Ronald McDonald

Year 3's Go Camping!

Our moments of camp caught through the lens...

A BIG thank you to all the parents that helped make our camp the best experience for our kids, no matter what role you had.  It takes a lot of planning, time and organising and having a great support from our community is very much appreciated : )

Jeanette Neal, Maree O'Boyle and Kerry Poulsen

SELF BELIEVERS!

Last Sunday children from all over Canterbury participated in the annual Weetbix Tryathlon at Jellie Park.

They could choose to do the three events by themselves or buddy up to complete the swim/bike and then complete the run.

Here are some of the highlights from our AMAZING SELF BELIEVERS...

Alice, liked doing the long bike ride

Lulu liked doing the Tryathlon  by herself and it was her first time

Molly liked doing everything because she did it all by herself

Aydan liked the bike ride because he was passing quite lot of people

Louis liked the swimming and the running and it was his first time!!

Thomas enjoyed the swimming because he does swimming lessons and he found the swim easy peasy

Sasakia enjoyed completing the tryathlon by herself and thought the bike ride was awesome because it a fun ride and passing people

Gray was super awesome because it was his first time and he did all of it and he is so proud of himself for completing it.

Maia liked the run because it was a long way and she was training with Hazel

Lulu was one number away from winning a bike

Our Tryathlon Triathletes on PhotoPeach Our Tryathlon Triathletes on PhotoPeach Will you be accepting the challenge next year?

We want to know how you are a Self Believer.  So tell us what challenges have you overcome or will be facing this year.  Leave a comment below BEFORE 28th March and a name will be drawn.

Teachers and parents are more than welcome to leave a comment, just remember to leave your name so you to can go into the draw!

It's frrrrrrreezing down there!

NLucy's parent's friends came to speak to LC9 and LC10 about their experiences from working down in Antarctica.  It takes 5-8 hours to travel from Chch to Antarctica or in a boat from South America it takes 4 days!

Antarctica has only 2 seasons it's either Summer time for 6 months of the year or Winter for the other 6 months of the year.  The temperature in Summer can reach 10oC however in Winter the temperature drops down to -40oC but windchill can bring the temperature to a chilling -60oC!! And we thought our swimming pool was cold!



Here are some facts LC 10 now know about Antarctica.

Now we know that there are no polar bears there because they will eat the penguins.
By Leila and Sophie

Antarctica is a very cold place it has no polar bears we do not know why . It can get to negative  60 that is really cold.  We have our own NZ base down there and Lucy's mum and dads friends go down there. 
By Liam and Jax 

Antarctica gets to 9 degrees and that is pretty cold
By Jennifer and James

There's polar bears in Antarctica 
From Hunter

It is very cold in winter
It is handy for skiing
From Thomas and Brody

Here are some of our questions for Carey and Dave

From Dallas
What is the hottest temperature?

When does it get up to negative sixty degrees?.
From sam

Activities for @ home

We have made the decision to put the Science and Maths Badges on hold this year, due to increasing lack of commitment by many participants, and will revisit these next year.  We have also considered the value of the sharing time and the ‘buy-in’ from all Pukeko students.  However, you can access interesting websites for your children on our team blog.

These links will be changed throughout the term and don't forget to bookmark them!

If you haven't found them, they are found on the right hand side of our Pukeko team blog called ICT in the Class.

What activities did you like the best?  I am hooked on Little Alchemy, leave a comment and tell Mrs Poulsen your score.

Swimming Safe

Each Friday the Pukeko team are learning water survival skills as part of our swimming programme.  Our first session was about life jackets and how the fit is crucial to keep you a float.  We tried on a range of sizes to see how what happens when they are too loose or to tight, it's got to be 'just right.'

First time in the deep end! Well done Self Believers

Best fitted life jackets let you have two hands free

The crowd goes crazy because ...

Drenched! Lucky it was a warm day

Most improved

As LC 10 & LC 2 were away on their Marae trip on Friday, they missed out on a special part of the assembly. Most Improved student. 

That's ok because Mrs Jackson came and presented Ted and Ryan their certificates. We also got to sing our waiatas we sung at the Marae. 

Well done Ryan, you are LC10's most improved student!

A proud Dad! Ted received LC 2's Most Improved certificate. 

Our athletics

Runing, jumping, throwing, team player and being a self believer was present yesterday at our Pukeko team athletics. 

A few snaps capturing the children in action. 

Jess jumped .95cm!! Well done!