Kapa Haka

12 of our students are away to the Kapa Haka festival in Invercargill today. They gave us a sneak peak of their performance yesterday. It was amazing! The Kapa Haka group has been fundraising for their new uniforms and they all look fantastic. We hope they all have a terrific day today. We are so proud of them!

James Hargest Band

We were very lucky to have the James Hargest Band from Invercargill  perform for us on Wednesday the 8th August. They were amazing! They played lots of different instruments like flutes, trombones, clarinets, drums and xylophone. They played a medley of songs from the Lion King movie as well as The Lord of the Rings. Sometimes the music started really softly and got louder and louder but in other songs we all got such a fright when the big drum was suddenly boomed. It was a great concert. Thank you for visiting us.

Cross Country

Man, the cross country was tiring!

Keiran races for the finish line chased by Reed, Annalee and Neleah

Go Molly!

On Friday the 3rd of August Room 5 took part in the Roxburgh Area School cross country at the Roxburgh Golf Course. We were very pleased that Millers Flat school joined us for this event. It was a good day for running and we all had a great time. We were all very proud of how well we ran. At the end Mr Pasco gave us an iceblock, it was very refreshing! Mr Moore handed out jelly beans, yum! It was great to see lots of parents there cheering us on.

Olympics

This term we are studying the Olympics for our topic. We have learnt that the Olympic rings have meanings, each colour represents a continent in the world. We have also learnt about the United Kingdom and London and how they are preparing to host Games. We learnt that the Olympic torch is a triangle because the number 3 represents the Olympic values of respect, excellence and friendship.
We are going to do a study on the individual countries and the sports that make up the Olympics. We can't wait for the Games to begin!

Sports Report

The regular rugby season is now finished for our Room 5 team apart from a seven-a-side tournament in Alexandra this coming weekend and the Millers Flat tournament on the 4th of August. Last weekend our team was lucky enough to play Alexandra Black in a friendly game in Alexandra. We lost 7-3, but we all had a good game. This Thursday we are playing another friendly against Heriot at the Roxburgh Rugby Grounds at 4.30pm. Come along and watch us play a great game of rugby!

The Teviot Racers (Year 4) netball team played against the Clyde Diamonds last Saturday. We won the game 4-1 but it was a real challenge. Player of the day was Georgia, well done!

The Teviot Monkeys (Year 3) netball team played against the Alexandra Keas last Saturday. They welcomed 2 new players to their team, Blaise and Jessamy. The Monkeys had a really tough game and lost 6-1. Player of the day was Meg from Millers Flat.

Neleah  plays hockey for Alexandra Primary B Gold and they were playing in Cromwell against Upper Clutha last Saturday. They had a good win 7-0 and they are now top of the points board. Well done Neleah!

We are all looking forward to our games this weekend and hoping for warm weather!

Maori Art Week

For the past week the junior syndicate has been involved in a Maori Art Week. We have done 4 different activities including kites, 3D Maori myths, Maui and the sun pictures and newspaper mural art. We have used dye, chalk, pastel and crayons to create these masterpieces! They all look fantastic, come and visit us to see them on the class walls.

Rippa Rugby Central Otago Finals

Try! We won! On Friday the Year 4 Rippa Rugby team went to Cromwell to play in the Central Otago Finals! There were teams from the Wanaka area, Queenstown area as well as teams from the Alexandra area and there were 3 separate grades, year 3/4, year 5/6 and year 7/8 so there were heaps of players and supporters! When we got to Cromwell it was chilly but we soon got used to it. Our first game was at 10 o'clock against Arrowtown. We thought we lost but it was actually a draw. Sadly, we lost our next 2 games but we came alive in game 4 and won the next 2. We were really proud of how we played and hope that we can do it all again next year.
Many thanks to Mr Groters for coaching us and to all the parents who came and supported us.

Annalee races to the try line with Joe, Brayden, Matiu and Troy in support.

Neleah's got the ball and Brayden and Reed are there to catch her pass!

Roxburgh Area School Year 4 Rippa Rugby Team

Matiu dodges the oppostion with Reed, Ben and Annalee following close behind!