Fantastic writing in LC1

Wow- I'm so excited to have such amazing writers in LC1! We have been writing '5 ThingsYou Didn't Know About Me' - and what wonderful facts the students have come up with! We will be publishing this writing so it can be displayed with our brilliant self portraits.  These will be up in the classroom next week.

WHERE WAS MS McKENDRY?

Can you guess where this photo of Ms McKendry was taken?
Here's a hint:  it has something to do with a sport!

Ifyou know, write where you think she is in the comments section.  A prize for the first correct response!

ART IN THE RIMU LEARNING COMMUNITY

On Friday afternoons, we are doing visual arts in RIMU learning community. Today we could chose which teacher to work with and there were three different choices. Mrs Jenkins took some of us for sketching and shading, Mrs Poulsen did chalk pics with us in the picture and Ms McKendry took some of us for landscapes with pastels. Here are some photos from Ms McKendry's session:

Toby and Phoenix hard at work.

The boys at work on their horizon lines.

Tayla, Maisy and Georgia getting well underway.

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.

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