What a great week!

This week the whole school has seen the New Zealand Army Band, Years 5-8 have competed in netball and rugby competitions at Lincoln Domain, as well as sending two teams to Cantamaths. Now today is our Winter Fun Day with students, teachers and family members skating, skiing and snowboarding. We have also been busy practicing for our school production. We have not forgotten literacy and numeracy.

Term 3 off to a great start!

The mornings are frosty but then we have lovely sunny days. All of the children are so happy to be back and their smiles are infectious. We have a wonderfully busy and varied term including Winter Fun Day, the NZ Army Band, Zone Sports, Weedons / Yaldhurst Cup Challenge, Chess Competitions and our production of Uncle Crumble's Mad Machine. And of course while all of this is happening we will be continuing to delivery quality literacy and numeracy lessons.

The look of the school continues to change with our new fence slowly snaking its way around the grounds. We hope to see our new pool building soon. Thank you as always for your support. We are going to have an awesome term.

Another Great Week!

Maia diving in!

Albeit was only 4 days long we have had another great week at Yaldhurst Model School. It has been our pleasure to host some visiting children while they waited for their schools to reopen. I have really appreciated the sincere thanks we have received from parents.

Some of the highlights this week included listening to children reading, participating in touch rugby lessons and the excellent efforts of students at the Ellesmere Zone Swimming Sports.

Last night's board of trustees meeting was very positive as we discussed this years strategic plan and how we will keep moving the school forward.

Oh the mud

It is great to see our students playing winter sports. For many of the children this means that they are playing on the fields. We have a red flag that signals when the fields cannot be used. Our students are great at finding alternative spaces for playing outdoor games when the fields cannot be used.

At this time of year when we are on the fields there is no shortage of mud. We encourage the children to bring a spare set of clothes so they keep their uniform clean. We also expect dirty shoes to be kept out of the class. I believe that we have some students who can magnetically attract mud on to their bodies. I guess that when your child comes home with mud attached you know that they have had a good time.