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Lockdown Level 4 - School closed
17 August 2021
As of 11:59pm tonight New Zealand will move into Level 4 Lockdown. For Christchurch, this is for three days. School is closed.
Teachers will be meeting remotely tomorrow morning to put in place plans for the next few days. You will hear from us early in the afternoon.
Aroha to everyone. Look after yourselves and your family.
As of 11:59pm tonight New Zealand will move into Level 4 Lockdown. For Christchurch, this is for three days. School is closed.
Teachers will be meeting remotely tomorrow morning to put in place plans for the next few days. You will hear from us early in the afternoon.
Aroha to everyone. Look after yourselves and your family.
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Wahoo! National Champions!30 July 2021
We have just received the news that we achieved 1st Place Nationally for our 'Sasaki Tumanako' Wearable Arts Entry for the Junior Section. 2nd and 3rd place went to Breens Intermediate. Feedback from the judges: Demonstrating a maturity and thoughtfulness beyond their years, the students responsible for this garment should be very proud; it was truly heartwarming to see the way you have taken the paper crane and used it ‘en masse’ for maximum effect to create something so beautiful with an important message behind it. Congratulations to the children of Dudley and Jen and Jan for all their hardworking on creating this. |
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Matariki Celebration9 July 2021
What a fantastic turnout of parents and family members we had last night at our Matariki Evening. It was lovely to see so many children sharing their learning and everyone having a bite to eat together, as we celebrate the Māori New Year. |
SCAPE Art and Wellbeing Exhibition7 July 2021
Over the last two terms 25 Dudley students have completed an Art Learning and Wellbeing Pilot Research Programme (SCAPE). Children responded creatively to four SCAPE Public Art Legacy Artworks located around Christchurch. Tonight their art was displayed in an Art Exhibition held at Tūranga. Thank you to the Phillip Family Foundation for funding this learning. As you can see by the photos there was a great turnout of whanau and friends. Ka tipu te whaihanga - Creativity will strengthen. |
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Be The Brightest You Can Be DayWednesday 7 July
Our school was filled with bright colours today as all children came dressed in their most colourful clothes. Our student council organised this event to raise money for indoor board games for those wet, rainy days. The council treasurers, Rylan and Joel counted up the money and we raised $382.00. This will buy a lot of games across the school! |
Children's University Campus Experience
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29 June 2021
From Heartbeat Media Journalist for Team Miro: Hazel Y Today 45 children headed to Canterbury University for an experience of University life! We were welcomed into the lecture theatre where we watched a video about the University. We had a briefing and then we got started with a Pasifika session. After that we had morning tea and we headed to the Kate Sheppard session. The house was so amazing and beautiful and elegant. There were 32000 signatures! We learnt so much. We even got to try on some Victorian outfits. We had lunch and headed to the Antarctic session. We got to stand in front of a Thermal camera and found out that it was -40 celcuis in Antarctica. We tried on some clothes. They were so warm! We then had a tour of the library, where we did a scavenger hunt. In here we made 1 pin each and then participated in a challenge. - who could build the biggest tower. The winners were Chris and Grace. They both got to design their own t-shirt. We even got to see a science lab with a disco ball and fairy lights! Overall it was a really fun day. |
HEARTbeat Media Photographer: Kendra
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Junior Module Gymnastics
23 June 2021
From Heartbeat Media Journalist for Team Kahikatea: Joel
Throughout this week children from Team Kahikatea have been attending a gymnastics session at the Christchurch School of Gymnastics.
This involves crawling and balancing on beams, jumping on a trampoline and flipping into a foam pit and climbing straight up a rope. The children even got to do an obstacle course. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. There were no unhappy faces in sight. Everyone was doing amazing. One child even got very close to climbing the top of the rope.
“I really like the beams because they are soft and bouncy.” said Lennix, age 7.
“I liked the trampolines because it was fun.” said Anikait, aged 7.
