Last Thursday the Pukeko class had an interesting experience during their Anzac visit.  They dressed up as soldiers, handled some of the gear the soldiers used from the various wars  and watched some pretty graphic footage.  The whole experience was extremely compelling and horrific.  John and Rod certainly made it feel as real as possible and by the end of the session we certainly began to imagine some of the horror our heros must have had to content with.

Thanks to John and Rod from Heritage Education.

Standing at attention!

The Pukeko Class went to visit the elderly at the Kaikoura Hospital. We played Housie and took part in a quiz.
We sang songs and gave the people a piece of art that we had drawn of some of the landmarks of Kaikoura.
This visit was to help us understand what the elderly people of Kaikoura want of their community.

Chatting with the patients

Playing Housie

February 24, 2012 all classes of Kaikoura Suburban School participated in the Amazing Race, which was held at Ocean Ridge.

Everyone laughing, striving for excellence, working as a team, using Key Competences and crossing the finish line. Sunny and hot, sweaty and exhausting. All students crossed the finish line of the Amazing Race Kaikoura Suburban School.

We all thought it was wonderful of the staff to have thought of this amazing activity for us students to have participated in. It was fun when we were working as a team to find stations representing the 8 Gardeners Multiple Intelligence’s which are Picture Smart, People Smart, Body Smart, Music Smart, Math/logic Smart, Self Smart, Word Smart and Nature Smart.

Over all the school thought it was amazing and hope we have another Amazing Race.

By Pukeko Class.

Rochelle from St Johns came to teach basic first aid to the Pukeko Class.  Their favourite activity was bandaging their buddies ‘sprained’ ankle!  The tip to using a bandage is to hold it as if it is a live snail and then start to bandage.  The following students were able to bandage their buddies ankle very competently.
Well done everyone.

On Monday our wonderful 2012 Fyffe Force Leaders took on their first challenge to raise the school flag, they demonstrated great team work and quite a bit of fun for all of us!