Rural Schools Cross Country at Mangamahu

Our day in Palmerston North

Our senior school getting ready to leave for our big day out. The junior school went to John Bremner's in Feilding and did printmaking which is this term's Visual Arts focus.

We went to Palmerston North to see a stage production at the Regent Theatre by Capital E. It was spectacular and represented many values. Then we went to the Esplanade and played in the playground in the rain and ate our lunch. After that we went to the rugby museum at Te Manawa...it was fantastic. While we were ther one of the sailing boats from the opening of the rugby world cup arrived and was assembled. We also got to play in the ergonomically designed house at Te Manawa. We really enjoyed our day out full of new experiences.

The Day of the Scarecrows !!!

We have made 5 scarecrows, amongst our 3 classes, to try and win the $500 voucher from Mega Mitre 10 and also for the fun of it. We had Mums and Dads turn up (thank goodness) and give us a huge helping hand. We managed to spread 5 bails of hay and many bags of straw everywhere and thrilled our 2 lovely cleaners!! There was hay every where, all through the class rooms too. We took the left over hay out to the paddock for the sheep and it was so windy that as we let each armful go it blew for miles.

Please go into Mitre 10 and vote for us. We would be so grateful.

Cousin Arthur's Visit.

Russell wasn't well. He needed stitches and a bath so his cousin Arthur came to visit. Everyone enjoyed having cousin Arthur to show around and play with. It is good for us to care for someone else.

Student of the Week

Olive was our student of the week for always committing herself to doing well. She is very conscientious and goes the extra mile to meet challenges.

Farewell Maureen

We are very sad that our office administrator, Maureen, has left. She got an offer from the bank which she couldn't refuse. They knew how good she was too. We are going to miss her very much and wish her all the best in her new job.

Mr. Osmond gave a lovely speech about how valuable Maureen has been to us and the students gave her some very nice gifts to remember us by.

Fordell School Cross Country

Our class ready to run off on our school cross country. 

Eli came first, Luka second and Tom third. We were really proud of them. They will do well next Friday at the rural schools cross country at Mangamahu before going to Aranui school to compete in the Wanganui  primary school's cross country. Georgina, Olive, Rebekah and Tineisha were our fastest girls and are looking forward to the next competition.