From Heartbeat Media Journalist for Team Totara: Skyla
Room 1 and 2 went on a trip to the Christchurch School of Gymnastics. They did things such as bars, beam, rope and mat. They did stretches and completed obstacles. Everyone joined in, learning many new skills and had a great time.
Phoenix likes swinging on bars and jumping into the foam pit!
Charli likes going on the mat and swinging on the bars!
From Heartbeat Media Journalist for Team Kahikatea: Joel
Throughout this week children from Team Kahikatea have been attending a gymnastics session at the Christchurch School of Gymnastics.
This involves crawling and balancing on beams, jumping on a trampoline and flipping into a foam pit and climbing straight up a rope. The children even got to do an obstacle course. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. There were no unhappy faces in sight. Everyone was doing amazing. One child even got very close to climbing the top of the rope.
“I really like the beams because they are soft and bouncy.” said Lennix, age 7.
“I liked the trampolines because it was fun.” said Anikait, aged 7.
From Heartbeat Media Journalist for Team Totara: Skyla
Room 1 and 2 went on a trip to the Christchurch School of Gymnastics. They did things such as bars, beam, rope and mat. They did stretches and completed obstacles. Everyone joined in, learning many new skills and had a great time.
Phoenix likes swinging on bars and jumping into the foam pit!
Charli likes going on the mat and swinging on the bars!
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HEARTbeat Media Photographer: Isla-Rose
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HEARTbeat Media Photographer: Kendra
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Canterbury Cross Country23 June 2021
Three of our senior students competed in the Canterbury Cross Country event today. All ran well under some tough competition. We are very proud of them! |
HEARTbeat Media Radio Presenters Visit the Broadcasting SchoolTuesday 15 June
Today 13 of our HEARTbeat Media radio presenters went to the Broadcasting School to learn more about what skills are involved in being a radio presenter. They had a tour of not only the radio studios but also their TV studio. They practiced broadcasting and they also created radio advertisements! Listen to these below. Thank you to everyone at the Broadcasting School for teaching our children these skills and for instilling such excitement and enthusiasm in our children to broadcast. The Blue Van Advert - Cooper, Pheonix & Charlee-May
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The Yellow Car Advert - Bjorn, Reta & Samantha
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Red Zone Action Team Bus TourTuesday 15 June
Today our Red Zone Action Team went on our annual bus tour. We visited green spaces across Christchurch seeking inspiration for our next steps over at Adventure Ave. Part of our project is a sustainability model and we are now collaborating with two other schools, Whitāu and Christchurch East who have begun their projects with Avon-Otākaro. Whitāu School are building ‘Red Zone, Fun Zone’ along Avonside Drive as a community gathering space. Christchurch East School have just secured the vacant land across from Pomeroys so are just starting their project. We made lots of friends and look forward to inspiring one another in the years ahead. |
Jellybean Netball TournamentSunday 13 June
Two teams took part in the annual Christchurch Netball Jellybean Tournament today - Year 6 as St Nic's M and our Year 5/6 team as St Nic's N. Both teams showed HEART to play 9 games in the Hagley sun. We won spot prizes, had a BBQ lunch and had a huge amount of tutu fun. Thanks to Tessa for umpiring and all of the teachers, parents and grandparents who came along to support our players. It was a great day. |
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Rawhiti Sport Begins
Friday 11 June
The Eastern Schools Cluster Friday Sport Competition finally got underway this week at Rāwhiti Domain. About 80 Year 5/6 children attended the first week, many of them participating for the first time. They all had a fantastic time and our sports teams had some great results:
The Eastern Schools Cluster Friday Sport Competition finally got underway this week at Rāwhiti Domain. About 80 Year 5/6 children attended the first week, many of them participating for the first time. They all had a fantastic time and our sports teams had some great results:
