Room 2 - Putting signs on the drains

As part of their water investigation
Room 2 took action
By putting some signs by
our drains to let people know
that only water goes down the drains
and not rubbish.  this included
making pictures of the
eels that live in the water.
Great job Room 2.

ANZAC Service 2018

As ANZAC Day falls in the school holidays on the 25th April 2018, we held our Gladstone School ANZAC Service at 9.10am today, Friday the 13th April 2018 .  We were very fortunate to have Mr Bob Hill President of the RSA support
our senior students to run this event. Mr Hill spoke about the significance of ANZAC
and later answered questions form the children.

The Y8 students took the wreaths and flowers down to the War Memorial following our service later in the morning.

World Water Day

As part of their Inquiry Learning about water, the juniors of Gladstone School took action today on World Water Day, by clearing out the school drains of all rubbish. It was a great team effort by them all.

Room 1 Chook Whisperers

Room 1 were in charge of feeding the chooks last week and what a great job they did.  They even had the chooks feeding out of their hands.

Y1 & Y2 Swimming Sports

The juniors had a great afternoon in the pool on Friday, sharing their swimming skills with friends and whanau. The teachers are very proud of our Y1 & Y2 development in water confidence over the term

Annual School BBQ

Thank you to all the families who joined us for the recent Gladstone School community BBQ. What a great evening it was having the opportunity to catch up with so many of our school whanau. A special thank you to our fantastic FOGS committee for their generous donations of sausages and bread.

Waitangi Day Celebrations

We had a great afternoon celebrating Waitangi Day through a variety of activities including Koru mural making, STEM collaboration, Rakau, NZ Sign Language for the NZ National Anthem, and Taniwha design.

All our students rotated around six amazing activities in groups that had participants from Y1 - Y8, focussing on whakawhanaungatanga. This is a concept based on collaboration, team work and building strong relationships with each other.