Danyon Loader

On Friday March 23rd 2007 Luken and Miss Robinson went to the High School to see Danyon Loader who won two gold medals at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Here is Luken getting Danyon's autograph signed on his schoolbag.

by Luken

Wise Owl

Room 3 and Room 7 walked down to the Motueka airfield on Tuesday where The Royal New Zealand Air Force have set up a camp. Sergeant Hopkins showed us around the camp and explained how the pilots train to do special formations in the air. It was a really interesting trip. We got to climb up inside the cockpit of one of the planes and pretended we were flying it!
Fireman Sam also demonstrated how they put out fires and showed us all the equipment on board the fire truck. Breeze was lucky enough to be chosen to ride in the front seat.

Marvellous Monarchs

Our class has been studying Monarch butterflies for science this term. We have some swan plants in our classroom and we have been watching the caterpillars transform into a chrysalis and then into a colourful butterfly. This monarch has only just hatched out from its chrysalis and is getting ready to fly.

Feet First

On Wednesday 7th March, approx 40 pupils from Motueka South School met at the Rec Centre at 8.30am. They formed a "walking school bus" and took part in the Feet First campaign. Lots of parents and teachers walked the pupils safely to school. Miss Robinson handed out balloons and spot prizes to children who were involved at the school gate. We are hoping to continue doing this each Wednesday morning until the end of the term.

District Swimming Sports

On Tuesday 6th March, the inter-school swimming sports were held at the High School Pool. 2 pupils from Room 7 competed in this competition. Luken raced in the butterfly, freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke events. Shana Tova raced in the backstroke and freestyle events for her age group. They had a fantastic day out! We are very proud of them both.

Pheasant Catchers

This term we have been listening to "Danny - The Champion of the World". We each designed our own pheasant catcher in class. The next day we brought along the materials we needed to build it. Here we are busy constructing our 3-D pheasant catchers. Some pupils used nails, wood and skewers to create their design.