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Capture the Flag
BA Titans v Sth Brighton Golems = LOST 1-2 BA Titans v Chch East = WON 2-0 Football BA Falcons v Rawhiti Rabbits = WON 3-2 BA Hawks v Rawhiti Racers = LOST 0-3 BA Falcons v Haeata = WON 4-0 BA Hawks v Marshland Black = LOST 0-4 Hockey BA Magpies v Sth Brighton Eagles = WON 8-0 BA Magpies v Marshland A = WON 6-0 |
Netball
BA Blue v Te Pa = WON 20-3 BA Pink v Sth Brighton Dodgems = WON 10-5 Table Tennis BA Rua v Te Pa A = LOST 0-2 BA Tahi v Te Pa B = LOST 0-2 BA Whā v Te Pa C = WON 2-0 BA Toru v Te Pa D = LOST 0-2 |
Zone Cross CountryWednesday 9 June
24 of our year 5/6 students competed in the East Zone Cross Country at Queenspark School today. All the children put in an amazing effort and achieved some great results. Hazel came 6th in the Year 5 girls race, Karn came 7th in the Year 5 boys race and Tajimi came 2nd in the Year 6 boys race. These 3 children automatically qualify for the Canterbury Primary Shools Cross Country. Oscar also came 9th in the Year 5 boys race and will be a reserve. |
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NZ Playhouse - RumplestiltskinWednesday 9 June
Today the Junior Module enjoyed a theatre performance called Rumplestiltskin by NZ Playhouse. The show was very entertaining. All the children were laughing and having fun. Children were able to ask questions about the show. Heartbeat Media Journalists: Payton & Annabelle |
Pasifika PerformanceFriday 2 June
This week is Samoan Language Week, so today the Pasifika group performed some of the songs they are learning in front of the school. I interviewed Mrs Stowers. How long have the Pasifika Group been learning the songs they performed today? We have been learning the songs we did today since the beginning of the term. The new entrants have only been coming for two weeks. What other events will you be doing in the future? The tutors who take our lessons are called Pamela and Sala and we will need to talk to Pamela and Sala about other events. After the group performed every one went back to class talking about how great it was. Heartbeat Media Journalist: Annabelle |
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School Closed - Monday 31 May
Sunday 30 May
Due to the extreme weather, flooding and access, Banks Avenue School will be closed tomorrow, Monday 31 May.
Due to the extreme weather, flooding and access, Banks Avenue School will be closed tomorrow, Monday 31 May.
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PTA School DiscoFriday 28 May
The much anticipated PTA Disco took place tonight and what a massive turnout! Jan, Adam and Tessa were the DJs for the evening, playing some of the children's favourite music. Children dressed up, had their faces painted, purchased some treats and the danced the evening away with their friends. A big thanks to the PTA for organising the Disco. the children had lots of fun! |
Think Pink Week
Friday 21 May
Standing up against bullying is a big thing! Everybody should be an up-stander ALL OF THE TIME if they see bullying. People in most countries around the world celebrate Pink Shirt Day by dressing up in pink to stop bullying and to make the world a better place. So everybody, make sure you throw kindness around like confetti!
At Banks Ave we decided to celebrate Pink Shirt Day by having a Pink Think Week. Our HEART leaders (Liam, Alex, Race & Reta) planned various activities across the week. You might have noticed that our school was decorated with pink balloons, pink banners and kind messages were even written in chalk on the pavements. One day it was compliment day, where our HEART leaders gave out compliment stickers to the children. Teachers even gave compliment notes to other teachers! We took photos of children's kindness quotes in pink photo frames and on Friday everybody came to school dressed in pink. Even our caretaker, Mike and his lawnmower was dressed in pink! To end the week, a Think Pink Parade was held. What a great pink week we have had, so don't forget always, always think Pink!
Journalists: Liam and Nevaeh
Photographers: Hollie & Isla-Rose
Standing up against bullying is a big thing! Everybody should be an up-stander ALL OF THE TIME if they see bullying. People in most countries around the world celebrate Pink Shirt Day by dressing up in pink to stop bullying and to make the world a better place. So everybody, make sure you throw kindness around like confetti!
