Kaikoura Suburban School

Game On is now open at Harakeke Mall next to Smith City!

We have PS3’s, Wii’s, XBox360 and PC consoles for one and two player games. Come and have a fantastic time with your mates. You can choose the console that you want to play on and pay for a minimum of half an hour. A list of games that are available for each console will be changed daily, we have great driving, sport, fantasy and fun games like Guitar Hero and Singstar.

Game On is open from 1:30 to 5:30 pm daily from 1st to 15th August – come and make the most of this amazing idea!

It is worth coming down and having a go for your fun and to encourage the Youth Council to keep a youth facility going once we have completed our two week business.

Come and get your Game On!!!!!!

Tuesday 3rd August

Unfortunately we have a few sick today, so Game On will not open at 1:30pm but will be open from 3:15pm to 5:30pm.

Sorry to disappoint!

Shearwaters have developed some rather persuasive skills since the beginning of this term as our literacy focus is persuasion. We have been reading various texts meant for all sorts of audiences with a goal to help our own writing on various topics. Shearwaters have been busy convincing classmates that the fiction text they have read is the best, also that they are the best Fyffe Force Learner and that the Hutton Shearwaters should be protected.

This is an example of our persuasive writing by Steffi Burra
I am going to convince you that I am the most amazing Fyffe Force learner in Shearwaters!

I am fun because I can make Ruby and Holly crack up laughing.

You should definetly vote for me because you all know how organised I am! I always put my chair down and I am always ready for school.

You know how brilliant I am at communicating because I always use my words when I am sad or hurt.

I am excellent because I always try my best.

These reasons are why you should vote for me because I am the best Fyffe Force Learner in Shearwaters

Sam G has kindly carved 3 images for our classes here at Kaikoura Suburban School. The images are of the 3 birds of which we have named our classrooms after. This change was made as part of the new curriculum, linking the Kaikoura community with the school’s programmes.
Last year we voted for 3 bird names that we felt were linked to our school. The Pukeko (swamp hen) we see regular waltzing round the immediate paddocks beyond the school field, the Shearwater is the bird we have agreed to sponsor on an annual basis after one of our Year 6 students researched it last year and the Fantail we chose as it links the flora and fauna of Mt Fyffe with us.
Sam is a local artist who we consider one of our ‘experts’ under The Arts curriculum. He carves for a living.
Thank you Sam for our lovely carvings. These will be allocated to each classroom.

On Wednesday  17 2010 we all meet outside R&R Sports to bike to school for Bike Wise month. When we arrived there, there were free goodies for everyone. Once we were all sorted out   we were off. We walked our bikes to Ludstone Road then we tackled a hill.  Then zoomed down and up another one. Then we were on Mt Fyffe Rd in a flash. Halfway down the road Talyor and I had to stop for a breather. Then after a long bike down Mt  Fyffe Rd we finally turned onto  Schoolhouse Rd. Then over a couple of bridges.We were cheered on as we entered the gate.  We had a race to the car park. We would like to thank all of the parent helpers, R&R Sport and the Seaward Lion ladies and the Kaikoura District Council.

By Maddison and Taylor

On Wednesday 17 February we meet at R&R at 8am. Then we walked our bikes to Ludstone Rd.
Then biked to Mt Fyffe Rd then turned to, Schoolhouse Rd.
Then all the way to school. When mum and I biked with the rest of the school we had a race.

by Hannah H

I   woke  up   we  went  to  R&R  Sport for Bike Day.   There    was    food
and   prizes   there.    Mrs  Rogers and  I      biked    and

biked.    Yes   I    came   first    then    we    went   to   have   some toast.
Thanks to Kaikoura District Council, the Seaward Lions ladies and the parents that rode and supported us.

by Gemma Spencer