Jarad's Jargon - a half year wrap up for our Community Newsletter

Wow, what a year so far.  To say this has been a busy two terms would be an understatement.  The school is looking forward to the mid-year holidays to take a deep breath and brace ourselves for the last half of the year!

The students have been busy in the classrooms.  We have tried to send students out and about on authentic experiences outside the school to help support their learning in the classroom.  Classes have gone to the Patea Museum and Puke Ariki to look at some great resources and to hear from some very knowledgable experts.  We have also take classes up the mountain to get a look at what our big hill has to offer.  Lucky for us everyone managed to stay pretty dry.  With the combination of our high speed internet and our recent iPad purchases, students can also access a wealth of knowledge to help them get a deeper understanding of the world around them.

We have had some great sport results so far this year.  A number of records fell in our swimming sports, though unfortunately our athletics day was washed away in the rain.  The year 5/6 students have been ultra busy with the Crowley Cup and Chittenden Trophy.  The rugby team made the Crowley Cup semi finals, having only lost one pool game and the girls contest for the Chittenden Trophy this Friday in the final, having being undefeated this term.  The girls also completed a clean sweep at the Hawera Winter Tournament, winning the Wilson Cup.  We have also had our year 5/6 rippa rugby team compete in the Champion of Champions trophy at Yarrows Stadium, where we were only a few tries from the final.  Next term we are lining up the year 7/8 McLeod Shield and Hurlstone Trophy competitions for rugby and netball.

It has been great to welcome a number of new families to the school and it's always a pleasure to see new faces running around the playground.  All our new students have joined in well and we are extremely lucky to have such a great group of students at our school.  A big thanks to all those parents who have helped out, from the SPA to sports coaches to parent help in the classrooms.  You are what makes this school such a supportive and great place to be.

Have a great holiday,
MrC