At Banks Ave we decided to celebrate Pink Shirt Day by having a Pink Think Week. Our HEART leaders (Liam, Alex, Race & Reta) planned various activities across the week. You might have noticed that our school was decorated with pink balloons, pink banners and kind messages were even written in chalk on the pavements. One day it was compliment day, where our HEART leaders gave out compliment stickers to the children. Teachers even gave compliment notes to other teachers! We took photos of children's kindness quotes in pink photo frames and on Friday everybody came to school dressed in pink. Even our caretaker, Mike and his lawnmower was dressed in pink! To end the week, a Think Pink Parade was held. What a great pink week we have had, so don't forget always, always think Pink!
Journalists: Liam and Nevaeh
Photographers: Hollie & Isla-Rose
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Roto & Kuaka Camp - Living Springs
17 & 18 May 2021
A great start to camp with perfect weather conditions, excited children and a stunning scenic walk, around the bays into Living Springs. Children also completed varying outdoor activities and went for a swim. On Tuesday, a hailstorm did not dampen the fun. Take a look at the photos and see what the children got up too!
A great start to camp with perfect weather conditions, excited children and a stunning scenic walk, around the bays into Living Springs. Children also completed varying outdoor activities and went for a swim. On Tuesday, a hailstorm did not dampen the fun. Take a look at the photos and see what the children got up too!
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Showquest 202117 May 2021
Showquest is a National event held annually. Dudley have taken part over the last 3 years in the Toi Wearable Arts section. This year we entered two items, one woven on looms and one of origami cranes. Both won an award. The loom dress won ‘Excellent Garment Construction’ and our 1000 crane dress won ‘Outstanding Storytelling’. We are super proud of this achievement and look forward to taking on both the Toi challenge and the performing Arts challenge in 2022. |
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Dudley Camp - Hanmer Springs
12 - 14 May 2021
Despite the cold, wet weather, spirits were high as the Dudley children ventured off to camp at Hanmer Springs. It was too wet to do the waterfall track so all 54 children walked from the camping grounds to the top of Conical Hill and back. Check out the snow on the mountains!
Despite the cold, wet weather, spirits were high as the Dudley children ventured off to camp at Hanmer Springs. It was too wet to do the waterfall track so all 54 children walked from the camping grounds to the top of Conical Hill and back. Check out the snow on the mountains!
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Awa Camp - Hanmer Springs
10 - 12 May 2021
Photos hot of the Press! Photos of day 1 of camp. All children participated in Tramping either Conical Hill or the Waterfall Track. The children showed resilience and a great 'can do' attitude!
Photos of the last two days of camp have now been uploaded. Take a look!
Photos hot of the Press! Photos of day 1 of camp. All children participated in Tramping either Conical Hill or the Waterfall Track. The children showed resilience and a great 'can do' attitude!
Photos of the last two days of camp have now been uploaded. Take a look!
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Junior Module - Wonderful Women EventFriday 7 May
Today the Junior Module are celebrated Mothers Day. They read books to each other and mothers came to school and read to the children too. They also had yummy pizzas for lunch. The purpose of this event was to celebrate the wonderful mothers out there and show them our appreciation for everything they do. We asked Ella and Thomas what they were doing to celebrate Mother's Day. I've got a present for my mum and I'm going to give it to her and she's going to have breakfast in bed. I love her and we might go out for lunch and with my great nanna and my great grandad and my cousins mother and my other cousins mother and that's it! - Ella I won a Mother's Day present and I am going to give it to mum and surprise her with it. I'm going to surprise my mum by doing all the jobs and taking her for a fancy restaurant. - Thomas |
School Cross Country
Wednesday 7 April
Today all children across the school participated in our annual cross country event. Below are articles of this event from our HEARTbeat Media Journalists.
Team Kahikatea children are competing in the cross country and some of the children are dressed in their house colours. Children compete in their age groups. Our whanau were cheering for their children and encouraging them. the course Depending on their age they had to run one, two or three laps of the field. Pals (Physical Activity Leaders) were helping them out, running beside them. We asked some students if they liked the cross country. Melinda said, "I like cross country because it makes me fit and it's super fun" Fatima said, " I like to run and sprint and get fresh air!"
