Year 1 and 2 Funky Fun Day

On Friday last week many of the Year 1 and 2 students attended a Funky Fun Day at ASB Arena. They had lots of fun participating in many different sports.

Thank you to Paul Griffin for creating this great movie to show you just how much fun the kids had.

'Stand Up, Speak Out' Poetry and Speech Celebration

Today's Stand Up and Speak Up Celebration of Poetry and Speech was highly anticipated and a great success. The event was the culmination of weeks of learning and practise for all our Year 0- 4 children. Our audience were treated to an array of nursery rhymes, poems and speeches that were presented with passion and flair. They certainly reflected the time and effort the students had put into practising and memorising their item.

In a week when the School's best speeches were judged, this event highlighted our stars of the future.
Congratulations to all of those who stood up and spoke out ... you did a great job!

Speeches:
Wesley Newland - Save New Zealand's Native Birds
Rylee van Dijk - Why children should read more
Imogen Aulding - Why you should be a Warriors supporter
Ryan Galdeman - Why you should travel the world

Poems: 
Wee Sprouts:
Paige van Dijk - Baa Baa Black Sheep
Preston Underwood - The Gingerbread Man

Room 3:
James Appleton - Humpty Dumpty
Noah Leitze - Grand Old Duke of York
Kayden Franz-Kwan - Row, row, row your boat
Esmee Newland - Humpty Dumpty

Room 4: 

Luke Jones - Hickory Dickory Dock

Belicia Reddy - Goosey Goosey Gander

Rawiri Paora - The Grand Old Duke of York

Room 5: 

Chenoa Williams - 1 2 3 4 5.

Harley Oosthuysen - I’m only a cat.

Sophie Neustroski - The Queen of Hearts 

Room 6: 

Zoe Davy - Life of a Sheep

Analise Roscoe - Rainbow

Room 7: 

Lacey Graeme - Grandmas, Grandmas

Madison Bourke - Class gas

Room 8: 

Madison Payne - My Teacher Calls me Sweetie Cakes 

Nico - The Mistletoe Bough 

2015 Dynamo Leaders

School Speeches 2015

 As part of the Term 3 Oral Language focus our Year 5-8 students have all recently been involved in writing and presenting speeches. This involved class speeches for all students and class / syndicate finals for selected students in preparation for the School Speech Contest.

Well done to all the students who were involved in speechmaking.

School Speech Finals
Wednesday 19th of August

Thank you to Coryl Baggenstos and Jill Taylor who were the judges
for our School Speech Contests held today.

School Finalists were:

Year 5:

Isaac Bishop
Sara Esterman
Emma Neustroski

Year 6:

Sarah Kennedy
Sofia McCormick
Kate Watson

Year 7:

Cumorah Christy
Jenna Ruck
Ripeka Skudder

Year 8:

Jessica James

Hannah Rose

Arohaina Worthen

Winners for 2015:

Year 5 - Sara Esterman

Year 6 - Sofia McCormick

Year 7 - Ripeka Skudder

Year 8 - Arohaina Worthen

Congratulations!
These students now go on to compete at the next level.
Yr 5 and 6 students - West Cluster Competition
Yr 7 and 8 students - Tall Poppies Competition
GOOD LUCK!

LEADERSHIP WEEK AWARDS...

Congratulations to the following students
who were presented with leadership awards at our
annual Leadership Assembly on Thursday...

The following attributes were used for selection criteria...

The student:

* actively models our school values

* models integrity

* shows determination and the will to succeed

* is a good team builder, leader and member

* is hard working

* knows how to have fun!

...and the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award goes to...Hannah Rose!

At today’s Leadership Assembly, Hannah Rose was awarded with the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award. When considering students for this award we found Hannah to be an absolute stand-out for many reasons. Hannah is one of our wonderful Head Students. She displays the qualities of a leader through her own actions, conversations and her ability to work with others.

Steve Boocock from Westpac Bank presented Hannah with the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award.

Hannah is:

* self-driven - she takes the initiative, is resourceful.
* thoughtful – she has the ability to analyse situations and make rational decisions.
* able to work well with others – she listens to their ideas and gives others the opportunity to lead.
* a great communicator with people of all ages.
* blessed with a great attitude to challenges.
* a high achiever – Hannah aims high and strives to be the best she can be in all areas, both academically as well as in the sports domain.
* respectful of others, on many levels and in many ways.

Congratulations, Hannah! You deserve all the success that comes your way. We look forward to watching you develop as a leader over the rest of 2015, into your secondary school years, and beyond!

Leadership Week continues

Leadership Week is on a roll...
are you organised for the Disco on Friday???