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Book Character Day

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Pirate Ryan, Buzz Lightyear (Tom), Pirate Sam and Ben 10 (Levi) enjoy book character day.

We enjoyed another fabulous book character day this week with an amazing range of characters coming to school. Every student got up to share their character’s story with the King of Hearts and the staff took part in the fun as well. It was terrific to welcome a large group of parents to school to share in the day.

This year we combined book character day with our annual Daffodil Day fundraiser for the cancer society. We raised over $100 from our coin trail. Thank you to everyone who support the events.

Click  here to see a photo montage of the day.

We are sailing…

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The year six students round the mark.

Our year 5 and 6 students enjoyed their latest sailing and kayaking sessions on the beautiful Lake Karapiro. The year 6 students showed how much they have learned by sailing superbly in light and shifting winds. We would like to thank Craig from Cambridge Sailing Club and Richard from Boatshed Kayaks for providing the instruction and the boats.

Rebecca and Georgina show how it is done!

Christmas Parade

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Rudolph, Donna and Blitzen aka Lily, Rebecca and Abigail!

Once again we had a great turn out at the annual Cambridge Christmas parade. Our float had a night before Christmas theme and featured students dressed as Mary, Joseph, wise men, Christmas crackers, Christmas trees, reindeer, candy canes, Christmas puddings and angels. Thank you to Linnet, Jenny, Nicola, Steph, Cathy and the team who created such an amazing float and costumes.

All set to go!

Book Week 2010

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Mrs Comer a.k.a. The Mad Hatter!!

Book Week 2010 has been an outstanding success. Today we enjoyed a memorable book character day featuring a mind boggling array of characters. Our students (and staff!) had put a huge amount of effort into developing a character and finding out a little about who they were playing.

Cam as French detective Hercule Peroit

We had a fantastic number of parent supporters who came along to see the characters and to share a book or two. Thank you to everyone who purchased a book and donated it to the library.

We had wonderful parent support!

Through fallen leaves I pick my way…

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Autumn leaves are made for fun!

We are fortunate to have some fantastic trees at our school. Not only do they provide welcome shade in summer but they drop thousands of leaves which provide endless fun when you make a huge pile and jump right in! We won’t mention the blocked drains and gutters!

When the leaves are all down we will have a rake day and make a HUGE lunchtime pile before we cart them away. No wonder that autumn is one of our favourite seasons!

Sailing Away!

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Setting sail for adventure

Lake Karapiro will soon be the centre of attention for the upcoming rowing world championships but in the meantime our students are making the most of the fantastic aquatic playground in our backyard. Sailing and kayaking are activities that now make up part of our school’s physical education programme. All senior students spend sessions on the lake developing practical craft handling skills and exploring this important part of our environment. The board of trustees use the government’s new ‘Kiwisport’ funding to minimise the cost to our students and we work closely with Project Energize, The Boatshed Kayaks and the Cambridge Sailing Club to provide equipment and instructors. An added bonus for our students is watching the New Zealand rowing team hard at work as we explore the lake 

Stephen turns on the power

Horsing Around!

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Racing this time in the Schoolyard Stakes!

We enjoyed a special treat when Emma brought her horse Muffin to give all of our students lunchtime rides around our school field. For a little horse Muffin had a lot of energy and did a great job. Thanks to Emma and Jan for organising the rides!