Team Miro HEARTbeat Media Journalists: Payton & Annabelle
As the juniors grouped for warm ups, we saw big grins, smiles and pride in the spectators and parents eyes. As the children started running a faint flashback of my 5 year old self, running my first cross country come to mind. When the children were halfway, they slowed down, then suddenly a group sped up running confidently and not giving up. Cameras were clicking, people were cheering, eyes were shining, hearts were full of pride and joy.
"I loved keeping up with the seniors" Evie
"I feel good because I ran fast" Pheonix
Team Miro HEARTbeat Media Journalists: Natalia and Nyah
Today all children across the school participated in our annual cross country event. Below are articles of this event from our HEARTbeat Media Journalists.
Team Kahikatea children are competing in the cross country and some of the children are dressed in their house colours. Children compete in their age groups. Our whanau were cheering for their children and encouraging them. the course Depending on their age they had to run one, two or three laps of the field. Pals (Physical Activity Leaders) were helping them out, running beside them. We asked some students if they liked the cross country. Melinda said, "I like cross country because it makes me fit and it's super fun" Fatima said, " I like to run and sprint and get fresh air!"
Team Miro HEARTbeat Media Journalists: Payton & Annabelle
As the juniors grouped for warm ups, we saw big grins, smiles and pride in the spectators and parents eyes. As the children started running a faint flashback of my 5 year old self, running my first cross country come to mind. When the children were halfway, they slowed down, then suddenly a group sped up running confidently and not giving up. Cameras were clicking, people were cheering, eyes were shining, hearts were full of pride and joy.
"I loved keeping up with the seniors" Evie
"I feel good because I ran fast" Pheonix
Team Miro HEARTbeat Media Journalists: Natalia and Nyah
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HEARTbeat Media Photographers: Hollie & Isla Rose and Chloe & Maryam
CSO Tumahana Performance
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It is a sunny Monday and Team Kahikatea and Team Miro are heading off to see the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra perform at the Town Hall. When we arrive there were a lot of schools there. The lovely sound of the music playing made it seem like a movie it was so realistic. Overall we rate this a 10 out of 10!
The story was about how the world was created. The narrator came on and off the stage telling us bits of the story. There were lights at the back of the stage showed different shapes and silhouttes. Beams of light represented the stars in the night sky. Afterwards everyone was applauding the cast. "The acrobatics were really cool" Corbyn "I liked the music" Stephanie Team Kahikatea HEARTbeat Media Journalists: Rylan & Joel |
HEARTbeat Media Photographers: Jayden & Ollie and Kayla & Marcel
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Junior Module Art Event - BFF
Friday 26 March
Today children from the Junior Module participated in the Annual Arts Event. Team Totara children could be seen colouring and painting and completing arts and craft activities. We thought their cork art looked pretty cool. Ryder says, "I like to draw and play with the pens and help others with their drawings."
HEARTbeat Media Journalists: Skyla & Charlee
Team Kahikatea children were doing butterfly pastel art and painting. They were also painting an undercoat on some butterfly wings that have been made out of wood. We interviewed Ms Carroll to find out exactly what the Art Event was all about. Ms Carroll said, "It's about getting whanau and children together and completing art around our inquiry learning. I am really impressed to see the quality of work. The children are showing excellence."
Why did you choose these colours for your butterfly?
"Because they are peacock colours and I love peacock colours because I like green and blue and purple" Koryn
HEARTbeat Media Journalists: Annabelle and Payton
Today children from the Junior Module participated in the Annual Arts Event. Team Totara children could be seen colouring and painting and completing arts and craft activities. We thought their cork art looked pretty cool. Ryder says, "I like to draw and play with the pens and help others with their drawings."
HEARTbeat Media Journalists: Skyla & Charlee
Team Kahikatea children were doing butterfly pastel art and painting. They were also painting an undercoat on some butterfly wings that have been made out of wood. We interviewed Ms Carroll to find out exactly what the Art Event was all about. Ms Carroll said, "It's about getting whanau and children together and completing art around our inquiry learning. I am really impressed to see the quality of work. The children are showing excellence."
