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Blenheim campus would like to invite all dad's to a special dad's lunch on Monday 24 May. 

Take a tour of the classrooms, learn about the different systems used and enjoy lunch with your children. 

We look forward to seeing you there!

This coming Monday 24 May Nelson Campus is hosting BRUNCH for BLOKES Day.

We invite all you Broad Blokes (Dads, Not-yet Dads, and Bachelors) to see us at the Nelson Campus, outside the Learning Centre at 11.30. Brunch is served at 12. 

The Brunch is Free for all the Blokes. Brunch is also available for all Senior Students who will have to pay.

Please pre order your Brunch through this link:

https://form.jotform.com/211388625801860

Thanks heaps from the Year 13 Leadership team.

Congratulations to the following Upper South Students on their Conquer Awards

Congratulations to the following students who have received their OneSchool Bronze awards.

Nelson Students

• Brielle Ivory
• Oregon Litchfield
• Madison Smith
• Tara Woodman
• Melita Ponsford
• Tamar Smith
• Amber Trewavas
• Tanya Beatson
• Aubrey Lewis
• Lainee Petrie
• Romane Smith
• Ryker Woodman
• Carter Beatson
• Amaya Brooke
• Leroy Field
• Saffron Hewetson
• Chelsie Smith
• Sequoia Wood
• Saxon Beatson
• Maeva Brewerton
• Tawny Maiden
• Alana Petrie
• Titus Ponsford
• Mahala Senior
• Connor Thomas
• Matisse Brewerton
• Sakari-Rose Wood

Absent: Perry McLean

Blenheim Students

• Oliver Clifford
• Lily Fisher
• Jett Clifford
• Andre Clifford
• Jovan Clifford
• Zatori Clifford
• Bella Fisher
• Arie Clifford
• Cruden Clifford
• Eva Clifford
• Phoebe Clifford
• Stein Clifford
• Remy Beatson
• Ingo Clifford
• Beau Fisher
• Lilah Fisher
• Archer Faulkner

Absent: Timothy Hamilton, Theo Faulkner

Blenheim 

The students of Blenheim campus raised $240 for Purple Cake Day!  Students and staff enjoyed a delicious morning tea prepared by the seniors.

Nelson 

On 14 May Nelson Campus had Purple Cake Day, raising a total of $769.50! Below are some photos of our successful day.

West Coast

For Purple Cake Day on the West Coast, we had a breakfast that was available to all students. This included purple pancakes and smoothies which went down a treat with all of the students.

All of the kids wore purple accessories and at lunch time we hosted a game where students paid to throw wet sponges at the Year 13s faces!

This was a great fundraiser and we made a total of $258.90 which will go towards child poverty.  Thanks to everyone who supported this day.

Instead of visiting a workplace, the Year 3-6 students at the Blenheim Campus had some workplaces come to us!

In the morning we had a visit from St. John ambulance.  They showed us what they carry in their bags, and hooked some of the students up to their monitors.  We were then able to look through the ambulance. 

Did you know it costs $250,000 to fit out an ambulance, and that doesn’t include the cost of the ambulance itself?!

After lunch, the police dog handlers came with their dogs, Varca and puppy-in-training, Baya. 

Unfortunately, due to the weather, we couldn’t see a full display but we were able to see how powerful the dogs’ jaws are, and learn about the different roles they play by helping and keeping people safe.

The students also had the chance to dress up in some police vests. 

We are looking forward to another visit from the dog handlers later in the year, so we can see the dogs in action!

On Wednesday 12 May 2021, the Year 3-6 Nelson class went to Omaka Heritage Museum in Blenheim. We were on a school trip and we travelled there in the vans.

When we got there John Orchard our tour guide welcomed us, and we started going through the museum. We stopped at the first plane and John talked about it, we learned that it was called a mono-plane because it only had one wing.

The next plane was a bi-plane because it had two wings. As we moved on there was an exhibit with a plane that had crashed. Soon after that we went into a cave sort of thing where it had a whole lot of badges, war hats, leather coats and all war clothing.

After we were out the other side, we saw another exhibit with fake snow on the bottom which was salt.

Soon after that we saw the Red Baron, it was a tri-plane because it had three wings and we also watched a movie of how he died.

Grids Great Escape was very interesting, he was in his plane and saw that his plane wing was damaged, and he started diving down to the ground. Grid knew that he would hit or crash into the trench and would be killed, so he hopped out onto the wing while still steering the plane and when he got really close to the ground he jumped off.

