Cluster Sports Exchange

Fortunately there was a break in the rain this week and we were able to have the Cluster Sports Exchange. Students completed in a range of sport including netball, hockey, rippa rugby, soccer and even table tennis at various venues. Below is the Rippa Rugby teams after a great day of competition at St. Mary's School.

Young Leaders Day

Today a selected group of students attended the Young Leaders Day in Auckland. They will be reporting back to us about the presenters and the key messages.

What a Feijoa!

Today Daniel brought in a massive feijoa! We were thinking it could be a world record, but we need to do some research to see how close he was. Here is a link about some interesting feijoa facts .

Sumdog NZ Challenge - Room 13 9th!

Sumdog Challenge Blog Entry

By Winnie

Wow! What a great result! Out of 82 classes all over New Zealand,our class came 9th overall. We were versing colleges,intermediates and primary schools.1451 students played Sumdog for the maths competition.

Out of all the 1451 students that played,1 person in our class got into the top 10 which was Jae Won. He was 5th but actually 4th equal! 2 people in our class came in the top 50 ( Me and Jae Won ). 8 people in our class came in the top 100. It was also impressive that Marco answered 1000 questions in one day.

I was ranked 24th which meant I got into the top 50. My favourite game in Sumdog is probably Dance because it has music with the game. The most challenging game for me is Junk Pile because sometimes the items you place fall down. Next time I would try get into the top 10.

I think it is great Sumdog hosts these competitions because more people will play it and challenge themselves. I can’t wait for the next challenge!

Science and Technology Week - Flying Skills!

We had some fun during Science and Technology Week as we played with our motorised toys during lunchtime. Interesting skills with flying the helicopter Watalu. Watch your landing!

Inspiring Talk from Mr Pike

Earlier in the week we had an inspiring talk from Mr William Pike about the challenges he faced and using the phrase -All Passion, No Limits  - to help reach your goals. Here are some links about Mr Pike:

https://www.doyourthing.co.nz/find-your-thing/get-inspired/william-pike
http://www.williampike.co.nz/

We also completed Thank You Letters for Mr Pike and have included some in this blog post (see below).