What a Week - or Two!!!

Wow....we have been so busy.....and I am noticing some very tired children - the end is near - just two more weeks to go!

The highlight of the last couple of weeks is too hard to choose - first we had the White Ribbon Day and White Ribbon Riders visit our school. The roar of a Harley Davidson or five certainly caught the attention of the children! The message was even more powerful - and the students certainly did pay attention. Amazing people who travel the South Island sharing the message that violence is NOT okay. The students loved having turns at sitting on the motorbikes and talking with the riders.

This week saw many of our class head down to the Quadrathon. The behaviour was amazing and the racing even better! It is always a first class event and Rosebank students did very well individually and as a team. Quadrathon (an extended version of my favourite sport, Triathlon) is always exciting and a real challenge to many. Well done students!

Swimming Sports was held yesterday and we saw some amazing racing! Kaka won the coveted student relay - with Hoiho a galant second!

Friday was Fun Day!!! We started the day by watching the Junior SOHS students' drama production - it was amazing!!! Cast and costumes, sets and scenery were fantastic. Bad Jelly the Witch was great to see and the students really enjoyed it. The rest of the day was Whanau Groups and lots of fun hosted by the Student Council. I am sure the highlight for everyone was the massive waterslide down the bank on the field!!

What a week! Next week is the Year 8 Supper - it will be sad to see our Year 8's heading off to High School but what a journey it has been for them. I hope to see all Year 8 parents there!

I'm exhausted just reading this!!!!!

What a Week!!!! Senior Social followed by Cricket

The Senior Social was a huge success - the students looked amazing! It was a great night full of lively dancing, laughter and fantastic outfits! Aymaan, Michael and Byron (Room 5) looked particularly amazing in their suits and the rest of the boys looked awesome in their formal outfits. The girls were beautiful, their dresses gorgeous and their hair and nails done.

It was awesome to see boys asking teachers to dance, and it was really special to see the students dancing with their parents, grandparents and other family members. The beauty of the dances we learned was that they are dances that are timeless, and as such parents remember them too which made for a great dance when they were asked to join in.

The highlight had to be Copperhead Road - students maintaining the beat and their lines while parents tried desperately to go right and not left, forward and not back. You could see students helping their siblings learn the dance and also laughing alongside their parents.

The supper was delicious and a huge thank you must go to all our senior students' parents and families for treating us with such great food! Thanks also for all the effort that goes into getting your children ready for the Social - it's a milestone, especially for the Year 8 students. What a fantastic night.

Wednesday saw a lot of tired students from the Social, but they backed up to play some great games of Cricket down at the Toko Showgrounds. Rosebank fielded three teams, Roseband Red (Boys), Rosebank Blue (Boys) and the Rosebank Girl team. There was a lot of excitement. The girls made it all the way to the finals, only to be beaten in a very close game by the girls from Toko High School. The boys' teams ended up playing each other for 3rd and 4th position in their competition. It was a great day weatherwise, not too hot and fine! There were two games before lunch and then semi finals and finals after lunch.

Well done to those who took part and to those who showed their best sportsmanship on the day!

Rosebank Blue (4th place)

Rosebank Red (3rd place)

Rosebank Girls

Rosebank Cricket Players

Room 6 Medly

Girls looking gorgeous!

Boys waiting to start

Last Week SWIMMING...This Week CRICKET....Next Week DANCE!

We were lucky enough this week to have Dion come and coach our class for cricket. He showed our class some great games to play to improve your speed and accuracy with the cricket ball. Fast paced games help students not only with their co-ordination, but also thinking ahead and planning their next move. It was great to see such enthusiasm, even though the southerly wind was blowing a gale and we were feeling the cold snap!!! Nothing like a bit of running around to warm up though!

With the upcoming cricket tournament at Milton, the two sessions with Dion were so valuable. Thanks must go to Mrs Sinclair for organising this and we really don't thank her enough for all she does...so here is a hearty THANK YOU from Room 6 - we really do appreciate what you do for us!

Next week is the Senior Social - we have been practicing our dances and they are coming along well. These dances bring back a lot of memories for me and I am sure they will for a lot of parents too! We look forward to seeing you all at the Town Hall on Tuesday night. Put on your dancing shoes!