YEAR 3-6 GO TO GREYMOUTH

On Monday 9^th September, some of the Year 3-6 students from Blenheim travelled to Greymouth to spend some time in Mrs. Gilbert’s class.  When they arrived on Monday afternoon, the task was to construct an earthquake shelter from a tarpaulin, two stakes, some rope, elastic, some tape and pair of scissors.  The strong wind made this task rather difficult, but all groups managed to construct a make-shift shelter.

On Tuesday, the focus was on collaboration and self-directed learning. The students had to read through a set of instructions as a group, and then complete the tasks which included; seed counting, birthday baking, personal writing, a Kahoot, making “bean bags”, and practising their skipping. The Blenheim students thoroughly enjoyed their time in Greymouth, and learnt a lot, especially about the need to read the instructions carefully! 

DAFFODIL DAY FUNDRAISER

On the 4^th September Year 7-8 students put on a Daffodil Day themed morning tea to raise money for the Marlborough Cancer Society. We had delicious cupcakes, sausage rolls, yellow jelly and yellow sparkling duet. We raised a total of $150 which we presented to the Marlborough Cancer Society team on the 11^th September. It was greatly appreciated, and it will provide help and support to those in the community.  We look forward to supporting the community based organisation next year.