Year 8 Dinner

Tuesday 19th December
Yesterday, 18th December we had a Year 8 dinner to celebrate our departure to high school.
It was a great night and almost all the year 8s were there. We had fun.
It was a pot luck dinner and some people brought desserts, some people brought salads.
The girls had to wear skirts if they had one! It was a fun night at Mrs England's house. Teresa gave a thankyou speech and Lana and I gave a thankyou to Mrs Birdsall for putting up with our bad, good and ugly times. Chev'vy did the best backward flip on the tramp but a lot of the boys were able to jump pretty high! Chaddy lost the ball over the fence so that was the end of cricket! Hopefulky the goat doesn't eat it! Thankyou to all the teachers for waiting on us. It was a great way to finish our years at primary school.

Crane lifting beam on new A block

Wednesday 29th November
Today, a crane came to lift a beam up on to the framing of part of our new block. Everyone went out to watch. Some people thought the crane driver was "showing off" by making the crane go so high. All the wheels were lifted off the ground. The beam it lifted did not look that big but I guess it must've been or else they wouldn't have needed a crane.
The frame for the roof is partly on and beginning to look more like a building! Still looks small though!

Jump Jam

Yesterday Eltham Primary School entered a regional Jump Jam competition held at Devon Intermediate. Jump Jam is an aerobic exercise programme where kids perform routines to music and have fun while getting fit. There were lots of good teams from years 1 to 8, mostly from Taranaki but there were some from the Manawatu. We were in the Year 6 to 8 catergory. We had a team of 7 boys. The routine we danced to was "Blame it on the Boggie". We struggleded at the start where the CD skipped, but held our positions and pulled it together. We all thought we had done well and the only thing left to do was wait and hope. It came down to the final two teams. They were really good as well. Everyone was crossing every they had, as well as biting their finger nails waiting for the judges to make their decision. The judges were from Sport Taranaki. The call was made 2nd place goes to... Ouroa Downs. That means first place goes to... Eltham Primary!!!!!!!! Everyone cheered and screamed with happiness. Next step for us is the National competition which will be held in Auckland, 2nd December (in two weeks time).We can't wait!!!!

A block at Puke Ariki

Friday 17th november
Hi, us again giving you the lowdown of what's happening at our school. We have Amanda and Marisa from Puke Ariki Museum in New Plymouth here who are working with some senior students to archive some of our old school photos. The oldest one is from 1927, just after A block was first built. We have quite a few from the 50s and forward but not as many from the 30s or 40s. There are some that span through 3 or 4 generations.
The ladies from Puke Ariki will be back in a couple of weeks to help us put the photos into a movie that we can then keep as a part of our history.

A block construction

Things are happening quickly this week! We are seeing progress as the frame of our new A block goes up.
The timber was delivered on Friday and the framework started going up on Monday. It seems to be going up fast.
The weather isn't causing too many hassles as the frame of one end of the building is being put together. Some of the rooms look as though they will be quite small but I guess the architect knows what he is doing. Maybe it will be ready sooner than we think. We will keep you posted!

Set in concrete

Yesterday the building site was a hive of activity as the concrete foundation pad for part of our new building was poured. It was a perfect day for concreting and the trucks had finished by lunchtime. Lots of kids lined the fence as the concrete trucks emptied their cement onto the prepared site. Keep looking to see what happens next!

Smartboards for Smart Kids!

Friday 27 October.
Hi, just us again giving you the low down on what's happening in our class. Today we are having Smartboards installed in two of our classrooms. A Smartboard is a modern interactive whiteboard that enables you to write with your finger, erase with your finger and control things with your finger! No more mouses! It also has a projector so we can all see the screen. It is special and comes with a hefty price tag. Lamberts, a local company has to install it so hopefully all will go well and we can start to use it next week.
Stay posted for more news on how we use our new toy!
by William

Interhouse Touch Challenge

Wednesday, the 25th of october, Tainui and Rangitane played their first inter-house game of touch rugby.
The game was extremely tough but Rangitane took it out, leaving Tainui in the dust.
The second game has been played today on the 26th with Rangitane against Ngapuhi, Rangitane was on a roll with another win.
Our third game is being played today at lunchtime, between Tainui and Ngapuhi.