Lost Property, Sorted

Parkvale School has a lost property problem. Luckily, we have Camden on the case. In his own break time, Camden has been taking care of business and turning all our lost property back into found property. If you had a piece of clothing returned, maybe you have Camden to thank.

Camden's Lost Property Poster

Last week, Mr Gifkins thanked Camden for all of us with a special certificate which was awarded at our Rimu Assembly. Great leadership, Camden. We're very proud of you.

The special certificate!

Tough Kids? For Sure!

Last Tuesday, lots of our students participated in the Mitre Ten Tough Kid event. They showed lots of resilience and Parkvale PRIDE to complete the tough course. We are very proud of their efforts.

Update: Watch the M10M Tough Kid Event video, filmed and produced by Tim Motu of SportHB.

Charlie's Underwater Achievement

Last week Mrs Love set a challenge to swim as far as you can underwater for all our students. Charlie, who is a Year Four, stepped up to this challenge with grit and determination. Not only did he swim the furthest out of all the students, Charlie managed to swim the whole length without breathing!

Champion underwater swimmer!

See if you can recite this poem in a single breath! (Click to enlarge)

What is your favourite book?

To start our literacy for the year, we have been thinking about and sharing our favourite books. We then have been creating short reviews using Google Drawing. I chose Wonder by R.J. Palacio, which is a book I have really enjoyed reading by myself and together with two classrooms.

As a learning model, I created three short reviews of Wonder at three different levels. Below is the level two example.

Level 2 Model

It was great to hear all the different books that were Rimu favourites. The students have quickly got on with the learning task and created interesting reviews. Two students, Oscar J and Oscar W were chosen for the Weekly Highlights wall for their great jobs.

Oscar J's Favourite Book

Oscar wrote to his personal best. You could tell from his writing that he really enjoys the book as well as the movie. We like how he included his favourite part of the book and his great structure with clear paragraphs.

Oscar W's Favourite Book

Oscar W wrote to his personal best. His review showed that he truly loved the book. We loved the part where he wrote "every time I read this book I feel like I'm Dirty Bertie".

Weekly Highlights Wall