Cultural Concert

What an incredible evening this was. Our kapa haka group and choirs performed amazingly.

The haka was the best I've seen! Well done to everyone, I felt so proud of you all!

Zone athletics

We had a wonderful group of students participating the zone athletics. Congratulations to you all for the effort you put in!

Music festival

Our Yr 5 & 6 choir was involved in the Music Festival. It was a great evening. Well done everyone! 

Athletics

What a fantastic day athletics day we had! Loved seeing so much support and encouragement! So many Harewood Heroes!

Touch

Our 7 touch teams played well in their first games of the season. It was great to see everyone having fun! 

Sharing Learning

I love seeing children sharing their learning with their families! 

Netball

Congratulations to our two netball teams who have had a great season! I am so proud of how much you have improved. It was lovely to see both final games! A big thanks to the coaches and managers too!

Bonnie singing

On Sunday afternoon I enjoyed listening to Bonnie, a past Harewood student singing at Brickworks. Matua Norm and Anton played guitar for her.

Winter tournament

What a great day everyone had! 

Breens Visit

The Year 5 & 6's visited Breens for an Action afternoon. Everyone enjoyed the activities, meeting the teachers and students, and seeing our "old" Harewood students!

Central Cross Country

Well done to Lorenzo, Luke and Oakley who represented our school in the Central Cross Country at Halswell Quarry on Wednesday 26 June.

Board of Trustees

We have just had the elections for our BOT. Our new trustees are Mr Langdon, Mrs Earl, Mrs Gauci, Mr Young and Mr Milne. If you see them around school say "congratulations!" to them. 

Netball

Congratulations to our netball teams - wins for both teams for the first games of the season.

Growing Leaders

I have just heard that Nina Sales has been appointed Head Girl at Cobham. So many children who leave Harewood are going on to be leaders in their intermediate schools. We are so proud of all our former students! It is great to be growing leaders!

Marae

The teachers at Harewood are going to visit and stay at Rehua marae. Ask your teacher about the things they enjoyed and learnt.

Cyber safety

Teachers have been learning more about cyber safety. The Internet can be a great place for creating, communicating, playing games and researching but it's important that we develop skills to stay safe and continue to use our values in this environment.

Miss Southen

Miss Southen started teaching in Room 6 today. We welcomed her with a mihi whakatau. The children in Room 6 who are not in kapa haka, Miss Noble and Mrs Argyle accompanied her for the welcome.
Enjoy your time in Room 6 and at our wonderful school Miss Southen!

Thursday was Miss Smith's last day at school before leaving to be a full time mum. We said goodbye to her and gave her a book to read to baby. It was nice to all gather together on the decking to farewell her. We are looking forward to her bringing her new baby back to visit us. Miss Southen will be the new teacher in Room 6 for the rest of the year.

The Year 6's had a wonderful 3 day camp at Wainui last week. The weather was fantastic and we had lots of fun enjoying a range of activities that challenged us. We were all very tired at the end of each day! A big thank you to the parents who came with us and to the children who behaved so well and made the camp great for everyone.

Class Blogs

I am really enjoying reading class blog posts and seeing photos of what classes are doing. It is so much better when there are people reading the blog posts. Try showing your families how to long on to your class blog and ask them to write a comment. If you have family out of Christchurch they will enjoy finding out more about what's happening at Harewood School.

Te Reo

I am going to a course each week for 5 weeks to help me with learning te reo. John, the tutor, has given some good tips - like making sure a t is said softly, keeping your tongue at the back not from of your mouth - more like a d  and emphasising macrons on words. I am finding it challenging!
I hope you will all help me with my learning by using te reo with me when you can.

Mihi Whakatau

The Harewood Playcentre were welcomed onto our school site with a mihi whakatau on Friday. Our school proudly sang our school song and made our visitors feel very welcome. Some of them had never experienced a welcome like that and loved it!
Thank you Harewood School!

Life Education

Classes enjoyed visiting the Life Education van and working with Bex Tucker. The hands on learning was great! Once again seeing  Harold was a highlight for many of the younger children.

It was lovely to see everyone happy to be back at school and getting settled in their new classes.
I am looking forward to spending time in classes and seeing the great things that are happening!

2013!

Welcome back to school for 2013! What an exciting year ahead we have. The staff have been busy preparing for the year and teachers are looking forward to getting to know their new classes.