Why did you choose these colours for your butterfly?
"Because they are peacock colours and I love peacock colours because I like green and blue and purple" Koryn
HEARTbeat Media Journalists: Annabelle and Payton
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HEARTbeat Media Photographers: Kendra & Amber
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HEARTbeat Media Photographers: Hollie & Isla-Rose
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Junior Module - Swimming lessons
8- 12 March
After no swimming for a week under alert level 2, our junior module travelled to Taiora Aquatics Centre for the swimming lessons this week.
After no swimming for a week under alert level 2, our junior module travelled to Taiora Aquatics Centre for the swimming lessons this week.
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Team Totara
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Team Kahikatea
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GROW Ōtautahi Garden Festival - GOLD Award Achieved!
Friday 12 March
Over the last term, Awa children have been working hard on creating their entry into the GROW Ōtautahi Garden Festival. Currently this is the biggest garden festival in the world (due to COVID). The theme of Awa's entry was Kaitiaki which. means caretakers of our land. All Awa children were part of the planning and completed an art unit on birds. Aria and Ashleigh drew up the plan. Awa won the GOLD award and also the 'Sense of Home' award. Well done!
Over the last term, Awa children have been working hard on creating their entry into the GROW Ōtautahi Garden Festival. Currently this is the biggest garden festival in the world (due to COVID). The theme of Awa's entry was Kaitiaki which. means caretakers of our land. All Awa children were part of the planning and completed an art unit on birds. Aria and Ashleigh drew up the plan. Awa won the GOLD award and also the 'Sense of Home' award. Well done!
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Team Miro Parent Information Evening - Upcoming Camps
Wednesday 10 March
Tonight we had a great turn out of parents to our camp information evening. If you missed this you can find all the information below. Jan Thompson is the teacher in charge of the Hamner Springs Camp and Scott Bradley the teacher in charge of the Living Springs Camp.
Tonight we had a great turn out of parents to our camp information evening. If you missed this you can find all the information below. Jan Thompson is the teacher in charge of the Hamner Springs Camp and Scott Bradley the teacher in charge of the Living Springs Camp.
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Team Miro Top Team Event
Wednesday 10 March
Today, children from Team Miro and students from Seabrook McKenzie School participated in the Top Team Challenges. These challenges involve team-based activities that promote co-operation, initiative, problem solving and communication skills. Fun, engagement, laughter and leadership were all captured with our camera this afternoon. Check out the photos of a very fun afternoon!
Today, children from Team Miro and students from Seabrook McKenzie School participated in the Top Team Challenges. These challenges involve team-based activities that promote co-operation, initiative, problem solving and communication skills. Fun, engagement, laughter and leadership were all captured with our camera this afternoon. Check out the photos of a very fun afternoon!
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Physical Activity Leaders (PALs) for 2021Thursday 25 February
Elections were held last Friday. The following children were elected to be our PALs for 2021. They are the leaders of their House. These children participated in a workshop today that taught them the skills to lead physical activity games in the playground with junior students. Congratulations to: ● Bjorn A, Chloe A and Karn S who are the PALs for Tangaroa ● Lily Y, Jayden K and Chris P who are the PALs for Mahuika ● Cooper H, Claudia F and Gwen C who are the PALs for Papatūānuku ● Kayleigh P, Ling Ling and Summer who are the PALs for Tāwhirimatea |
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Sod Turning Ceremony
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Remembering 22 February 2011
22 February 2021
We came together to remember the event 10 years ago that changed our lives, our community and our city forever.It was a bittersweet moment as we looked back and remembered the devastation, the horror and the pain caused by the 2011 earthquakes. Everybody has a story to tell and a memory that doesn’t fade.However, out of that horrific event that rocked our city and rocked our souls came much good. We can feel pride as we remember how we pulled together and supported each other through those dark days and those dark months that followed. Communities pulled together, neighbours who had never spoken to each other were there for each other. Support in many forms poured into Christchurch from across the country and across the world.
