We had our biannual pet day today. What a day it was!
Heaps of parents and children everywhere. Most of the school bought along some kind of pet to share and the photograph above shows Tayne with his trophy for the Best in Show with his pet calf. There were a huge number of categories that you could enter into.
A massive thankyou to Lynda Bayne and all her team of helpers who bought all the day together and made it the wonderful success it was for us all. The rain stayed away until we were all ready to head home.
Pet Days are a special part of Outram School. They are a big part of what it means to be in a rural community. So very different from schools in town. The children from Pine Hill School who shared the day with us had a wonderful time as well.
We were in the finals of the Full Primary 10-a-side rugby tournament yesterday. We came second in the competition overall and the team played really well in all the games.
On the 28th of May the student council will be holding a ‘Blue’ day which means that on the 28th (Thursday) can you please dress up all blue and bring along a gold coin to donate to the Heart Children Otago to help Kids with problems with there hearts. We will come around to collect the money and Choose a winner from each class who’s photo will be printed in the newsletter and it will also be on the blog! so please dress blue!
Thanks!!!
We had Lee Stream School join us this morning to watch a performance from the Wellington based percussion group STRIKE. You can see a video of one of the items we saw below. This is not our actual performance but this is how they began the show at our school:
It was certainly a high energy show and the rhythms were incredible. It showed what a lot of perseverance and dedication to your music practice can achieve!
On Tuesday we had a great day with Tony Ryan the australian educator. I have worked with Tony a number of times in the past and have a huge amount of respect for his ability to gently challenge and push along people in their thinking about learning and teaching. He is the develoer of the Thinkers Keys that we use in many parts of our programmes.
There was been a lot of discussion on the day (and since) about the things we can incorporate and include in programmes as a direct outcome of the day. A number of things happened on Wednesday – a real testament to the quality of the day I believe.
We looked at the Key Competencies from the new Curriculum, thinking programmes and ideas, and how we can be even more effective in promoting learning in our classsrooms.
Teachers Only Days are powerful learning opportunities and the day with Tony Ryan was a great success for us.
The comments on the blog are an important part of this way of communicating with parents and families. This one came in today on the entries about the fires in Victoria and our fundraising towards helping the victims:
wow! You guys did a great job! Laurie from room 9’s cousins are living in Victoria at the moment and we can smell the smoke from the fires. One day we could even see it on the horizon when we were coming home! From Laurie’s cousins – Tom, Trinity, and Portia Bennie.
Great to know families around the world are using our school blog to keep up with the things happening at Outram School.
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