Amazing masks

Mrs McRandle has excelled in getting the children in Rata to produce some extremely effective looking masks for the Celebration theme of the Cultural Festival. These will be displayed at the festival in August. Aren't we fortunate to have such a talented, hard working teacher!

What a great life I have. Holly came in today and sang, "Teddy Bear" while expertly playing her ukulele. Great work Holly!

Location:Singing in the ..........office

Snow, snow and more snow!

It was great to be back at school on Friday after two "snow" days. I'm pleased to announce we had no injuries as children behaved very sensibly.

We love Choosing time!

There are lots of reasons that we love Fridays but in Rimu it's Choosing time. Today Rimu say Goodbye to Ginnethon who is off to Australia with his family. As a farewell, Ginnethon has given the children in Rimu a box of his toys. Thank you Ginnethon! Ginnethon's box is going to be well utilized!
We wish Ginnethon, Matthew and their family all the best in Australia.

Beanies at St Patrick's

What a surprise to have a visit from Jenny and Shirley from the Catholic Women's League today. The wonderful ladies came with bags of beanies for the children. No excuses for cold heads now! Thank you so much Catholic Women's League for thinking of the children in Kaiapoi.

Winner at Dudley pool

Congratulations to Sean W who had great success on the weekend at Dudley Pool. He won the 6 yr boys trophy which hasn't been awarded for 23 yrs! Fantastic effort Sean!

Totara and Pohutukawa enjoying the sun.

What a great day to have the North Canterbury Sports coaches teaching ball skills. The children from Totara and Pohutukawa were very enthusiastic. As an aside - we had 6 male teachers in the staff room this morning. Almost out
numbered!!