Christmas

Tell us about your Christmas. Where did you spend it? What did you give your family? What did you get?

A sad, sad day for Greymouth

Hi guys,

I know some of you have been writing poems, and thoughts. If you want to share them on here please feel free to. Remember the wiki as well.

Kia Kaha

Please click on 'Comment' below to read the tributes that have been posted.

Cooking Show competition

Click where it says cooking show competition above!

Something to think about for next year.

What do you think?

A day at Shantytown

We had a day to focus on team work and managing ourselves as well as learning about the history of gold mining on the West Coast. Please post some comments:
1. what you learned
2. the highlight of your day
3. how you worked as part of a team.

Touch Rugby Tournament

Congratulations to our touch team who came fourth in a tournament in Nelson!!! Well done. Please tell us all about your trip in the comments.

Congratulations to our Softball team

Well done to the 22 students who represented our school today at the softball. One of our teams came third in the competition. Good on you! Watch this space for some photos.

Never give up

Labour Weekend

I hope you all enjoy your long weekend.

I want you ALL to make one comment about a highlight of the weekend. For some of you this might be to do with St Patrick's celebrations this weekend.

I look forward to reading about your weekend.

Guess the food

What do you think this food is that was for sale in a market in Cambodia? Shame the photo came out a bit blurry.

Have a guess.

Weekend Sport and Activity Report

What are you up to this weekend?

In Cambodia

Hey guys. This place is a real eye opener. The people are so happy and friendly but the place is so dirty and run down. The palace and temples are very rich looking though. It is such a contrast.

I have a question for you to ponder and I would like your thoughts.

Is the money that tourists like me spend in this country (which helps keep poorer people in work) out weighed by exposing people to things, and a way of life, that is out of their reach right now? And if and when that way of life is possible will it ruin what is good about a country like this?

You might want to do some Googling to see if you can get some images and facts about what it is like here in Phonm Phehn (check my spelling... I've gone blank while typing this!) Cambodia. We are only spending one more day here then we are going to go and look at some more remote places.

I hope you are having a good break :)

In Singapore

Hey guys I'm at Singapore airport. Had to sleep on these giant beanbags we found in the terminal last night. Was quite cool really. I wanted to log on here so that (hopefully) Singapore might show up on our map!

I hope you are all having a good start to your holidays. Keep us all informed about what you have been up to :)

Task for the holidays

1. Write on the writers wiki
2. Continue with the earthquake task you are still working on at the end of term
3. Comment on the holiday blog
4. Sporting people let us know what you are doing.

Trips away and adventures at home

If you go away or stay at home let us know some of the highlights of your holidays. I expect everyone to comment on this post sometime during the holidays.

School Holiday Sports

Please let us know how you get on with your sports over the holidays. Eilish B, Alex and Mickey are off to Australia for netball, Paddy and Kyle are on their way to Wellington as I type this for league, Michael D is off to Kaiapoi for league, Benjamin is going to be a mascot for West Coast Girls B hockey team in Ashburton, Mattison is going to Auckland for hockey and Chelsea is going to Invercargill for hockey. Grace M is going to be taking equestrian lessons in Nelson. Alex is performing ballet and barefoot dancing at the Regent Theatre. Check out the newspaper to see when the dancing is on and go along and support Alex if you can.

Good luck to everyone that is competing over the holidays. Please keep us informed.

How NZ was made

You might find this interesting and you could find some information that you want to add to your earthquake work.

Finally the Netball Photos from the big win!

Our netball champions!

Food Technology

Please tell us about these photos. Write about what you made and how you made it. I'm very interested in how you made the sushi.

Weekend Sport and Activity Report 28 -29 August

Share your sports results here. I watched Ben and Alec represent the Coast against Buller in the pouring rain today. Here are some pics of them :)

Maru the Stunt Cat

Just because we all need a laugh :)