Balloon Festival 2013 - Night Glow

 Photographer: Skye




Remember Team11, email me your photos from the Balloon festival, and I will post your photos to the Team11 blog for all to see.

Thanks Skye for these great photos from the Night Glow.

2013 Balloon Festival

Calling all budding/future photographers. Have you had a camera, phone or other photo taking device out and about with the hot air balloons? Send in your best shots (photos) so we can share them with the world.

Email me, your best photo to,
dpearse@greytownschool.com

I will post them to our blog and print them out for our wall at school. I look forward to receiving your wonderful photos

-Happy clicking!!!!

Raapa 20 o Poutu-te-rangi - Wednesday 20 March

In Room 11 we have an adopted elephant called Sunyei. Sunyei lives with other rescued elephants and rhinos at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org).

Here is a video of a recent rescue.

Ratu 5 o Poutu-te-rangi - Tuesday 5th March

Goal Setting Interviews

Today a notice should have come home informing you of goal setting interviews next week.
(Should have come home with the youngest family member in the school).

Please follow the link to

www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

and use the code supplied in today's
newsletter. Please email or
contact me if you did not
receive this newsletter.

Rahina 25 o Hui-tanguru - Monday 25th February

Maths this morning. We are learning about Place Value and numbers to 1,000,000. We looked at how many groups of tens were in 3 digits. For example. How many groups of tens are in 735? There are 73 groups of ten. Here Freya is showing the class how many tens are in her 3 digit number.
Below is the website that we used.

http://www2.nzmaths.co.nz/LearningObjects/numbers/numbersEN123.html

A huge thank you to all parents/caregivers who have signed up to our Greytown11 blog. If you know of a parent/ caregiver, grandparent or other family relatives who might be interested please share our blog with them - Lets get the word out!

Swimming - Survival Skills

After a very successful swimming sports, some of our time in the pool will be spent on water survival skills. These students had to fit a lifejacket in the water without standing on the bottom. This photo shows students 'huddling' to keep warm.

Sharp Students

Holly, Teah and Freya were awarded SHARP bands at today's assembly for being SHARP in the playground and helping others - Well done girls!