Production News

Rehearsal's are under way for the Akeake Production ...

Next Stop Mars!

We are really excited to show off all of our hard work to you in week 10 on Tuesday 25th September.

Make sure you save the date!

                        We would like to say thank you for all the donations of materials so far.  We really appreciate your help!

Please see the notice below for ways that you can help us at this stage.

Sun and Shadows

In Akeake we have been learning about space this term. We have been reading about different planets, writing about Uranus and even designing our own planets! In Kōpapa we learnt a bit about the sun. We know that the sun is a burning ball of gas, it is a star, it gives us light and heat, and it creates shadows on the ground. We did an experiment on the court to investigate our shadows. We discovered that our shadows change size depending on where the sun is in the sky.

Swimming Lessons at Kaiapoi Pool

Over the last two weeks Akeake children have been having swimming lessons at the Kaiapoi Pool.  Our last day was all about water safety and we had a great time learning about what to do if we fall into the water in our clothes. An amazing opportunity for all of us. 

             

Whole School Assembly

A great job was done by children from Akeake who ran the whole school assembly on Friday!

Some of these children were a bit nervous - but they showed our school value of Being Brave and they did a great job.  Well done team!

Our awesome M.C's

The Technical Team

Lighting Crew

During assembly we shared some of our learning from over the holidays.  We took a 

Reading Bingo sheet home with us and we did our best to fill this in.  One of the things on our Bingo 

sheet was to Reading in a Strange place.

Here is our slideshow of some of the places we found to read.

Swimming!

Please note the change of times below.

Akeake are going swimming every afternoon in weeks 3 and 4 this term down at the Kaiapoi Aquatic Centre. We start on Monday 6 August and finish on Friday 17 August. 

The exact times are as follows:
Room 11  - 12pm
Room 12  - 12.30pm
Room 9  - 1pm
Room 8  - 1.30pm
Room 10 - 2pm

If you are able to provide transport on wet days, please let your child's teacher know. We would love to attend swimming even if it is raining outside! 

Please also ensure that your child's togs, towel and school uniform are clearly labelled with their name. This will save us any hassle when we are getting changed. 

KNS Jump Jam

WOW Team Akeake!  What an awesome way to end the term today.

We are so proud of all our tamariki who were so BRAVE and got up on the stage to strut their stuff at the KNS Jump Jam show.  Not only did they do this in front of the whole school, but also in front of a packed out 

hall of parents, grandparents and other family and friends.  

You all did an amazing job.

We hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing holiday.  See you all next term.

Paneke - Performing 'Magik'

Kopapa - Performing 'Freaks'

Character Dress Up Day - KNS Book Week

WOW! Great job with the Character Book Day Akeake.

It was great to see so many children dressed up and to see the amazing effort that had been put into your characters.  It was super hard for the teachers to choose the best dressed - so even though we could only pick two children from each class, we think you were all awesome.  Well done!

Room 8                                                                                 Room 9

Room 10                                                                                 Room 11

                                                          Room 12                                                        Best Dressed from each class.

 
Mrs Jack and Miss Roome getting in on the fun.

The Big Bad Wolf giving Mrs Coleman, Kirsten and Mrs Gifford a hard time!