PUKEKO TEAM TRIATHLON

We had a brilliant afternoon for our first team event of the year, the Pukeko team triathlon.  The Pukeko team children all took part as either a swimmer, a cyclist or a runner on three-person teams. We were thrilled at the great team spirit, support, effort and participation shown by all the children on the day. Many thanks to all the wonderful parents who came along to support their children and an extra special thanks to all those who helped out with marshalling or in any other way on the day. Here are some photos:

A few of the lads in matching goggles!

Year 4 girls waiting to swim

Waiting for the swimmers in the bike transition area

WELCOME TO 2015

Hi there, and welcome to a new year with the Pukeko team. We have two great learning communities in the Pukeko team:
Ngaio in LC9 and 10, with Mr Dawson and Mrs Coster teaching
Rimu in LC1, 2 and 18 (the science lab) with Ms McKendry, Mrs Jenkins and Mrs Poulsen teaching.
A big welcome to Mrs Jenkins, who joins us from Hamilton and , before that, England!

Moira McKendry - Pukeko team leader

Shane Dawson

Liz Coster

Kerry Poulsen

Anna Jenkins

TIME FOR GOLF

The Pukeko team are learning about playing golf this term. It is very exciting! We have shorter golf clubs, which are better for our size. We hit big plastic balls and little plastic balls first, before going on to smaller, harder balls.
In a couple of weeks, we are going down to Weedons Country Club, to play on a real golf course!
Here are some photos of LC2 having their first golf lesson:

Daniel lines up his club with the big ball

Maia gets ready to swing her club.

Lulu gets her stance right

All lined up and ready to go

PUKEKO PRESENTS ON 5 SEPTEMBER

We had a super PUKEKO Presents on Friday 5 September, led by LC1.
One of the highlights was a great rendition of Hey Soul Sister, sung by Thomas Parker, Aydan Scotland and Ben Beattie.
We also gave out Pukeko certificates to eight fabulous PUKEKO team members for their super achievements at school.

X Country

Thanks to our photographer Lucy who took some great action shots.  I love how you all had determination to finish the race (Self-Believers) as well as being supportive and encouraging of others (Team Player) as others crossed the finish line.

Leave a comment telling us what your favourite part was.
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Kids for Kids

Here is a few songs we sung at Kids for Kids at our school assembly this week.

For better video quality view on Youtube then change the settings (can be found bottom right of the video).

Our Butterfly Wonderings...

During technology interchange we have had many unanswered questions about butterflies. Here are some of our Wonderings...

LC9's Wonderings...

Stacey wonders... Where do butterflies go in Winter in Canterbury?

Hamish wonders ... How many different types (species) of butterflies are there in NZ?

Bradley wonders ... Do butterflies poop?

Mae wonders ... How many butterflies are there in a flight? (flight is a group of butterflies)

Trent wonders ... How butterflies got their colour?

Iroquois wonders ... Why do butterflies hibernate?

Emily wonders ... Where do butterflies go in winter?

Ben wonders ... How do butterflies fly?

Morgan wonders ... How fast do butterflies fly?

LC1's Wonderings...

Marshall wonders... How fast can butterflies fly?

Brooke wonders ... Why do butterflies hibernate?

Thomas wonders ... What is the largest butterfly in the world?

Charlie wonders ... Where do butterflies go in winter?

Elli wonders ... Do butterflies walk?

Max wonders ... How old can butterflies live to?

Molly wonders ... How many hours can butterflies fly for?

Celeb wonders ... How long do caterpillars stay in their chrysalis?

Oscar wonders ... How do caterpillars make their chrysalis?

Saskia wonders ... How high can butterflies fly?

Jimmy wonders ... How do butterflies die?

James wonders ... How many different species of butterflies are there in the world?

Ben wonders ... What is the most poisonous butterfly in the world?

Alexandra wonders ... How many colours can butterflies have on their wings?

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Kids for Kids

A BIG congratulations to Lulu who performed at Kids for Kids 

Another BIG congratulations as well to Brooke, Saskia and James who got to kanikani at Kids for Kids!

Our kids did incredibly well with their performances and made us all proud!