Cupcake Bake Sale.

Last Tuesday the members of the BBPS Robotics Club organised a school-wide cupcake sale to earn money to enter the Inter-school Lego Robotic League. As you can see it was a popular event and the bakers, the sellers and the purchasers enjoyed it.
The prices ranged from $1.00 to $2.50 each so it was also a good opportunity for children who had a variety of coins to budget and make decisions.

Winter Wonderland Concert.

This week has seen singers, dancers and instrumentalists take part in two evening 'Combined Schools' concerts at BBI.
These concerts proved so popular that tickets rapidly sold out!
We were thrilled to be given an encore performance at today's Friday afternoon assembly.
Gosh they all looked good in their 'book character' outfits! [see entry below this] ...and it is not often our usually beautifully uniformed choir get to be conducted by a pirate!!

Our Annual Book Week.

Our "Book Week" has morphed into a "Book Fortnight" owing to its popularity.
Today we finished our celebrations with a Book Character Parade in the hall. Students and teachers came dressed up, with Mrs Bodley addressing the school as Snow White.
Other events have included guest speakers, local librarians and story readers, competitions, a Scholastic book stall, a Storylines show featuring the 2011 NZ Post book award winning books.

PLAYBALL at BBPS

Today the Juniors had their first experience of Playball. There were five class groups and five coaches each with a teacher assisting. Each group got to do every activity within the hour. What fun! The coaches were great and the children made the most of each activity as they participated with great enthusiasm and enjoyment whilst learning ball skills. We can't wait to do it all again next week!

Maths Evening.

Wednesday night's maths evening attracted a lot of parents eager to learn how we do maths in the 21st century.
We had a guest speaker, Charlotte, from Team Solutions show us examples, share a Powerpoint presentation and some movie clips of children explaining their mathematical thinking.
The teachers then shared what goes on in the classrooms at trestle tables with equipment and modelling books.
Positive verbal feedback and emails have been received confirming that the evening was the success we hoped it would be.

School Disco

Last Friday we had the most amazing school disco in the hall.
I am sorry to say that I was soooo busy enjoying myself on the stalls that i forgot to get any photos!!!
I sold laser rings, headbands, glowy things galore and jazzy glasses.
If anyone has any photos for me to add here ... please email them to me on:
louise@bbps.school.nz
Thanks, Louise Johnson.

Trinity Methodist Church Puppet Show

Yesterday, Thursday 14th of April, we were lucky to enjoy a puppet show at school.
It was the Easter Story told by a family of rabbits and from their perspective! They said they were present when it happened!
It was very funny and a nice way to lead up to the holiday break that will incorporate Easter in it.
Mrs McArthur showed us a trick where you can fold ONE piece of paper a certain way and make only ONE straight cut in it to gain a perfect cross.
Try that at home!!

Lawn Maintenance by The Principal

Today Mrs Bodley thoroughly enjoyed having a lesson and test driving our lovely new mower!
It was just an impromptu event at lunchtime and was witnessed by many students who got as bigger 'kick out of it' as these photos show she did!!