Athletics Day

Last Tuesday it was Athletics Day at Russley School.  Mrs Koster took some fantastic photos throughout the day.  Click the link below to view all of the photos.  
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Here are a few of our favourite photos which show a few of Room 11's terrific athletes...

Last day of term fun...Pirate Art

On the last day of term we followed a YouTube clip showing us how to draw a pirate.  Mrs Robertson blew our drawings up to A3 with the photocopier and we coloured them in with pastels.  Then we chose a colour and dyed the background.  We think our pirates looks fantastic!

Olympic biscuit designs

As part of our technology unit this term we had to design biscuits to sell which promoted the Olympics.   Here are some of our finished products...
Come and read about our biscuit designs on the wall in Room 11...

Sammy's Lambs come to school....

Canterbury Cricket

Today Canterbury Cricket came to school and took all of Team Waka and Team Arawai for a cricket skills session.

First we played a warm up game called Snowball Tag, then we practised catching by making a 'big cup' for our hot chocolate ball and then bringing it into our chests.  Next we practised throwing...the best part was aiming to hit the coaches and Mrs Robertson! Finally we practised hitting the ball off of cones and fielding the ball in a mini cricket match.

We got given a really cool poster about cricket, an information slip in case we want to sign up for cricket, and our very own foam cricket ball to keep.

We had so much fun and lots of us are thinking of playing cricket at morning tea or lunchtime, or even joining a team!

Thanks Canterbury Cricket!
Cricket Skills on PhotoPeach

Learning About Salmon

We went to visit the salmon in Room 18.  Mr Ogston taught us a lot about them.  They start out as eggs in the fresh water by the mountains. After a few months they travel down stream to the salt water. They stay there for around eight years then travel back down the exact same stream to the fresh water to lay eggs and then they die.  Even scientists don't know how they remember the exact path to take back to the fresh water!

Firemen Visit

Fundraiser - 'Calendar Art' (or other product)

Everyone has now finished their artwork and they look fantastic!

Vew your child's artwork on here (click to enlarge then scroll through), or you can view in person in the school office.

Then go to the office to order your child's work for yourselves, grandparents, family or friends.

The picture can be turned into a:
*calendar
*note pad
*diary
*mouse mat
*greeting cards