North Canterbury Swim Champs 2013

This afternoon I went with a small team of 12 of our very best swimmers to compete against the very best swimmers from all over the two North Canterbury Sports Zones.  Our swimmers again proved themselves to be outstanding with a number of podium finishers.  Onto the Canterbury Primary School Champs now for our top 5 swimmers.  Good luck!!

Here are a few podium pics and a couple of attempts at action shots.

New Community Gardens

I was proudly showing off our school to Kym Wells who is new to the Principals job at Ohoka and stumbled across Room 4 filling their new sustainable garden.  It so was great to see our students eagerly  getting stuck into contributing to our new gardens and when I came back and watched, it struck me just how much value these gardens can add to our learning, school and community.  The students were busily talking away about what was going into the garden, Miss McClelland and Mrs Marsden were already thinking about all sorts of cool ways to make the garden their own and also we had 3 wonderful senior students out there helping our younger ones.  The way they were speaking to them and interacting with them was brilliant.  All this and we haven't even started on the sustainable theme these gardens will foster or all the science involved in the gardens.

For all you parents out there, we want you to be involved too!  See Mrs Davidson in Room 11 if you want to be a class helper and come and join all the learning and fun. 

Maths Popplets

It was great to see some Room 8 students using the Popplet App on our iPads to show their understanding of some maths concepts they have been learning about. This is a great way to enjoy showing off your learning. Check out the finished products that were shared with me.