I especially want to take a moment to acknowledge and thank all the school staff across Canterbury, who were suddenly thrown into a situation, on that day 10 years ago, that no drill or practice had ever prepared them for. Staff acted with love, common sense, empathy and HEART as they sat huddled, comforting and holding children, waiting for distraught parents to arrive and collect their tamariki. Teachers, learning assistants, office staff and others were selfless in their actions.
Ten years have passed and for many the journey has not been easy with botched earthquake repairs, ongoing anxiety and in our case a school that has yet to be re-built.
However, as I write this I have faith and I have hope and I feel gratitude. I am grateful for the progress that has been made, for the community that I belong to and for the amazing team I work with. I have faith that as a school, as a community and as a city we will deal with any adversity that is thrown our way.
I have hope as I look to the future
Kia kaha
Toni
We came together to remember the event 10 years ago that changed our lives, our community and our city forever.It was a bittersweet moment as we looked back and remembered the devastation, the horror and the pain caused by the 2011 earthquakes. Everybody has a story to tell and a memory that doesn’t fade.However, out of that horrific event that rocked our city and rocked our souls came much good. We can feel pride as we remember how we pulled together and supported each other through those dark days and those dark months that followed. Communities pulled together, neighbours who had never spoken to each other were there for each other. Support in many forms poured into Christchurch from across the country and across the world.
I especially want to take a moment to acknowledge and thank all the school staff across Canterbury, who were suddenly thrown into a situation, on that day 10 years ago, that no drill or practice had ever prepared them for. Staff acted with love, common sense, empathy and HEART as they sat huddled, comforting and holding children, waiting for distraught parents to arrive and collect their tamariki. Teachers, learning assistants, office staff and others were selfless in their actions.
Ten years have passed and for many the journey has not been easy with botched earthquake repairs, ongoing anxiety and in our case a school that has yet to be re-built.
However, as I write this I have faith and I have hope and I feel gratitude. I am grateful for the progress that has been made, for the community that I belong to and for the amazing team I work with. I have faith that as a school, as a community and as a city we will deal with any adversity that is thrown our way.
I have hope as I look to the future
Kia kaha
Toni
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SCAPE: Art, Learning and Wellbeing16 February 2021
Today a team of Dudley students began a pilot programme looking at the relationship between Art, Learning and Wellbeing. Children visited the Swamp Dwellers art installation and then made light sensitive prints. In the afternoon Marisa Swanink - a History expert from Canterbury Museum guided our learners through Riccarton Bush researching the last remaining stand of Kahikatea trees in New Zealand. Josie Whelan and local artists will work with the children every fortnight during Term One at Tūranga. We are grateful for this opportunity sponsored by the Philipp Foundation. |
Windsor Care Visits Begin16 February 2021
Today Awa 26 ventured off to meet our Windsor Care Residents. We have missed them over the holiday period. Every two weeks a class from Team Miro walks to Windsorcare to perform, chat and connect. We love these visits. |
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Food for Thought8 February 2021
Jessica Smaill has been working with Team Miro classes looking at nutrition and what makes up our food as part of our Hauora focus. All classes have reviewed breakfast cereals and looked at sugar levels in drinks. Two classes completed their supermarket visit analysing food labels and each class receives a $60 voucher to plan a healthy food celebration. |
Welcome Back Everyone!
4 February 2021
Welcome back everyone. There was a buzz of excitement this morning as friends greeted each other and chatted about their holidays. We began the school year with a Mihi Whakatau to welcome all the new students and teachers to our school. The children then settled into their classes. Some even visited the Dental Nurse. Check out the photos of Day 1! What a happy bunch!
Welcome back everyone. There was a buzz of excitement this morning as friends greeted each other and chatted about their holidays. We began the school year with a Mihi Whakatau to welcome all the new students and teachers to our school. The children then settled into their classes. Some even visited the Dental Nurse. Check out the photos of Day 1! What a happy bunch!
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