Here is Jahmalaki, Paige and Ellen playing in the pool
Wow, look at the long queue...
We are raising money for the Middle Syndicate this term by doing a sausage sizzle. Here is Sydnee and her mum busy cooking the sausages on the barbecue. They had to cook 50 sausages today!
The middle syndicate went on a trip to the local museum to learn more about the history of our town. It was very interesting. We found out that the Motueka Wharf has not always been where it is today. It used to be further up the coast near the Kumaras.
Skateboarding is proving to be a very popular lunchtime activity at the moment. Shaquille and Bailey are busy learning new tricks on their skateboards....well done boys, it's great to see you getting involved and making great choices at breaktimes.
Stilts are also being used a lot these days in our playground. Andrae and Jahmalaki are learning to balance and walk on the stilts without falling off. Good thing you are practising on the grass girls, so you won't hurt yourselves too much if you do fall!
For maths this week we having been developing our knowledge of whole numbers from 0-1000. We are learning to order numbers from smallest to largest and put them in sequence.
Miss Robinson gave each of us a card with a number on it. Without speaking to anyone in our group we had to arrange ourselves in order and hold our cards up so everyone could see if we had got it right or not...here you can see Lyric, Sam H, Jay and Ashlie with their sequence. Did they get it right?
Bailey, Paige, Macey and Sapphire were very quick at doing this activity
Todd Blackadder arrived by helicopter and landed in the middle of the field.
Look at the crowd on the embankment. It was great to see so many local people showing their support by dressing up and and coming along to the Sportspark to watch.
To celebrate the end of very busy year, the middle syndicate got together and had a shared lunch. As you can see, there was lots of delicious food for everyone to eat. Afterwards, some people had a water fight out on the backfield with Mrs Latimer which was lots of fun. Well done to everyone - we had a fantastic year in 2007!
On the last week of school we had a surprise visitor. Santa didn't arrive in a sleigh but in this car instead! We could hear him coming a mile away as he arrived with the music blaring.
Emma and Shana are working together to solve some of the crosswords and activities in this Go Zone newspaper. This year we have used "Newspapers in Education" as part of our reading and language programme. 
On Friday 14th December our school particpated in a Push Play afternoon. Each pupil was part of a team which rotated around the playground and took part in a variety of different activities such as water relays, jump jam and egg and spoon races. Each team had 2 captains who were responsible for making sure that everyone in their team was fully involved. Points were awarded to teams that showed good sportsmanship.
What a scary sight when the door opened 
Do you recognise some of these people? 
We had some 3-legged races during athletics practise today. It was so much fun as you can see on the faces of the girls in the photo!
Other people found it really difficult to co-ordinate their legs with out tripping themselves up. Some people tried to just walk at first to get into a rhythm. It was a great way to learn how to work together as a team. It's also a good idea to buddy up with someone who is a similar height to you and to put your arms around each others shoulders for support. This makes it easier to balance and steady yourself. 
