Anzac Assembly

On Wednesday next week we are having an Anzac Assembly and Book Launch at School. 

The book launch is for 'Gladys goes to War' written by Glyn Harper and illustrated by Jenny Cooper. 

It is pretty exciting because the TV cameras will be there at the event. 

Our very own Siu and Zahra created this graphic design to advertise the event. 

We think they are pretty clever!! What do you think? 

Championship Swimming Heats

Hi Everyone- hope you all had a good Easter break! We were back into it today and had the Championship Swimming Heats at the Lido.
We could enter in 2 events which were:
50m Freestyle
50m Backstroke
50m Breaststroke
50m Butterfly
100m Medley

Lots of Gri11 2.0 kids went down to compete. It was awesome to see everyone 'Going for Gold'! Now we have to wait for our times, to see if we made it into the finals that are held at Swimming Sports in Week 11. Keep posted to see how we go!

At the Lido

The boys getting ready for Breaststroke

GRi11 2.0 girls has a close heat in backstroke

Waiting for our race

Strong boys freestyle race

Girls are ready to race

Still smiling after the race

We are Go for Gold kids! 

Hurricanes at CSNS

Last week we came to school in Black and Yellow and made a video. It was for the More FM 'Mike West in the Morning' competition to win the Hurricanes to visit your school.

Our video got posted onto their website and people could vote on it for 24 hours. We got the most likes- so guess what? That means the Hurricanes will be coming to CSNS this week!!

We are super excited. It was heaps of fun making the mini movie. We can't wait for them to come. Stay posted and we will update you about their visit.

Here is our video:

World Wildlife Day Dress Up

On Tuesday the Conservation Club organised a dress up day. We came dressed as an animal and bought a gold coin donation to go towards the Wildbase Recovery.
Mr R was 'on the decks' at Morning Tea, pumping some sweet sounds and it was a 'WILD' party! It was lots of fun getting dressed up. Here are a few photos of the day.

The GRi11 2.0 Girls

Miss G the Panda

Dance Party

Our very own Tigers

The Coin Trail for Donations

Here is the link to Wild Base Recovery.

Quikhit Girls Cricket

On Friday some of our GRi11 2.0 girls went down to Ongley Park to take part in the Quikhit Girls Cricket Festival. They played games against other schools and some were lucky enough to get coaching from former Blackcap and current College Street parent Mike Mason.

CSNS 1 celebrating winning the tournament.

The girls posing for the camera in between games.

CSNS 1 receiving their winners certificates.

Most of the girls hadn't played cricket before but they took a risk and ended up having a ball.

School Triathlon

Today was the CSNS Triathlon. Even though it was raining to start with, that didn't stop us from having heaps of fun in the run, bike and swim!

Here are some photos of the event.

The Girls excited at the start line

And the Girls are off!!!!!! 

Amber leading the pack

Milla owning the bike ride

Well done girls! You made it!!

Getting pumped up...

It was a very close competition and we had lots of GRi11 2.0 competitors finish in the top ten.

Year 6 Boys:
Costa 2nd
Cole 4th
Baxter 5th
Terado 6th
Tyler G 8th
Carter 9th

Year 6 Girls:
Amber 1st
Holly G 3rd
Milla 4th
Zara 6th
Dorothy 7th
Ava 8th

We can't wait to hear who makes the inter-school team... Good luck guys!!

2016 Welcome

Kia Ora and welcome to GRi11 for 2016. We are excited to get to know you and your whanau throughout the year.  We are really looking forward to teaching in an Innovative Learning Space (ILE) again this year. We both love teaching and providing children with exciting, fun, and memorable learning opportunities. We are also interested in children developing an understanding of themselves as learners and how technology (particularly Google Apps) can help children manage their learning in a ILE.

You will be able to find regular updates of what we are up to with our learning on this blog. We encourage you to leave a comment on blog posts.

For those of you who haven't met us...

Hey my name is Clive (aka Mr R). My passions include sports, coaching, gardening, DIY, teaching and my family. 

Hi I'm Katie Rose (aka Miss G). My passions are music, art, e-learning, water skiing, my family (including my dog Ralphy) and teaching! 

Year 6 Dance

At our Poroaki we performed the Year 6 dance. We choose most of the music and choreographed the whole dance! #boom #sprinkler

Year 6 Leavers Song 2015

This week is our last week at CSNS. We are really sad to be leaving. At the Poroaki we played this music video of the Year 6s.