Year 5/6 Syndicate Assembly Week 10

Cross-country 

There will be open and championship races for the Y5/6’s this year.  The ‘Open race’ is 1 lap of a 1km course and the 'Championship race’ is 2 laps of the 1km course

Interzone Swimming

·      Congratulations to the following for their results at the interzone swimming champs last week:

Alexandra Irvine - 3rd Y4 girls 50m free
Kahu Rolfe - 3rd Y5 boys 50m free
Hamish Daziell - 2nd Y6 boys 25m breaststroke
Emily Jones - 2nd Y5 girls 25m backstroke
Renee Caddis - 1st Y6 girls 25m backstroke
Alexandra Irvine - 1st Y4 - 4x25m (team) mixed freestyle relay
Kahu Rolfe - 1st Y5 - 4x25m (team) mixed freestyle relay
Samantha Woolley - 1st Y6 - 4x25m (team) mixed freestyle relay

·      The Central Zone swim team won the overall competition

Parent-Teacher conferences

·      We have the parent-teacher conferences this week, Tuesday and Thursday

Peer Mediators

·      The second training session will be on Tuesday at lunchtime in Room 16

Inside activities

·      As the weather begins to get wet it is important to remember that when inside you need to choose activities that are sensible, quiet and within your classroom

·      No room swapping and stay out of the corridors!

Murals

·      The murals look SENSATIONAL.  The will be on display by the office this week and will then be on display in Lower Hutt from next week

Basketball

·      Basketball will start next term (Term 2).  The games are played on Thursday evenings between 4pm and 6pm.  If you are interested see Mr. McMillan.  We need parents to coach the teams!

Jacket and shoe drive

·      We need more sports shoes.  If you have any old pairs of shoes at home, ask your parents if you can bring them in.

Rainbow Day

·      Dress up in your brightest and ‘Rainbow-ist’ clothing AND bring in a gold coin donation.  It all about raising money for KidsCan.