The Go Kart Derby was a fantastic result to an extremely well organised day. The day was dreamt of after our 5 week immersion programme on how to get people active in the Kaikoura community.
These last 5 weeks have been spent advertising the event using all forms of communication eg. live radio shows, newspaper articles, emails, newsletter ads and posters. One group made carts for the event. One group researched for a suitable place and then the legal requirements and the last group looked at what was needed for the proposed audience to make the most of the event.
Congratulations to all the organisers and the competitors. Well done to all of our Fyffe Force learners and Chris, Sue and Maree and the supportive families of our school who willingly helped out with marshalling, sausage sizzles, face painting, hay bales, and then the cleaning up.
Results from the day.
Under 16 year boys:
1st D Potgieter 34.03 2nd U Matenga 34.25 3rd J Knowles 35.06
R Keri Keepa 35.67 C Butcher 36.25 H Butcher 37.03 C Barratt 39.22 N Bentley 39.44 C Novis 39.69
T Venns 40.12 H Rattray 40.50 A Roberts 41.75 J Dunlea 41.79 J Lidguard 1.08.44 M Parkinson 1.30
Under 16 year girls:
1st T Novis 34.38 2nd Z Reader 36.38 3rd S Guthrie 36.57
R Armstrong 38.18 S Burra 48.63 H Haring 1.23
Over 16 years female:
1st Z Battersby 51.04 2nd F Novis 51.31 3rd J Armstrong 58.12
O Peterson 1.14.94 N Roberts 1.32.41 J Fissenden 1.35.11
Over 16 years male:
1st M Chambers 48.37 2nd T Fissenden 48.62 3rd H Cameron 50.81
S Butcher 51.00 M Dineen 51.53 M Novis 52.06 S Dunlea 57.82 D Timms 1.00.31 G Roberts 1.03.47
B Timms 1.05.44 H Burra 1.05.56
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
This week Shearwaters have been looking at the volume of different containers. They have discussed how much water various containers hold and then measured using a litre jug. They have also learnt to estimate how much a container might hold using a bench mark litre container. Shearwaters can quiet accurately estimate whether a container holds less, about or more than 1 litre of water. They have also been ordering the containers from least to most volume.
As home work for tuesday night this week, Shearwaters have been asked to bring a container that they estimate to be about 1 litre volume.
On 4th of May 2010 we collected all the rubbish from the bins and school grounds. We found that there was more non-recycled rubbish than we had expected. This consisted of chip packets, muesli bar wrappers and glad wrap. We want to reduce the non-recycled rubbish by encouraging you to use reuseable containers, food wrap and or snaplock bags.
Luisa and Rodney have made the probability of keeping our swimming pool a WHOLE lot better.
Saturday afternoon the community rallied together participating in an auction that had something for all. From pledges of cash, money from the auction, mystery envelopes and the ‘hat’ that was passed around we collectively raised over $6500.00.
Congratulations Luisa and on behalf of Kaikoura Suburban School staff, students and community we thank you very much and we are happy to lend you a beanie for the chilly winter days!
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