The next day he was flying a new plane with quite a few bruises.  After that we were finished getting ready for our journey home.

By Alana Petrie

When we went to Omaka we saw Spitfires, Mosquitoes and we even saw a movie of what it would have been like in Stalingrad during the war, and the result of war. The plane I liked most was the Mosquito. I was quite amazed when I heard that they were made of wood and steel. The size of it amazed me!

By Connor Thomas

On Wednesday 12 May 2021, the junior school drove to Blenheim in the vans to the Omaka Aviation Centre, to learn about the planes in World War I and II.

We learnt practically everything about it. John Orchard, the man who toured us, got me really interested in the Britain Bullseyes and German Crosses. The first bit we saw was a spy plane with the man firing a gun at a British plane. It had a cool background picture of a French town that it was spying on!

We also had a challenge sheet with questions about the planes we had to answer, though I did not get to finish it! We also found out some of the planes could still fly.

The famous Red Baron was shot down by Australians, and one accidentally killed the pilot!

After two hours in the World War I exhibit we had lunch and moved on to the World War II exhibit, and saw a Spitfire, a Full Noise (which is my favorite one), and other ones. We watched a really cool video at the end!.

By Maeva Brewerton

Grid is a man out of World War 1. His real name is Keith Logan Caldwell (the men in his camp nicknamed him Grid). Grid was an Ace and had shot down 25 enemy planes. When he was going around looking for his next plane to shoot down, he found out that his wing was damaged. Grid was crash landing and he wanted to survive the war and decided to jump off at the last minute.

If he jumped off at the height he was, he would die and if he went down with the plane he would die also, so he decided he would wait until the plane was about 1 metre above the ground and to jump then.

Grid was very lucky and must have timed it perfectly. When he jumped, he rolled over and got a few bruises but was flying the next day!.

By Mahalah Senior

West Coast Y3-6 students visited Greymouth Police Station for their workplace excursion.

They had a great time finding out about the different jobs a police officer can do and looking at their equipment.

The students did a wonderful job of using the writing process to recount the experience.

On Wednesday 12 May, Westcoast Year 7-8s gathered together at school, preparing for our term 2 school trip – based on sustainability.

Our first visit was South Peak Homes. A company that builds houses on site and transports them to the owners’ property.

Along the way, we learnt that when they buy the wood (needed for the framing), they get it cut down to the exact size, so they don’t waste any wood. We got a tour, starting from houses that have just begun, then ending with houses that were fully finished. The highlight of that visit was seeing the building process from start to finish.

Our next visit was to a fern farm. A business that was started in 1998 and is still running. Through-out the years, they have grown ferns from seeds, and waiting years till they are grown and can be sold. We learnt that when they dry ferns, they collect spores, which are on the back of the fern, and looks like dirt, which they sow, and it takes more than two years for them to fully grow. The highlight from fernz.nz was looking at all the machines that automatically fills pots with dirt.

Overall, it was a very interesting trip, and we all learnt something new, that we can apply in our inquiry.

Thanks to all the teachers and helpers for organising this fun day out!

Upper South West Coast students Imogen, Blaize, Ida & Yves.

Gianni has been working really hard to complete his minibeast inquiry - he was so proud of it, he had to help Mrs Ritchie carry it to showcase it on the classroom wall.

Fantastic effort Gianni!

Jody Collins

On Wednesday 12 May Nelson and Blenheim Year 7/8 students visited Pics Peanut Butter factory in Nelson.

Students thoroughly enjoyed visiting the factory and making their own peanut butter on a push bike! We saw the process of how peanut butter is made and the different forms of peanut butter, smooth and crunchy.

An interesting fact shared with us was that crunchy peanut butter is the most popular form of peanut butter in New Zealand. For every 10 jars of peanut butter they make, seven of them are crunchy peanut butter.

We learnt about Pic, who started his peanut butter making dream when he was 50 for his friends then selling at the farmers market and eventually opening a factory to produce larger amounts of peanut butter.  Pic only uses hi-oleic peanuts from Australia.

Overall it was a great day learning all about Pic and his peanuts and we had lots of fun together.

The Upper South Y9 and Y10 students visited the Te Pangu Salmon Farm in the Tory Channel on Wednesday 12 May as part of their work place excursion.

