Grace and Violet, with the help of some mums, made and sold cupcakes to the other students for the SPCA.  The cupcakes were mostly animal themed and were very tasty. The girls were very proud to raise $141.60 for the SPCA which they will now bank into their account. Well done girls on a great […]

We sent 5 students, Freya, Kaia, Monty, Grace and Margot, to Blenheim School to participate in a day of art as part of the Tōtaranui 250 celebrations.  The students had to use their creativity to travel back to 1769 to gather ideas and information and from this create a piece of art. The work will […]

What a special day we had today as we started with shared kai.  A big thank you to the community for coming along to acknowledge Matariki and I truly sense a real shift of the understanding of Matariki amongst the students which is a true credit to them all whereas two years ago, when we […]

Our girls had a great day competing in the Marlborough gym festival.  This year we had 3 individual competitors in the A grade and two teams of 4 in the B grade. A huge thank you to Helen, coach, who kindly gave so much of her time.  Also a big thanks to the parents who […]

The whole school loaded onto three RoadTrip Marlborough buses and we were off.  The sun was shining and the views were to die for.  We ventured up the Awatere Valley, where many of our students and staff had not been before.  We nestled on the top of a saddle to view our mountain.  From our […]

I popped down to Landsdowne Park today at lunchtime to see our Rapaura team, who are competing in the National Competition Grade, and captured some great play with three wins at that stage.  I was extremely proud of the team work, the skill level and the speed at which the team read the play to […]

What a great morning Bassett Room had at the Picton Foreshore with the launch of their boat, The Bassett Barracuda.  The excitement, mixed with a huge feeling of success, was a sight that I am so pleased to have been part of. The class had a great morning launching their boat, working out how to […]