Science Night

 On the third Monday of the second term, Westburn school is having a science night. From 7-9pm the competition is open to all year 7-8 students, who have to bring a adult along with them.

Mrs. Glasson is running it, but she has not told us what we’re doing. However, she has given us one clue. We will test out our creation by having a race off, and after that we can make final changes to our project; we will then have a final race. The winners will then be announced and they will have the glory of being the grand winners!

Reporter:Ellie

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