Garden Club

The Garden Club is a group of children from Year 1 to 8. It is taken by Mrs Houlston, who comes in every lunch time. The Garden Club trims bushes, plants flowers and takes care of plants around school. They also are growing a vegetable patch. This includes tomatoes, beans and a range of herbs including chives, parsley, thyme, and many more. Once a week the Garden Club comes together to look after the plants and flowers. The Garden Club plants flowers like sunflowers, and replaces dead, old plants with live ones.

Year 8 Camp

The Year 8 camp is fast approaching! On Monday, the Year 8s will travel to Wainui Heights and do many different activities for the four days they are staying there for. The bunk rooms and activity groups have been decided and everyone is very excited!

Some activities include coast steering, archery, canoeing and a bonfire night. Most of us have started packing the many many MANY different equipment and clothing (we're not leaving our cuddly toys behind!) we need on the days.

Reporter: Helena

Dodge Ball

The School Council came up with the idea of weekly sport games at lunchtime every Friday. There are two teams, one team consisting of some students from the School Council, and the other team consisting of students from Year 5-8 that has signed up to participate.

Today, at lunch, there is going to be a game of dodge ball, and we have successfully acquired 16 members for each team. Thanks to the event organizers from the School Council who have set this up!

Reporter: Justine

Mufti Day

Junior Cross Country

On Thursday the 29th March, another exciting event also took place. Can you guess what it was? That's right - the Junior Cross Country! This is a big event for the Team 2 students, as it involves a lot of training... but is very exciting for all our aspiring sports stars! Here are the results:

Year 3 girls
1st place- Yasmine (Room 10) 
2nd place- Holly (Room 9)
3rd place- Emily (Room 10)

Year 3 boys
1st place- Josh (Room 9)
2nd place- Jackson (Room 10)
3rd place- Jacob (Room 10)

Year 4 girls
1st place- Caitlin (Room 14)
2nd place- Mikayla (Room 15)
3rd place- Alex ( Room 15)

Year 4 boys
1st place- Ethan (Room 15)
2nd place- James (Room 15)
3rd place- Riley (Room 14)

These are awesome results, well done everyone! Maybe one day we'll be seeing you at the Olympics!

Reporters: Lauryn and Julia

Touch Rugby

Recently, a touch rugby team was put together. Today they have their first game and after a early lunch, have set off to Jellie Park to play. They are versing Christ the King and Russley schools.
We hope they come back with a victory!

Reporter:Justine

Book Fair

For the whole of this week, there has been a book fair in the library. It is a fundraiser for the school. It sells books and stationery. The items are provided by Scholastic.

The library has been very busy in the past days. We went and asked Mrs Junovich, the librarian, some questions.

Q.How much money did the fair raise?
A.The total is undetermined but it has raised at least a thousand dollars.

Q.Is this the first year of the Book Fair? Is it going to be continued in the years to come?
A.This is the first fair in at least five years. Not next year. It is good to give rest to parents from spending money but it was a very good way for raising money for the school

Reporters: Justine and Helena

 

Canterbury Swimming Sports

On Thursday the 29th of March, seven talented swimmers, Julia N, Julia H, Suzy A, Kate B, Matthew T, Hanna C and Louisa C,  represented Westburn at the Canterbury swimming sports. We had some FANTASTIC results, especially from Julia H, who placed 2nd in the 50m backstroke. Well done, Julia!
This took place at Wharenui, and was a great day, however it was a bit chilly!

Reporter: Julia  and Lauryn

House Leaders 2012

There are many responsible leaders this year here at Westburn. Today I am going to introduce the House Leaders for 2012.

House Leaders 2012
Rutherford: Adam and Lauryn.
Sheppard: Kaelan and Caitlin.
Te Kanawa: Olivia and Jasmine.
Hillary: Jesse and Justine

The House Leaders have many important roles throughout the school such as leading assemblies, and meeting and greeting visitors to the school.

Reporter: Lauryn

Hello everyone,

The Media Team has started blogging again this year! We will be bringing information from all around the school and putting it on our blog for you to see. This year we have ten members.
These are the members: Justine- Leader, Jasmine- Editor, Helena- Editor and in charge of Team 1 with Julia, Isobel and Lauryn-In charge of Team 4, Lorelei, Ellie, Niko and Cameron.
I hope you will enjoy viewing our blog!

From The Media Team