Michel Mulipola

Leabank was lucky enough to have Michel Mulipola attend our Duffy Assembly and share with us his creative talents.  He is the illustrator of many school journals, children's books and comics.

Exploring Auckland Zoo

Swimming

Swimming is part of the New Zealand curriculum.  It is really important for kiwi kids to learn skills to help keep safe in the water.  Our class has swimming on Monday, Tuesday and Friday mornings. Students need to remember to bring their togs, towel and swimming goggles if they wish.  Check out some of our students practicing their side pool entry using life jackets.

graduation

graduation

today the year 6's had there graduation it was a lot of fun.

we had a special speaker come and say thing his name was ofisa tonu'u he was a he was a new Zealand rugby union player for the under 20's he came to tell us about believing and character then after that Anastaisa and uilli come and do there acknowledgment speech . finally we did the haka we did tika tonu .After that we went  outside for a group photo everyone took pictures a while after that we had lunch it was delicious in the middle of us eating the bell rang but we could still eat.

ROCK UP!

First the rock wall... 

then the mountain!

Leabank's Olympic Bake Day

Olympic Bake Sale

This term we had an Olympic Bake Sale.

All the classes in the senior school baked special treats for everyone to buy.

Each class had a stand set up in the hall filled with cakes, slices, biscuits, muffins, cupcakes, lollies and drinks.  Our class made delicious, gooey rice crackle, chocolate fudge cake and Moro bars slice. Everyone's food was so yummy that we nearly sold out before the Year 5 and 6 students even got there.  Lucky we were able to buy ice-cream at break two.  Just for Year 5 and 6.

It was so much fun and everyone made a really big effort.  All the money raised goes to Camp 2017!!!

interschool rugby

Interschool rugby


It was fun and challenging while we were paying rugby.
We were split into two teams the 1st team was the overs, the 2nd team was the under 50kgs.
 We lost most our games but at least we tried our best.
Team 1 won the finals even though they lost some games,
 it was a fun experience.

 

 



Samoan language week!

Samoan Language Week!

This week is Samoan language week! I brought something that was rather fascinating and I wanted every one excited and pumped up.  I brought the national dress of Samoa, the puletasi.  The patterns on it represents the chief's daughter. The top is nice and long with short sleeves. The skirt is also long, you wrap it around your waste so that the top over laps it. You can wear the puletasi when going to White Sunday.  I also brought a Samoan weapon which was used by Princess Nafanua in a Samoan legend.  She used it to defend her people.  She also used another weapon to sleep on and another one to dance with her father. In her time things really were fascinating.

Keep our school clean

Teachers have been noticing heaps of rubbish lately, so why not encourage people to help keep our school, community and world clean.  We can do it! 

Make Leabank school a better place!!!

CAUTION!

                                                                    don't litter please

Keeping Ourselves Safe

Keeping Ourselves safe is not a hard thing if you are a confident kid because confident kids make good decisions, but if your not a confident kid then that's OK because you can make good decisions thinking about your choices and possible consequences.  One of the ways we can keep ourselves safe is by using the crossing to cross the road. 

Interschool Soccer

Interschool Soccer Tournament

We had lots of fun competing against other schools.  I was in Team 2 and we made it all the way to the finals, but we lost to the Gardens School.  I was the only one that scored in the final game for my team.

Travel wise

Travel wise

Travelwise helps to make sure everyone learns how to be safe on their way to school and on their way home.  At the Travelwise workshop we learnt how to ride bikes safely, how to identify problems at our school and how to stop them from happening.  We worked together to find ways we can help keep safe when travelling to school.  We had lots of fun meeting kids from other schools and participating in exciting activities.

                             

Water Safety - Life Jackets

Zip, Click and Huddle

We practised using life jackets.  We learnt to fit them properly and stay afloat.  We practised using our body heat to keep warm.  We  even got to practise rescuing our buddies.

End of Term Celebration!

                               Rainbow's End

On the last week of Term 1 we went to Rainbow's End as part of our topic 'Adventure Tourism' and to have an adventure of a life time! It was awesome! I hope we get to go there again. 

Young Leaders in Room 21

MEET OUR LEADERS
A huge congratulations to Sara, Joey and Dillon.  They have been selected to be Young Leaders for 2016.  The expectations are high as they follow in the footsteps of past Young Leaders.  It is their chance to prove themselves as leaders and become positive role models for present and future students of Leabank Primary School.

What makes a good leader?