Swimming Sports

Well done to Bendi and Bree.A who represented Waimea at the interschool swimming competition. Bendi came first in freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and first equal in breaststoke. Bree came first in the breaststoke. Bendi and Bree also competed in the school relay and won. Well done for a successful time. 

Here are some photos of them competing at the school swimming sports.

Bree's final

Bendi's fantastic start

Kiwi icons

Who knows where this photo is from?

We are looking at icons and how they can reflect our culture and identity.


Can you think of some other kiwi icons?


Do you know any facts about these kiwi icons and how they became a big part of our kiwi culture and identity?

Best dressed??

Groovy green Room 10

What a fantastic effort from all students in Room 10 for dressing in green!!
You showed great support for our awesome syndicate Nikau!!

Who do you think put a lot of effort and thought into their outfit??

Go NIKAU!!!

Have your vote for the best dressed girl and boy in Room 10

Genetic traits

We have been learning about dominant and recessive genes and how they determine if you inherit traits from your parents. Here we are seeing if we have a dominant gene, such as the ability to toll tongue or a recessive gene like an attached ear lobe.

If you want to do another test click on this link.

School Triathlon

Johnny gaining speed

Shaun nearly the finish

Well done to all the students who participated in the school triathlon. Great to watch our very own Shaun, Johnny and Bendi compete. Great participation boys!

Bendi after his swim

Nikau's trip to Tahuna Beach

We hopped on to the hot, stuffy bus to our destination, Tahuna Beach. We arrived there excited and ready for a big day of awesomeness. First, we played on the playground and the field with some sports gear. Then soon enough we got hungry for some sausages. We ate them and had lunch. After that we were on the beach swimming, playing and enjoying a great day. Soon, it was time to get back on the bus and go back, sandy and wet.
 Comment about what you liked about the day.
 Written by Jordan.

 Check out the photos from our day

What was the best part of your holiday?

In the holidays Vanderley and I traveled to Brasil to introduce our son Mateo to Vanderley's family. The best thing about being in Brasil was eating all the amazing fruit straight off the trees, like these bananas.

Tell me what the best part of your holiday was. Remember to write your name with your comment :)

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Introducing Mateo

Hello Room 2, I hope you had a good holiday and have had a positive start back to the term!!
It must be exciting having Mrs Andersen teaching you.

In the holidays my son decided to come early. He was born on the second Monday of the holidays at 6:40 in the morning! He weighed 6.7 pound, how heavy is that in kilos??

Here is a photo of Mateo, I will bring him in to meet you sometime later in the term.

Work hard and enjoy the term, I want to hear lots of positive things from Mrs Andersen.

Mateo sun bathing

Cultural shared lunch

To celebrate all our hard work we have done this term with our topic culture and identity, Room 2 decided to have a shared lunch with food that was either from our New Zealand culture or the culture the students have been studying. There was an amazing effort and thought put into the plates of food. We had amazing curry from Cambodian, interesting rum ball with mashed potato from Hungry, Italian pizza, French biscuits and breads, Tapa's from Spain, Sushi from Japan, Toffee apples from the States, German muffins and of course our famous Anzac biscuits and Pavalova, plus many more amazing creations!!

What was your favourite food? What have you enjoyed learning about this term?

Our delicious shared lunch

Time to eat

Plenty of food!!