Next Week is Going To Be Busy

Due to the snow the Year 5 and 6 plus the Year 7 and 8 Rugby and Netball Tournaments have been rescheduled to Tuesday and Thursday respectively. Add to that The NZ Army Band on Monday afternoon, Cantamaths on Wednesday and our Winter Fun Day on Friday and we have a super busy week ahead.

Thank you to everyone who understood about us not wanting to reschedule our Parent Interviews/ Student Learning Conferences. It would prove very difficult to find a space to have them given that so many other activities are being moved around.

The children settled back into school routines seamlessly today. It was great to be

able to move back into teaching and learning so quickly. My thanks to the teachers who were here ready and willing so early this morning.

Rugby Fun Day

Year 4, 5 and 6 YMS Rugby Team

Rugby Fun Day really lived up to its name. It wasn't really the fact that we won our three games; it was just so great to see all of the team giving their best. Everyone played hard but fair and the boys all played as a team.

The tricky part of rugby is having the courage to make tackles. Tackling is very important but also a little scary if someone is running towards you very fast. Our tackling efforts were superb.

Our passing was slick and our running was explosive. The fact that everyone in the team knew that they could count on each other meant that progress was made up the field towards the try line very quickly.

Tait with support close behind!

Another important aspect to the games was that we did not play the 'blame game'. When someone on our team made a mistake we fixed it up and carried on.


Thank you to the parents for their support on the day. It was very enjoyable to be part of such a well organised event.