Camp - wow!

We had a fantastic time last week.  I was so proud of everyone, what a great camp!

The students have been emailed photos.  Parents - please let me know if you'd like them emailed directly to you.

note:  thanks for all the amazing baking.....

Orienteering

Freshwater study

water testing...

Trig walk -  Onahau lookout

mini raft building

Heritage trip update

Please come ready to walk to the Heritage Centre on Monday.   If it looks like it's going to rain Mr Orchard will come to Witherlea and present to us in Room 9.

Pre camp activities

Pre camp visit - Heritage Centre

Dear Parents,

       

    Room 9 will be visiting The Heritage Centre at Brayshaw Park on Monday 14th November as part of their Marlborough Sounds focus leading up to camp.  The class will be away from school 11am– 1pm.  We’ll walk there and back, I’ve asked the students to wear appropriate footwear. I’ll keep an eye on the long range forecast, if it looks dodgy I’ll arrange transport.

The focus of the visit will be to look at different people who have come to the Marlborough Sounds (including Mistletoe Bay) - from the Maori to the European explorers, sealers/whalers and early settlers through to present-day immigrants.

Also, Anna Crowe will be visiting us on Thursday 17th November at 11am to do a ‘pre-stream’ study.  She’ll also be coming to camp for a day to work with groups at the local stream.

Regards,

Matt Robertson

Camp research

We are beginning our pre camp build up with some research about things we might find at Mistletoe...

Great sketching girls!

Camp gear list

Camp gear list

Torch

Sleeping bag, pillow case

Hat

Towels-2

Swimming gear (wet suits, togs) - for kayaking

Shorts x2

t-shirts 3-4

warm top

thermals - great as they don’t take up much room

jacket

1-2 pair long trousers, jeans, track pants etc.

Undies

Socks

Shoes(trainers)

PJs

Toiletries (toothpaste etc.)

Pencil case

tea towel

Day pack, drink bottle

Food

Morning tea, packed lunch and drink for Tuesday.

‘Home baking’ (eg, bacon & egg pie, savouries, quiche, biscuits etc), for morning and afternoon tea during the week.   Enough for 6-10 people is plenty.

                   Optional  -  Camera

-    Playing cards

-    Fishing rod / handline.  Mr R has a few handlines plus spare        sinkers and hooks

-    Reading book

Have all your belongings identified in some way.

It's a good idea to bring a plastic bag or similar to put all your dirty gear in, as you need to so it doesn't get mixed up with the clean stuff!

What not to bring

Cellphone

Electrical or battery operated games

MP3’s, ipods, ipads etc

Great 1st day back at school....

We started our camp preparation by going for a walk in Harling Park.  We'll be going for a couple of walks each week so we are ready for the tramp. 

Dance Festival!!

Fantastic effort last night everyone!  It was a great night and I've had lots of awesome comments about your dance.

A big thanks to Ella, Holly and Lexi for helping to choreograph the dance.

Footloose!

Hi Team, the dance is looking great!

Here are some ideas for what to wear:

Girls

-Flare skirts

-Belts worn over skirts

- shoulder pads

-stone wash denim

-bright eye shadow

-denim on denim

-white socks

Hair - back comb, big, fringes,  bows in hair, perms

Boys

-denim on denim

-leather ties (save mart?)

-baggy blazer jackets

-white socks

-stone wash denim

Have fun with it guys.

Calendar Artwork

Great effort team!!  

Dear Parents, order forms were sent home today, have a look below for your child's artwork...

Football Coaching

Ex-Witherlea student Tash Bamford is back teaching us some football skills.  Thanks Tash!

 AND she was once in Mr R's class...a looong time ago.