We WON the GBS COMPETITION!!!!!!!!!!!

Our eyes popped out of our heads today at the sight of $3000 stuck on a gift wrapped pinboard. We send out a HUGE thank you to all the friends and family members of students and staff who made our win possible. A photographer was present and we may yet see a photo in the local newspaper.
We are currently brainstorming and daydreaming of what we can buy for the school with this super little windfall and the school community will be told when a decision has been made.
P.S. My class of 5 year olds want a rollercoaster starting on the field and ending up in the pool!!

We were also treated to another superb performance by the Kapa haka group.
They are performing in the Koanga festival tomorrow and we wish them well.
As always, Mrs Bodley looks on admiringly.

Chess

Our chess team came 4^th out of 11 teams at the recent interschool championships. There were very close results and our team members were amongst the youngest in age. An outstanding effort was made by Aidan, Macka, Henry, George and Nigel. Well done.

Dance Festival Wows Us Again.

We are so lucky to educate, and be educated, in this area - the opportunities just keep on coming... Not without the hard work of enthusiastic teachers, students and parents though, and for that we are grateful.
Many, many local schools join forces once a year and put on a combined Dance Festival held over two nights.
It was held this week and here are some shots of the dress rehearsal last Friday. Bright, colourful, vibrant children, not to mention the costumes and music!!

Lifelong Learners.

All the BBPS teachers have been enjoying learning some up-to-date maths sites, games and fun teaching methods.
Yes... that is right... we, too, go to Maths class. We don't expect our students to do anything we don't do ourselves!! and here are some photos to prove it!!

Room 8 Starts World Cup Fever Early...

We were all treated to an early kick off a couple of weeks ago in assembly when Room 8 impressed us with rugby terminology and made comparisons to what goes on inside their class. gosh Room 8 has some good readers and they sing pretty well too!

Welcoming Assembly for our South Korean Visitors.

Today we had a delightful assembly to welcome seven South Korean teachers of English.
We started with Mr Houltham leading us in the National Anthem and then we played the South Korean National Anthem as our guests sung along for us.
Mrs Bodley unveiled the new School Vision poster and talked us through it - it is a collaboration of ideas put together by staff, parents, students and members of the community.
Every class has a copy and it truly is something we plan to learn and work with, and learn and work by.
Each Korean teacher introduced herself and told us a bit about herself.
It was evident that they enjoyed the opportunity of practising their English language skills.
We also had a brief history lesson about the splitting of Korea into two countries and it was obvious that this is something they are sad about.
Thanks to our lovely flags hanging in the hall, it was great that most children recognised the South Korean flag immediately.
The Kapa Haka did a fantastic job and all the visitors were filming and clicking on their cameras. For a newly put together Kapa haka we were very impressed.
Mrs Smith finished the assembly by leading us with her favourite song - 'The Ukelele Song' - and evidently Will [R10] loves the song too!

Support for Christchurch Whanau Day.

We all enjoyed our last day of Term 2. It was a mufti day in Chch Colours and a Whanau Day. Scroll down for more...

Some classes enjoyed a movie as a treat before heading off in multi-level, mixed-class Whanau groups. The little ones enjoy the company and the leadership of the older ones, and the older ones enjoy sharing ideas and leading the groups.
You can see from the photos some of the variety of activities students enjoyed before ending the day with a certificate presenting, and singing, assembly.