Our Creek

 Our stream was flowing in the holidays with all the wet weather. This was taken just after the water had started to recede.

Term 2 Principal's Morning Tea

Congratulations to the Term 2 Principal's Morning Tea recipients. What a great bunch of students to take out. 

The students from Y1 - Y8 were nominated by their teachers for showing a positive attitude and consistent effort throughout the term.

Wear A Wig Day

Everyone at Gladstone School got into the spirit of Wear a Wig Day this morning, with some bright and wonderful hairstyles around the school. All donations went to the Child Cancer Foundation. Thank you to staff and students for your wonderful contributions.

Gladstone School Y7 & Y8 Speech Competition

Congratulations to all participants in today's Y7 & Y8 Speech Competition. What a great variety of topics were presented. It was fantastic to have English secondary school teacher Kathryn Homes and her student (Kuranui College) involved in the adjudication of this competition.

Congratulations to Y8,  1st place getter Anika and runner up Ella. 

Congratulations to Y7, 1st place getter Angus and runner up Lucy.

Footsteps Dance

Over the past term the Senior Hub and Room5 & 6 have been participating in regular dance lessons once a week with the talented Footsteps dance tutors.  It was exciting to watch the final dance performances shared last Tuesday, to celebrate the end of the lessons for 2017. After watching the dance performances the tutor had the whole school participate in a final dance 'taster'. This was a great way to enjoy such a fabulous Arts celebration.

Amazing Day of Learning

There was some fantastic learning occurring for Gladstone School students today. Our seniors took part in the amazing opportunity to plant trees at Kourarau Dam and stream. This involved local farmers, Greater Wellington Regional Council,  Iwi and Enviro School facilitators all teaching the students about this special project and local place of significance.  The Y5 to Y8 students, their teachers and wonderful parent helpers planted close to 2,000 trees today.

Today Room 6 were concentrating hard at the Wairarapa Chess Tournament, held at Masterton Intermediate School. The Room 6 students absolutely showed other school how Gladstone School can 'Shine', both with their fabulous behaviour and their amazing chess skills. Our students being Y3 & Y4 were younger than the other teams who were mainly Y5 & Y6. One Gladstone team was placed runner up to the overall winners. What an outstanding result.

Opening Ceremony of Innovative Learning Space

Today was the highlight of our school year with the opening of our newly upgraded innovative learning space for our senior students. Special guests Sir Brian Lochore officially opened the classroom and Archdeacon Hariata TeHana, known to us all as Aunty Sally blessed the rooms. This fantastic learning environment is a true credit to our future focussed BOT and staff. We know our Y5 to Y8 students and their teachers will definitely make the most of their wonderful new learning environment when they move in next week.