The New Zealand King Salmon company is a pioneer in marine salmon farming in New Zealand, utilising King Salmon stock introduced from California over 100 years ago.

They have been growing and selling King Salmon to consumers in New Zealand and overseas for over 30 years and are the largest producer of farmed King Salmon in the world,  supplying more that 50% of the world’s King Salmon.

The students thoroughly enjoyed the trip out to the farm, seeing dolphins and seals along the way.  They found the explanation on how the farm is run and monitored very interesting and was surprised to find out that there are 850,000 salmon in the pens at the farm.

A big thank you to the parents who accompanied the students from Nelson and the West Coast. 

A special shout out to Anthony and Susannah Fisher who provided a tasty hot lunch back at school to all the hungry boys and girls after the trip.

Mr de Beer

On the last day of Term 1 we had our Upper South Music Day, The Conquest.

This day was a great success and everyone showed their talents through music. 

Congratulations to Raiders who were the winners on the day!

Thanks to everyone for an awesome day and to all the helpers who put their time into making the music sound even better.

Looking forward to the next big day coming up!

Students - Please ensure your device is fully charged before school everyday 

Following the Upper South fundraising efforts from Red Heart Day in Term 1, Blenheim senior students Wilson Fisher and Teagan Clifford presented a donation certificate to Averil and Carolyn of The Heart Foundation, Nelson branch.

The combined Upper South fundraising effort amounted to $942.70!  Averil and Carolyn were thrilled to receive the donation.  Well done Upper South!

2021 will be a year of change for the Annual Upper South Cross Country. We are very fortunate to have a brand new cycling/walking track being created which links the Westport Township and Charleston together. Ultimately it will be around 60km of track, but we have decided to give you a taste of this by using the Kawatiri Coastal Trail Puwaha Section for our cross country this year.

The race will be based at Carters Beach and include some of the best parts of the new Coastal Trail including bush, farmland and open trail. 

Students will run distances depending on age. Year 3-6 students will run 2km, Year 7-10 students will run 3.2km and Year 11-13 students will run 4.5km.

We will have access to the Carters Beach Hall and amenities there, ample space for organised sport in between races and an excellent view of runners finishing the course at the finishing line.

The Westport and Greymouth Campus can't wait to welcome you to our special event, more to come in coming weeks, watch this space!

Pip Hateley

Cross Country Planning, By Reef Deck

This is an optional training plan for anyone who wants to improve their fitness and speed for the upcoming cross country.

This plan can be changed if you feel this is going to be too hard/easy for your abilities.

To increase personal fitness during your time of training you will need to do some faster runs, some easy runs, some longer runs and some shorter runs.

The distance on this table is the cumulative total kilometres for the week. 

To track your runs, you can use a phone, smartwatch or just use a loop or an out and back in your area that you already know the distance of.

A few tips:

Before you run:

• Stretch - do some stretches to get your body warmed up
• Hydration - you will likely not need any water during your run, but it is key to drink a bit of water up to 30 mins before. If you drink right before your run, you will get a stitch.
• Eating - do not eat right before your run, you will get a stitch

During your Run:

• Pace yourself - don’t start to fast and burn your yourself out, you will regret it later.
• Consistent breathing - do not change your breathing pattern while running
• Mindset - keep a good mindset, this will improve your morale and make your run feel easier compared, to if you think it is hard it probably will feel really hard.

After your run:

• Stretch - cool down stretches are the same or more important that your warmup ones, do this as soon as you finish your run.
• Eating - wait a while after your run because you may bring it back up

Outside of running:

• Shoes - check your shoes, make sure the foam is still cushy and the base is still supportive.  If you feel like you need new ones, get them ASAP as it takes time to get the shoe feeling how it should. This means it would benefit you and your body if you did not turn up with a new pair of shoes on race day, or even two weeks before.
• Food - eat healthy foods
• Sleep - sleep will boost recovery and make you feel better when running

Nutrition is crucial, ensuring your body has enough fuel to run and recover is instrumental. Incorporating healthy dietary practices in your training will ensure your body is ready for race day. 

Make sure you eat an hour before you run, so the energy has time to get into your system. 

So, take this diet into consideration if you have a hard time running, a bit of discipline isn't going to hurt, so NO EXCUSES.

A one-hour run is 6% of the time you spend awake, and it doesn’t even have to be that long.  

 

 

Take a moment to show your appreciation to a staff member, student, parent or volunteer who has made a positive impact on you in the past weeks!

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