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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Posted December 19, 2011
Merry Christmas to you all.

Merry Christmas to all our families and to the wider community. Another year has passed which has left us valuing our school values that we believe make us life long learners. We warmly welcomed many friends from Christchurch and then another unique event, our school was closed due to snow. We had many opportunities to [...]

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Shearwaters Camp

Posted December 11, 2011
Shearwater Camp 2011

This year Shearwaters class stayed at The Point Woolshed! The team were incredible! The class worked with The Hutton’s Shearwater Charitable Trust, Department of Conservation and Trees for Travellers. The weather was incredibly hot but that didn’t stop all the students walking miles and working hard. Thank you so much to Peter and Gwenda for [...]

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Mistletoe Bay rocks!

Posted December 10, 2011
Wharf jumping

Pukeko class had 3 magic days at Mistletoe Bay last week. The sun shone, the optimists scooted across the water, the kayaks glided passed the sites, sneakers pounded the walking tracks, children busy preparing yummy food, exploring the beach for crabs and critters, relaxing in our homely whares, camp fires on the beach, wharf jumping [...]

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Athletics day in Kaikoura

Posted November 20, 2011

Congratulations to all on a great day at Kaikoura’s inter school athletics day. Following are the overall champions in each of the year groups. Kaikoura District Primary Schools’ Athletics Sports, held on Monday 14 November, 2011 1st, 2nd and 3rd placings in year groups Year 1 girls: 1st Madacin Archbold, St J (23 points), 2nd [...]

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Inter-school T-Ball tournament

Posted November 10, 2011

A responsive text written by James Sutherland on the inter-school T-ball. On Tuesday the 8th of November at Kaikoura Primary School we had a inter-school T-ball Tournament. Our team was called Suburban Strikers. The first match was against St Josephs Saints. My team, the Strikers, got off to a good start with Allie achieving a [...]

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Kaikoura Suburban School 135 years old.

Posted October 28, 2011
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The staff and students celebrated the special occasion of the school turning 135 years old with some of our grandparents, family and friends. The students had the opportunity to ask our visitors questions about school life from years gone by. We had a few ex students and one family that has had 4 generations go [...]

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Our Vision & Values

Fyffe Force Learners commit to climb the mountain of learning for life.


Fun

every student needs to experience fun in everything they do to nurture and maximise their learning,

Organisation

every student needs to be organised with their thinking, setting goals, reflecting on their learning and having the necessary tools for day-to-day learning.

Respect

every student needs to respect their own learning, their peers learning and show respect for their property and environment.

Communication

every student needs to be able to communicate in many ways using a variety of tools.

Excellence

every student has the right to excel in all areas of the curriculum.

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Snails

The Keas have been investigating snails this term. We have an aquarium with snails and slugs in it so we have been observing them with our magnifying glasses. We have looked at You Tube clips of snails laying eggs and we have seen them munching away on lettuce with their hundreds of teeth on their [...]

Sustaining You Display at Kaikoura District Library

Shearwater class have met their deadline to display their art and literacy learning for the entire Kaikoura community to enjoy and learn from. The life size models, symbols books and images are on display for all to view from Thursday 17th – Wednesday 23rd May.    The students have also created a survey to find [...]

Fun times with tools & gear

We are getting prepared for the winter months by introducing some new things to do.  We have got some old broken down gear that we’re allowed to pull apart to get a closer look at all the interesting things inside. “I have got it fully apart,” Hamish explained! “I love these silvery, wired pieces that [...]

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