur Stomp':

Celebration of Learning 2017

Our school year is at an end. 

Last night was the school's Celebration of Learning.

B4's item was a dance telling the story of 

Tawhirimatea, God of the Wind.

Papatuanuku the Earth Mother, and Ranginui the Sky Father were clasped closely together, leaving no room for their children to grow. 
The children, all boys, decided to push the parents apart.

Tawhirimatea was against his brothers separating their parents  to make more room.

When they succeeded, he went to live with Ranginui in the sky.

Now, when he is happy, the sun shines, but if he feels angry, we get storms.

Our new school year starts at the end of January, 2018.

See you then!

'Movin' It at the Zoo' - Celebration of Learning 2016

Today is our last day of the 2016 school year.

Last night we presented our class item at the school's Celebration of Learning.

We hope you enjoy 'Movin' It at the Zoo'.

Watch all of the items here!

We hope everyone has a safe and happy summer.

See you back in February 2017!

Designing Our Costumes

It's less than three weeks until the end of our school year! 

We are getting our item ready for the school's 

Celebration of Learning.

Last week for interactive homework we designed the costumes we will need for the item.

Can you guess what we are going to be?

'In a Reefton Summer Garden' - Celebration of Learning 2015

The culmination of the school year is our Celebration of Learning, where achievements are recognised and arts items are show-cased.

In B4, the students came up with their ideas and 

prepared their costumes. 

We are proud to present our item:

'In a Reefton Summer Garden'

What did you enjoy about our item?

View items from other classes here

Creative Costumes

We've been busy practising our item and creating our costumes for the end-of-year Celebration of Learning.

We've been using the Key Competencies of 

Participating and Contributing, 

and Relating to Others 

to get the job done.

Butterflies ...

a sun ...

fairy wands ...

a dog bone ...

a toadstool ...

worms ...

a fly in a web ...

ideas!

Are you intrigued by our costumes and props?

'Motion In the Ocean'

Our school's end-of-year Celebration of Learning showcases arts items from the primary classes, 

along with the presentation of academic, cultural and sporting awards to the secondary level students.

B4 are proud to present their item from this year's celebration.



All the items can be seen here.


What was your favourite part of our item?

Toys at Midnight - Teddy Bears and Lego Blocks

What happens in the toy box when the clock strikes twelve?

These teddy bears and Lego blocks show you in our 
Celebration of Learning item.

Toys at Midnight from Judy McKenzie on Vimeo.

What do you think your toys get up to at midnight?
What toy would you most like to receive as a gift?

Celebration of Learning 2012

We've ended our school year with a school-wide 

Celebration of Learning.

The home-room classes presented items, and achievements were acknowledged. 

Last term B4 made kites as part of a unit on Asia and we learned the song 'Let's Go Fly a Kite'. 

Here we are presenting our song at the 
Celebration of Learning.

Fly a Kite from Judy McKenzie on Vimeo.

View the rest of our school's items here.

Do you enjoy being up on a stage?
Do you like singing, dancing and performing?

Have you seen the film or the stage show of Mary Poppins?Do you have a favourite Mary Poppins song?

Celebration of Learning 2011

We have now finished school for the 2011 school year 

and our new school year will start at the end of January, 

after the summer break.

At our school we always end the year with an evening celebrating the learning of the students. 

Younger classes put on items 

while older students are recognised for their 

efforts and successes.

For B4's item we shared 
the 'Make New Friends' video 
we made with our global project buddies, celebrating 

the Our World, Our Stories project.

To view the original song click here.

Thank you to our singing and blogging buddies:
Mrs Yollis and Grade 3 in California, USA
2KM and 2KJ in Leopold, Australia
Mr Salsich and Grade 3 in Connecticut, USA
Mrs Watson and Grade 2/3 in Sointula, Canada
 Kristina Larkin, Miss Usher and Std 3 in Belize 
and Andy Boachie and students in Ghana.

We loved being involved in such an amazing project with you.


How does your school celebrate the end 
of a school year?

B4 children, what did you enjoy the most about this year?

Grease Lightning

The video of our item at the Celebration of Learning didn't work out!

So here is one of our favourite items instead. 

The Year 5/6 class worked all term with our Arts support staff, Ina and Sandy,

to bring their item together.